Top 3 key Washington Capitals to watch against Dallas Stars

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We're back at Stars and Sticks with our top 3 key players to watch series before as many games as we can if time in our hectic life allows us to. Coming off a huge win over the Vegas Golden Knights, the Washington Capitals look for their second win of the season when they host the Dallas Stars.

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Now the top 3 players to watch:

#3 Jakub Vrana

Jakub Vrana scored 6:02 into the first period in his season deubt on Oct. 15 in a win over the Vegas Golden Knights. It marked Vrana's first game with Washington since April 11, 2021 and his first goal as a Capital since April 9, 2021, a span of 1,285 days.

The Caps signed Vrana to a one year, $775,000 one way contract on Oct. 8 and the 28 year old was orginally drafted by the Capitals in the first round at 13th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft.

Charlie Lindgren, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

#2 Charlie Lindgren

Charlie Lindgren looks to bounce back from an opening night loss to the New Jersey Devils. Last season he posted a record of 25-16-7 in 50 games played, establishing career highs in games played, games started with 48 and wins.

Lindgren ranked tied for first in the NHL in shutouts with six, eighth in save percentage with .911 and ninth in goals against average with 2.67. Lindgren started in 19 of the Caps final 22 regular season games posting a record of 12-6-2 with a 2.39 goals against average, a .919 save percentage and three shutouts.

Lindgren's 12 wins from March 7 through the end of the regular season ranked first in the NHL, while his three shutouts were tied for first. He was the first goalie off the ice at morning skate so he appears to get the nod in goal.

Lindgren will have big shoes to fill after the good goatending performance from Logan Thompson the other night as the former Golden Knight stopped 24 of 26 shots in his tracks.

Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

#1 Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin recorded his 699th and 700th career assists on Oct. 15 against Vegas and becoming the sixth player in NHL history to record 700 plus goals and 700 assists. Ovechkin also became the seventh active player to reach the 700 assist mark, joining teammate Nicklas Backstrom, Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Evgeni Malkin, Anze Kopitar and Claude Giroux.

Among active players with 700 or more assists, Ovechkin's 853 goals are the most and are 261 more than the next closest player as Sidney Crosby has 592 career goals.

427 of Ovechkin's 700 assists are primaries which is good for a 61 percent career percentage. Among the seven active players with 700 assists, Ovechkin's percentage of primary assists are the fourth highest.

Ovechkin is currently on a two game point streak and a two game assist streak as he has three assists. He's still looking for that first goal. The puck drops tonight at 7 p.m. on Monumental Sports Network.

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#3 Jakub Vrana

#2 Charlie Lindgren

#1 Alex Ovechkin

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