#1 Ethen Frank
Ethen Frank would score his first career NHL goal to give Washington the lead for good with 11:30 remaining in the third perid. He also tallied an assist the night before when the Capitals lost on home ice in overtime against the Montreal Canadiens.
The 26 year old went undrafted and has recorded 125 points with 80 goals and 45 assists in 161 career AHL games with the Hershey Bears. His 80 goals since April 15, 2022, the date of his first career AHL goal, are the second most in the AHL since that span. Samuel Fagemo has more with 85.
Frank is the 11th player in Capitals franchise history to record a point in each of his first two career NHL games.
Tom Wilson would comment on Frank's first NHL goal:
"It's pretty special with a guy that's just earned everything. Hockey is such a great game at every level, but a guy that just stuck with it. Heck of a player, great guy, and he comes up and his work really paid off. And you see him have success last night in front of his family and then tonight his first goal, it brings you back. It's what is so great about the game when the guy can score his first goal. It's a dream come true. "Tom Wilson