John Carlson Records Assist on Lars Eller’s First Period Goal Against Nashville Predators, Continues Hot Start to the Season

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Michael Fleetwood

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After a 70-point performance last season, Capitals defenseman John Carlson headed into this season aiming to continue his production, and was named the Capitals’ second alternate captain after the retirement of fellow blueliner Brooks Orpik this summer. After starting off the 2019-20 campaign on fire production-wise, the team’s former first-round pick continued his hot start in the Capitals’ game against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

In a loud, raucous Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Lars Eller struck first at the 9:17 mark of the opening frame, on a primary assist by Garnet Hathaway, and secondary assist from Carlson, who moved the puck into the offensive and dished the puck across to Hathaway, who moved it from skate to stick to the goal-crease for a layup for Eller. The goal can be seen below:

The assist was Carlson’s fifth of the season and he now has six points overall through four games played and with two more periods to play in his fifth of the season. Heading into tonight’s game was on pace for over a point per game the rest of the season (inevitably unsustainable over the rest of the long campaign). Carlson recorded 13 goals and 57 assists for 70 points in 80 games played last season.

Update: John Carlson finished the game with three assists.

By Michael Fleetwood

About Michael Fleetwood

Michael Fleetwood was born into a family of diehard Capitals fans and has been watching games as long as he can remember. He was born the year the Capitals went to their first Stanley Cup Final, and is a diehard Caps fan, the owner of the very FIRST Joe Beninati jersey and since then, has met Joe himself. Michael joined the NoVa Caps team in 2015, and is most proud of the growth of the NoVa Caps community in that time. An avid photographer, Michael resides in VA.
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6 Responses to John Carlson Records Assist on Lars Eller’s First Period Goal Against Nashville Predators, Continues Hot Start to the Season

  1. Day One Caps Fan says:
    October 10, 2019 at 10:39 pm

    Short leash, Caps fans? Caps stink this year. Braden Hole-by. At least give me the young kid in goal. God awful. Caps aren’t better than anybody.

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  3. Steve says:
    October 11, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    Carlson got caught flatfooted last game for an easy goal and same this game that caused a penalty and a PPG. I don’t care how may points he scores if he is not going to play Defense.

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