Washington Capitals: Predicting the Top Five Goal Scorers for 2021-2022
By David Atlas
#4 Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson, known for his physical play, will continue to put up impressive offensive numbers. To the dismay of the New York Rangers’ organization, Wilson will come close to hitting 30 goals for the first time in his career, falling just short of that, scoring somewhere between 26 and 29 goals in the 2021-2022 season.
Wilson has been very consistent since a breakout 2017-2018 campaign; that season his shooting percentage was 11.4 and since then the lowest it has been was 13.6 in 2019-2020. A career-high of 22 goals and a 16.9 shooting percentage came in 2018-19 when he played in 63 games.
Wilson gets limited time on the top power-play unit as he plays the bumper position just like TJ Oshie does but will see plenty of top six ice-time. Wilson must do a better job of staying out of the box this season, and if he is able to do that he will make a big impact on the scoresheet.