Top 3 impact Capitals to watch against Flames

Alright let's ride with what we've got all hands on deck Washington Capitals fans. Here are your top 3 players who need to make an impact tonight. If they do so, they end this trip with a successful two pionts including six straight to vault themselves into playoff contention.

#3 Charlie Lindgren

Charlie Lindgren has been simply unstoppable this month and over his last five starts has posted a record of 4-1-0 with a 1.20 goals against average and a .959 save percentage. He gets the start in goal tonight once again.

Among goaltenders with 35 or more games played this season, Lindgren ranks eigthth in save percentage at .914 and 11th in goals against average. He recorded his fourth shutout of the season on March 7 with a 39 save performance at Pittsburgh and it marked the most he made in a shutout effort and the third highest single game total of his career.

Lindgren has four shutouts on the year which is tied for the fifth most in the NHL. His shutout over the Pens marked his 14th win of the season which passed last year for a new single season career high. Glad he's still here and so are the glass half full fans.

#2 Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin scored the game winner on Saturday night for his 19th goal of the season. He has potted 11 goals in his last 20 games and recorded 30 points in his last 30 games with 13 goals and 17 assists. Ovi is currenlty on pace for 23 goals. He needs 53 to tie Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history.

Ovechkin can become the fifth player in NHL history to reach the 20 goal mark 19 times and only the third to record 19 straight 20 goal seasons. Gordie Howe had 22 while Brendan Shannahan had 19. Ovechkin already is only player in league history with 18 sraight at least 20 goal seasons from the start of his career.

Ovechkin needs to average 25 goals per season during the next two seasons to pass Gretzky. Ovechkin has scored 25 or more goals in 17 of his 18 NHL seasons with the shortened 2021 campaign being the only season he did not reach the 25 goal mark.

Ovechkin recently passed Mark Recchi (1,533) for the 14th most points in NHL history. He needs just three more assists from passing Sergei Fedorov (696) for the second most assists by a Russian born player.