Washington Capitals: Top 25 greatest players of all-time

#23 Evgeny Kuznetsov

Evgeny Kuznetsov was drafted by the Capitals with the 26th overall pick in the first round of the 2010 NHL Draft and in March of 2014 made his NHL debut.

On Opening Night against the Boston Bruins this year, Kuznetsov will skate in his 600th NHL game. So far in his career he’s recorded 153 goals and 343 assists for 496 points. So if he has an offensive explosion he could very well get his 500th point that night too. That would be something and would kickstart a new revenge tour.

In the playoffs Kuzy has skated in 87 games recording 29 goals and 38 assists for 67 points. In their run to the Cup, he was amazing as he led the team with 20 assists and 32 points to go along with 12 goals.

A lot of his playoff goals have been clutch. When he was just 22 he had the game winning goal in Game 7 of the 2015 first round series against the New York Islanders.

During the year of the Cup run, he had the overtime game winner to finally eliminate the hated Pittsburgh Penguins and end their second round curse.

Last season he had 24 goals and 54 assists for 78 points as well as five points in six playoff games with two goals and three assists.