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Capitals: Top 3 heroes against Avalanche

ByMichael Marzzacco|
DENVER, COLORADO - FEBRUARY 13: Lars Eller #20, Nick Jensen #3, Alex Ovechkin #8 and Jakub Vrana #13 of the Washington Capitals celebrate the go ahead goal by T.J. Oshie #77 against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period at the Pepsi Center on February 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - FEBRUARY 13: Lars Eller #20, Nick Jensen #3, Alex Ovechkin #8 and Jakub Vrana #13 of the Washington Capitals celebrate the go ahead goal by T.J. Oshie #77 against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period at the Pepsi Center on February 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals and Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals look on against the New York Islanders during the second period at Capital One Arena on February 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals and Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals look on against the New York Islanders during the second period at Capital One Arena on February 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson earned the third star of the game but he’s the second star in our series. The Caps got a power play at 11:13 in the third period when Andre Burakvosky was called for high sticking T.J. Oshie.

Washington struck at 12:48 for their second power play goal of the night thanks to Tom Wilson redirecting in a shot from John Carlson to tie the game at two. Lars Eller helped set it up and got the secondary assist.

Wilson was all over the ice in 20:28 minutes of play. He won 50 percent of his draws, had three blocks, dished out a hit and had four shots on goal. He now has 17 goals on the season. He not only saw ice time on the power play but on the penalty kill as well and helped the Caps kill off three out of four penalties.

Tom Wilson’s goal was his fourth power play goal of the season which is a new single-season career high. He’s truly evolved in his game from an enforcer to an offensive threat on the top line with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom.

This was too easy honestly and the top star is none other than the one who had the game winner.

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