10 - Consecutive games in which the Capitals have scored the first goal, punctuated by Andre Burakovsky’s record-tying run of four-straight initial tallies. Nine of those ten opening salvos have come in the first period, a stanza which the Caps have dominated on the scoreboard, leading the League in first period goal differential (+28; 46 goals-for and a League-low 18 -against) en route to NHL bests with 20 wins when leading after twenty minutes and 26 victories when scoring first.
(All that said, the Caps’ first-period five-on-five Corsi-For percentage is a disappointing 49.