Throughout the season, we’ll check in on the Washington Capitals to see which players, positions, and/or systems are hot and who is, well, not. Today we’ll be assessing the team based on their games from January 13-19.
Opponents: Ducks (W 3-0); Senators (OTW 1-0); Penguins (W 4-1)
Hot Front
Logan Thompson. It’s hard to overstate just how important Thompson has been for the Caps, not just this week but the last few weeks as the team’s offense has fallen off. But let’s focus on this week, where he picked up his first shutout of the season (and as a Cap) and then just, ho hum, added a second in his next game.