Player Notes:
LAST FIVE GAMES: 5 GP, 4-2-6, E, 2 PIM
* Leads the team with 52 goals and 53 assists for 105 points and has had a point in 64 of his 80 games and more than one in 31 of 80
* Ranks third in the NHL with 105 points, fourth with 52 goals, sixth with 21 power-play goals and first with 421 shots (stats current; ranking through Saturday's games)
* Just the second NHL rookie to post 50 goals and 100 points (Teemu Selanne, 1992-93)
* His 105 points is the second-best total in Caps history
* His 421 shots are a Caps record and the fourth-best total in NHL history
* Enjoying a four-game goal streak, 4/10-4/17 (4-2-6 in that time)
* Among NHL rookies, ranks first in points, first in goals, second in assists, first in power-play goals, tied for first in shorthanded goals, first in power-play points and first in shots (through Saturday's games)
* Scored five goals in six games at 2006 Olympics and was the lone member of the All-Tournament Team whose team didn't win a medal
* Holds the franchise record for goals and points by a rookie, both of which had been set 24 years ago
* Was named NHL Offensive Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month for January, just the third player to do so (Washington's Jim Carey, March 1995; Winnepeg's Teemu Selanne, January 1993)
* Was named NHL Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 22, as well as the period ending Jan. 1, the only rookie to earn that honor this season
* NHL Rookie of the Month for December
* Has scored 52 of the Capitals' 226 goals (an NHL-best 23.0 percent); has had a hand in 105 of 226, 46.5 percent (the best ever by an NHL rookie)
* Leads the team and ranks second among NHL rookies with 172 hits (stat current; rankings through Saturday's games, eighth among all NHL forwards through Saturday's games)
* Second on the team with 21:41 average ice time per game
* Has led or shared the team lead in shots 53 times, including 11 straight games (10/26-11/19); has had six games with 10-plus shots on goal, including one game with 12 (4/7 vs. CAR) and one game with 13 (vs. TB 3/23)
* The only NHL player who has more than twice as many goals or shots than any teammate
* Has the most points of any Russian-born rookie in history or any rookie left wing in history
* Has scored Washington's first goal 19 times and the game's first goal an NHL-high 12 times
* 32 of his 52 goals have tied the score or given the Caps the lead
* Leads the team and ranks tied for fourth in the NHL in power-play points (21-30-51) (through Saturday's games)
* Just one PPG shy of tying the Capitals' club record
* The first Capital ever to record a point in each of his first eight NHL games (breaking the record of four by Milan Novy in 1982 and Ryan Walter in 1978)
* Held the longest point-scoring streak to start an NHL career (eight games) since Boston's Dmitri Kvartalnov (14 games, 10/8/92 to 11/12/92, 12-10-22)
* Surpassed the Caps rookie record with a seven-game goal streak (2/10-3/8), a record which he had set in a six-game stretch from 12/22 to 1/1
* Scored his 50th goal of the season at Atlanta (4/13), just one game after recording his 100th point of the season - a game-winning overtime goal - at Boston (4/10)
* Enjoyed an 11-game point streak (5-12-17 from 3/18-4/7), the longest of his career and the longest ever by a Caps rookie
* Recorded his ninth multiple-goal game of the season with two goals and an assist at TB (3/23)
* Enjoyed his best month of the season with 24 points (11-13-24) in 15 games in March; (had previously been January, 11-10-21 in 14 games)
* Scored a goal and two assists and had 10 shots on goal vs. PIT (3/8)
* Enjoyed an eight-game point streak for the third time in his career (10/5-10/20, 1/6-1/21 and 3/14-4/1); had five goals and eight assists for 13 points in his most recent streak
* Had a three-point game at PHX (2-1-3, 1/16), including a highlight-reel goal from his back
* Reco

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