When the NHL handed out a seven-game suspension to Tom Wilson, it was another blow to a team whose 2021 campaign had been pocked with personnel absences for a variety of reasons. But for Daniel Sprong, it represented a wider window of opportunity with his new club than he’d yet seen. He’s made the most of it.
The Caps are 6-0-0 in the six games they’ve played sans-Tom, and Sprong has points (three goals, one assist) in four of them. This stretch has given Sprong the highest 5v5 goal-scoring rate in the League among players who have skated any sort of meaningful minutes, and the second-highest 5v5 points rate on the team with the same qualifier.