After an evening the place all 32 groups took to the ice within the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers performed the one recreation on Oct. 23 because the second half of their home-and-home. The Capitals went on to win 6-3 and within the course of, ahead Pierre-Luc Dubois tallied a aim and two assists — one in every of which was a milestone helper.
Simply over 4 minutes into the second interval, Dubois chipped the puck out of the Capitals’ zone and sprung Connor McMichael on a breakaway the place he made no mistake to place the Capitals up 3-0. The first help marked the 2 hundredth help of Dubois’ NHL profession — a milestone marker for the third general decide from the 2016 NHL Draft.
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He is obtained two targets (and counting) this era!
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With two helpers within the contest, he now has 201 in his profession and is averaging 0.39 assists per recreation over his eight seasons within the league.
Dubois is coming off his worst offensive season since 2020-21. Final season he had simply 40 factors in 82 video games with the Los Angeles Kings earlier than being moved to the Capitals this offseason — however now has a aim and 5 factors in simply six video games up to now this season.
As for the way he stacks up together with his draft colleagues from 2016, he’s now the ninth participant from his draft yr to achieve the 200-assist milestone and simply the seventh first-rounder from that yr to take action.
He’s additionally simply the 148th lively participant with 200 assists in his profession, tying Pittsburgh Penguins’ Bryan Rust (201) for 147th on the all-time lively checklist.
With the Capitals being his fourth workforce in eight years, hopefully Dubois can settle in and proceed to spice up his offensive numbers in Washington transferring ahead.
