Capitals: Top 5 takeaways of the season so far

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Ilya Kovalchuk, Carl Hagelin, Washington Capitals (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

This was an entertaining Washington Capitals season while it lasted.

While the Washington Capitals season has been in a pause for over a month and a half there’s been several takeaways. We decided to highlight five of them.

Before the pause the Washington Capitals were first in the Metropolitan Division. They were coming off one of their biggest wins of the season which was a road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins though their last game before the break was a shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

The Capitals hold a 41-20-8 record with 90 points, just one point ahead of the red hot Philadelphia Flyers. If the season ended and the playoffs began they would’ve taken on the Carolina Hurricanes in a rematch from last spring.

If the Hurricanes faltered down the stretch they would’ve taken on the Columbus Blue Jackets. The New York Islanders and New York Rangers are just on the outside looking in.

Alex Ovechkin is tied for the league lead with 48 goals. John Carlson leads all defensemen with 75 points and 60 assists. The Caps were the top of the NHL in the beginning of the season but struggled with consistency in the New Year. We’ll cover these topics and more.

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