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Lars Eller scored his seventh goal of the 2022-23 season in the final seconds of the Washington Capitals’ December 27 game against the New York Rangers to push his club’s lead to 3-0 and move past Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers in scoring among Denmark-born NHL players.
Eller scored his seventh goal of the regular season at the 19:23 mark of the middle frame on an assist from Anthony Mantha.
LARS WITH AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY pic.twitter.com/qscP6wNv9r
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The goal makes Eller the second-highest scoring player from Denmark, giving him his 362nd career NHL point, and placing him only behind Frans Nielsen, who has 473.
Lars Eller scores his seventh goal of the season to extend the Capitals’ lead to 3-0. It marks Eller’s 362nd career point (160g, 202a), which moves him into sole possession of second place on the NHL’s all-time points list among Denmark-born players (Nikolaj Ehlers: 361 points).
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Eller, who was drafted in the first-round (13th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues, has recorded 205 Points (86G, 119A) in 463 Games Played with the Caps.
“We’re attacking with 5 and we’re defending with 5…We’re hard to play against.” 😤 pic.twitter.com/0p3q32SJWe
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By Michael Fleetwood
The Vikings (Johansson, Gustafsson, and Eller) pillaged and plundered NYC tonight.
Would be nice if he could pass Franz but 111 points at this stage of his career and being a UFA and his age this summer may pose a problem moving into the #1 slot. Im thinking at 33 it will take his 3 or 4 years to pass Franz.
Put it another way, Ovechkin is closer to Gretzky’s career goal total than Eller is to Nielsen’s.
The third line was great tonight including NAK. Wish he would put one in. Third line logged significantly more minutes (roughly 15) than second line (roughly 11 min). Except Kuzy who also got PP time. It’s not a sexy line, but damn are they effective!
Sweet dangle Lars!
Ehlers is a far better player.