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Capitals: Stars Of The Week – Ovechkin Saves The Day

By CJ Witt

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals looks on in the first period against the Los Angeles Kings at Capital One Arena on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals looks on in the first period against the Los Angeles Kings at Capital One Arena on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 08: Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) is congratulated by left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) after his goal in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers on February 8, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 08: Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) is congratulated by left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) after his goal in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers on February 8, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

T.J. Oshie

Now it gets hard. Who do you put on stars of the week in a week where nearly nobody stood out? We’ll have to go with stats and T.J. Oshie had some good numbers this week.

Oshie was one of three guys to have three points this week, tied with Ovechkin and John Carlson. He had 1 goal, a power play goal against the Flyers, and added two assists. Both of those assists were primary assists.

Oshie was by far the best Capital in the advanced stats department, at least in terms of shot attempts. His 59.46% Corsi rating was more than 7% better than the next highest number, that being Nicklas Backstrom with a 52.08 Corsi%.

Oshie was also one of four Capitals to post a scoring chance for% over 60% and he was the only guy not on the third line with a percentage that high. Oshie’s final number was 62.50% which was fourth best on the team this week. He added 5 high danger attempts and 2 against while on the ice.

Oshie’s shooting percentage was 100% this week, he only registered one shot on goal all week and he tickled the twine with said shot. He had two individual scoring chances and zero high danger attempts this week.

Clearly not the best week we’ve ever seen, but he put up some points and his advanced stats were good. That’s better than most of the team this week and thanks to that he deserves to be one of our stars of the week this week.

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