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Capitals Top Players From The First Half Of The Season

ByCJ Witt|
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: John Carlson (74) of the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin (8) of the Washington Capitals on ice during warmups prior to their game against the New York Islanders at Capital One Arena on December 31, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Geoff Burke/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: John Carlson (74) of the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin (8) of the Washington Capitals on ice during warmups prior to their game against the New York Islanders at Capital One Arena on December 31, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Geoff Burke/NHLI via Getty Images)
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UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – JANUARY 18: Casey Cizikas #53 of the New York Islanders skates in on Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The Capitals defeated the Islanders 6-4. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – JANUARY 18: Casey Cizikas #53 of the New York Islanders skates in on Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The Capitals defeated the Islanders 6-4. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Game number forty-one is technically the half way point of the season.

That game usually comes and goes and unless you’re really paying attention you might miss it. It’s just another game in a long season. The all-star break lasts longer and is close to the half way point of the season. For that reason it’s usually referred to as the half way point of the season.

It’s the time of the season to sit back and assess where your favorite team stands. It’s time to figure out which players have been playing well and which ones might not be playing the best.

We’ll stick with who’s playing well today and maybe tackle who needs to improve later. Lets start positive though. Lets go ahead and look at which of the Capitals players have been the best on the team so far, through forty-nine games played.

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – JANUARY 18: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals skates against the New York Islanders at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The Capitals defeated the Islanders 6-4. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – JANUARY 18: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals skates against the New York Islanders at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The Capitals defeated the Islanders 6-4. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Alex Ovechkin

Well…Duh! I could probably end it there. The 34-year-old captain of the Capitals has shown no signs of slowing down as the age meter continues to tick. The 34-year-old has scored 34 goals in the 49 games played. That puts him on pace to score 56 goals this season. That would be the most goals he’s scored in a season since the 2008-09 season when he was 23.

His greatness was on full display right before the break scoring eight goals in three games. Other than that, there isn’t much to say about this guy anymore. He’s been the most consistent scoring threat on the Capitals and that’s not surprising anyone.

His advanced stats aren’t the best, but they’re far from bad. His Corsi% is 51.31%. While on the ice the Capitals have had 350 scoring chances and had 332 chances against. That means he has a 51.32 scoring chance percentage. He’s also been on the ice for 152 high danger attempts for and 141 high danger attempts against. That means his percentage is 51.88%.

Ovechkin also has 201 individual scoring chances. Impressive a number in itself but considering second place is at 133 shows you how many chances this guy gets.

All of his advanced numbers are somewhat average but the 34 goals is more than plenty to say that Ovechkin has been one of the top Capitals in the first half of the season.

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