Washington Capitals: Top 3 key players to watch against Penguins

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Nic Dowd, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /

The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins will do battle once again as will be the cycle of the 56 game season. The Penguins won the first meeting on Sunday afternoon 4-3 thanks to a shootout goal while the Caps came up empty on their side of the skills challenge.

Despite the loss, the Caps still came away with a point and Alex Ovechkin also scored his first goal of the season, finally. The Caps also got goals from Nic Dowd and Nicklas Backstrom.

You can catch the game tonight at 7 p.m. on NBC Sports Washington and the NBC Sports Network. Here are the top 3 players to watch tonight.

Nic Dowd, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /

#3 Nic Dowd

Nic Dowd opened up the scoring for the Caps in Sunday’s game against the Penguins. Dating back to March 7th, 2020 in Washington’s last win before the world shut down, Dowd has four points in his last two games against the Penguins with three goals and an assist. Dowd had two goals in that win over Pittsburgh,

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Dowd has more career goals against the Penguins than any other NHL franchise with four in his career. Dowd has a 61.7 goals for percentage at even strength over the last three seasons since joining the Caps in 2018.

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