#2 Jakob Chychrun
Jakob Chychrun would score an amazing goal for his fourth of the season that came at 9:21 of th esecond period to make it 4-2 and put the Caps in cruise control. And yes the PLD feed we mentioned from the last slide was that amazing.
The PLD feed.
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 16, 2024
The Chych celly.
Cinema 🤌 pic.twitter.com/IeHai9N9go
Like we can't even pinpoint what's more beautiful. The shot. The man falling down. The crowd in the background like we're in Wasington, D.C. and not Denver, Colorado. All of it is just picturescque. Put it in the Lovre.
Per Capitals PR, Chychrun's four goals rank second among NHL defensmen. He trails only Colorado's Cale Makar who has six. Out of PLD's 10 assists, six of them have been primaries which ranks tied for second on the Caps.
The Caps defense was lights out not just on shutting down Nathan MacKinnon. The Caps held the Avs to a season low 19 shots on Friday night. What makes MacKinnon going scoreless remarkable is he entered the game ranking second in the NHL in shots with 67.
Charlie Lindgren would stop 17 of 19 shots including all five shots he faced in the third period to earn his fourth win of the season and his first career victory against Colorado.