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Washington Capitals Stars Of The Week: 1/5 – 1/12

By CJ Witt

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: Washington Capitals center Lars Eller (20) is congratulated by right wing T.J. Oshie (77) after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against the San Jose Sharks on January 5, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: Washington Capitals center Lars Eller (20) is congratulated by right wing T.J. Oshie (77) after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against the San Jose Sharks on January 5, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC- JANUARY 7: Washington Capitals center Lars Eller (20) celebrates his 3rd period goal against Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson (41), left, during the Washington Capitals defeat of the Ottawa Senators 6-1 in Washington, DC on January 7, 2020 . (Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC- JANUARY 7: Washington Capitals center Lars Eller (20) celebrates his 3rd period goal against Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson (41), left, during the Washington Capitals defeat of the Ottawa Senators 6-1 in Washington, DC on January 7, 2020 . (Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images) /

Lars Eller

If you’re looking for a MCP, or most consistent player of the year award for the Washington Capitals you might have a slam dunk winner in Lars Eller. Even when the Capitals don’t really show up as a team I always seem to notice number 20 on the ice.

This week wasn’t a huge stats week for Eller. He had just the one goal which came in the thrashing of one of the leagues worst teams.

His advanced stats were pretty good though. He was ninth in Corsi% on the team this week with a 53.52% rating. While on the ice the Capitals had 19 scoring chances and had 14 scoring chances against. That mean he had a 57.58 scoring chance percentage, that was second on the team this week behind someone we’ll mention in a minute. On the down side, with Eller on the ice the Caps had eight high danger chances for and 10 against.

Individually, Eller did have a good week though. He led the team in individual scoring chances with 11, the next highest being the two men we’ll mention later with 10. He also had a solid four high danger chances for which tied for second on the team. The leader in that stat this week was Mr. Tom Wilson who had 5.

He also led the team in takeaways this week with four. On top of all that he won nearly 56% of his faceoffs this week, winning 19 of 34 draws.

It was another solid week for one of if not the most consistent Cap. Thanks to that he once again cracks our stars of the week.

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