Make It An Occasion, Tiger! Lars Eller Scores in His 900th NHL Game, Two Points Shy of Becoming Second All-Time Leading Scorer Among Danish-Born Players

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Michael Fleetwood

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With his Washington Capitals already up by a commanding 3-0 lead (thanks in part to a shorthanded, penalty shot goal from Marcus Johansson), Center Lars Eller padded the lead for his club by scoring his sixth goal of the 2022-23 regular season.

The goal comes in Eller’s 900th NHL game, and marks his second consecutive game with a goal.

Lars Eller tucks home Mantha’s rebound for Washington’s 4th goal of the period!#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/5rMv2TYIOj

— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) December 12, 2022

Eller is also one point shy of tying the Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers for the second-most Points by a Danish-born player in NHL history (361).

Eller is now one point shy of tying Nikolaj Ehlers (361) for the second-most points by a Denmark-born player in NHL history.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) December 12, 2022

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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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