Notes and observations from the Washington Capitals’ 2-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in their preseason opener Monday night.
No white jerseys stood within a stick’s reach of him in the slot, so when defenseman Christian Djoos’s feed reached Tom Wilson early into the third period, the forward had enough time to pivot, assess his target, cock back and fire.
“That’s where you score goals,” Wilson said, not long after his wrist shot whistled into the top-left corner, over the blocker pad of goaltender Drew MacIntyre. “I just finished watching [former teammate Joel Ward] for two years score a lot of his goals from there.