Top 3 keys to victory for the Capitals against Kings

#2 Let the kids play

This would’ve been a clamoring if this was last season. But this is more of a let the kids keep playing and producing. Through 18 games this season, Capitals skaters 27 years of age and younger have accounted for 54.5 percent of the team’s goals.

That’s equivalent of 23 of their 42 goals as a team. They’ve also contributed to 49.1 percent of he team’s points with 55 of 112 total points.

Through the first 18 games of last season, skaters 27 years of age and younger on the Capitals accounted for just 21.2 percent of their goals. What a difference a year makes.

Connor McMichael has recorded five points with two goals and three assists in his last eight games. Reminder that the forward is 22 and was drafted by the Capitals in the first round in 2019.

Defenseman Alex Alexeyev scored his first career NHL goal on Nov. 22 against the Buffalo Sabres. He’s 24 and was taken by the Caps in the first round of the draft a year before McMichael.

Forwards Aliaksei Protas and Hendrix Lapierre each recorded a goal and two assists in the Caps win on Nov. 18 against the Columbus Blue Jackets which marked their first career three point games.

So yeah keep it going kids! You’re doing great.