The Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs go head to head on Friday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. on Monumental Sports Network. We're going to start with a defenseman and there's plenty to choose from but this one in particular needs some love.
#3 Martin Fehervary
Martin Fehervary enters tonight's game on both a two game point streak and two game assist streak so yeah both points came on helpers. On Dec. 3 against the San Jose Sharks he recorded his sixth assist of the season after he assisted the other night in New Jersey in a win over the Devils. Caps would secure a point to the Sharks but would falter in overtime.
Fehervary leads Washington in shorthanded ice time per game at 3:22 as well as blocked shots with 57. He's also ranked second on the team in hits with 53. Per Natural Stat Trick, Fehervary has a corsi for percentage of 50.18 percent, a 50.61 expected goals for percentage and a 55.49 high danger chances for percentage per Natural Stat Trick.
Those six assists by Fehervary are huge and against a high scoring team like Toronto the defenseman is due for a goal.