Alex Ovechkin is goalless through four games this season. Auston Matthews is without a point in the last three games. The Capitals winger and Leafs centre, the game's most prolific goal scorers since Matthews entered the league in the 2016-17 season, will look to get back on the board when they faceoff for the 16th time on Tuesday night.
is without a point in the last three games. The Capitals winger and Leafs centre, the game's most prolific goal scorers since Matthews entered the league in the 2016-17 season, will look to get back on the board when they faceoff for the 16th time in the regular season on Tuesday night.
Jarnkrok scored a career-high 20 goals last season. He has one goal and one assist so far this year. got the first look beside Matthews and Marner this season, but it never really clicked. He'll move to the second line with "Auston's such a unique player from a standpoint of size, power, hands, skill in tight, like, it's hard to compare him to other players in the league," said Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery, who was an assistant with the Leafs for two seasons.
"I didn't even know he hadn't scored," Keefe insisted."Whether he has or hasn't, he is a dangerous player that you are going to be aware of and need a game plan for. That wouldn't change how we prepare for the game."of his first game against Ovechkin."There's a few guys like that around that, the first time you play him, you're watching him in warmup and the first couple plays and you don't reality want to be too hard on him." .
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