Capitals: Three Stars Of The Game – Holtby The Lone Standout
By CJ Witt
Jakub Vrana
After Holtby we’ll be scraping at the bottom of the barrel to try to find something good. If we’re trying to find “stars” from this game, I suppose Jakub Vrana is as good a choice as anyone. Vrana was pretty much quiet throughout the game, one thing separates him from the rest of the team however.
Vrana had a couple of good chances in the third period that could have made the game very interesting after the Caps fell behind 3-0. The Caps scored to make it 3-1 and if Vrana buries just one of his two or three chances it’s 3-2 and who knows what happens from there.
His advanced stats were alright. His Corsi rating was 63.64%, that led that team. He was also on the ice for three scoring chances for and four scoring chances again.
Again, we’re struggling to name stars here. But that fact that Vrana seemed to wake up in the third period gives him the edge over pretty much everyone else who failed to even do that. It might not be stars of the game quality for most games but for this one Vrana easily cracks our stars compared to the rest of the team.