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Capitals: Stars Of The Week – Role Players Lead The Way

By CJ Witt

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 27: Richard Panik #14 of the Washington Capitals celebrates a second period goal against the Florida Panthers at Capital One Arena on November 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 27: Richard Panik #14 of the Washington Capitals celebrates a second period goal against the Florida Panthers at Capital One Arena on November 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, COLORADO – FEBRUARY 13: Richard Panik #14 of the Washington Capitals fights for the puck against Vladislav Kamenev #81 of the Colorado Avalanche in the first period at the Pepsi Center on February 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO – FEBRUARY 13: Richard Panik #14 of the Washington Capitals fights for the puck against Vladislav Kamenev #81 of the Colorado Avalanche in the first period at the Pepsi Center on February 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

Richard Panik

Richard Panik has not had the season most were hoping for. He played most of the year on the third line next to Lars Eller and Carl Hagelin. He had some good games, but never was able to consistently be one of the most noticeable players. He has since been “demoted” to the fourth line thanks to a big trade the Caps made. He’s looked pretty good on the last line.

This week Panik had five points, that led the entire team. He scored one goal and had four assists, three of those assists were secondary. He also had four scoring chances this week and added two high danger attempts. He was also on the ice for five goals for and none against.

Panik also had one of the best weeks on the team when talking about advanced stats. His 58.73% Corsi rating ranked second on the team behind only Eller who was at 58.90%. His scoring chance percentage was 3rd this week at 72.41%, behind only Nic Dowd and a guy we’ll talk about in a second. He was fourth on the team in high danger attempts percentage at 73.33%.

Maybe it didn’t work out for him on the Caps third line. But since getting moved down after the Kovalchuk acquisition Panik has been very good. He put up the stats this week, had good to great advanced stats and was noticeable almost all week. All that tells us he should be one of our stars of the week.

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