In the six games the Washington Capitals have played without captain Alex Ovechkin, they have scored eight power-play goals. In Ovechkin’s last six games before he suffered a broken left fibula at Utah on Nov. 18, the Capitals scored five times with the man advantage — and that came after a lethargic start to the season on the power play.
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Without the ‘greatest power-play player of all time,’ the Caps are surging
It shouldn’t add up, but Washington’s numbers with the man advantage have improved since Alex Ovechkin’s injury.
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