The Washington Capitals earned a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avlanche in convincing and dominating fashion. They held their superstar Nathan MacKinnon to zero points on zero shots. It ended Colorado's three game winning streak. Let's break down the top 3 studs in the win.
#3 Pierre Luc-Dubois
Pierre Luc-Dubois earned the third star of the game with a two assist performance. He would have the helper on Jakub Vrana's power play goal to jumpstart the Capitals to a good night. He also assisted on Jakob Chychrun's wrist shot.
The assist brought PLD's apple total to 10 on the season. After the game Capitals coach Spencer Carbery praised his newcomer's play to Mike Vogel of WashCaps.com:
"I thought Dubois was one of our best players tonight. And they had a majority of the matchup against MacKinnon, and he was phenomenal on both sides of the puck. He creates the goal that is the goal of the game, and that is Chychrun's goal. And that is (Dubois) on both ends of the ice. And the entry play, to be able to delay and find some space there, yeah, he was really good tonight. "Spencer Carbery
PLD wasn't just the only standout of the night.