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Absurd stats from the Capitals 9-2 win over the Flyers – Russian Machine Never Breaks

I hope I don’t steal too much thunder from Chris’s numbers for the morning after post, but tonight’s win was so absurd we need to highlight some of the buck wild numbers from this game.

No matter how prepared you think you are for this post, I promise you, you’re not ready for the crazy I’m about to present.

8

That’s how many different Capitals players scored against the Flyers, including Alex Ovechkin who tallied career goal no. 776 in the first period. It was Ovi’s 46th goal of the season and the 131st time he’s opened a game with a goal. Two players scored their first goal as a Capital on Tuesday: Matt Irwin and Johan Larsson.

Lars Eller was the only Capitals player to score twice.

16

That’s how many Capitals players tallied at least 1 point against the Flyers. 9 of those players tallied 2 points. 1 player had 3: Justin Schultz (3 assists). The only players not to get on the scoresheet were Nick Jensen, Marcus Johansson, and Ilya Samsonov. For shame!

According to the Capitals PR, it’s the fifth time in franchise history the Capitals have had 16 players record a point in the same game. The last time they did it was January 9, 2010, against the Atlanta Thrashers — over 12 years ago!!!

1,223

That’s the number of days that have passed since Matt Irwin last scored a goal in the NHL. Thejourneyman defenseman last hit the back of the net on December 6, 2018, against the Vancouver Canucks. Irwin was a member of the Nashville Predators and playing under… you guessed it… Peter Laviolette.

19:50

No Capitals player played more than 20 minutes and less than 10 in the game. Defenseman Nick Jensen led all Capitals players with 19:50 while Alex Ovechkin led all Capitals forwards with 18:42 TOI. Tom Wilson got the least amount of ice time with 12:26.

W I L D.

17

That’s how many skaters on the Capitals got time on the power play, including every forward on the team. Only Nick Jensen did not skate while the Capitals had the man advantage. The Capitals’ fourth line — Garnet Hathaway, Nic Dowd, and Johan Larsson — all got over a minute on the PP. Larsson scored the ninth goal of the game on the PP, totally ruining our joke.

4

That’s the number of times the Capitals have scored nine or more goals in a game over the last 25 years. The last time they did so was in 2008.

6

That’s the number of seconds Conor Sheary had in front of the net wide open with the puck before scoring on a beleaguered Martin Jones. More on him in a bit!

.778

This is Martin Jones’ save percentage after replacing an injured Carter Hart (.700) to start the second period. Jones gave up 6 goals on 27 shots while Hart surrendered 3 on 10. Yuck.

-5

This was the team-worst plus-minus of Flyers defenders Kevin Connauton and Ronnie Attard in the game. 12 of 18 Flyers’ skaters finished in the negative with their plus-minus. 3 Flyers players somehow managed to be in the positive: Travis Sanheim (+1), James van Riemsdyk (+1), and Morgan Frost (+1).

10

That’s the season-high amount of PIMs Evgeny Kuznetsov had in the game after being tossed late in the third period. Kuznetsov attempted to fight Travis Konechy after Travis Sanheim got rough with Trevor van Riemsdyk and Conor Sheary.

Speaking of van Riemsdyks…

2

That’s the number of van Riemsdyks that played in the game, James and Trevor. That’s also the amount of van Riemsdyks that the puck deflected off of on JVR’s second goal of the game in the third period.

Fun win. Let’s do it again on Thursday!

Headline photo: @pennybacker

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