"Carbery has been particularly impressed with the recent play of his second line, featuring a rookie Justin Sourdif centering Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson. The Capitals have absolutely dominated their five-on-five minutes with the trio on the ice, seeing 74.9 percent of shot attempts, 89.8 percent of expected goals, 83.7 percent of scoring chances, and 86.2 percent of high-danger chances."
""When you make line changes, you're watching to see if there's any chemistry," Carbery said Tuesday. "And so if there is, okay, one game, two games. But you really want to see it until it gets to that third game and fourth game. And it feels like to me that Sourdif line is starting to get to that point. We're talking to each of the guys. They feel like they're reading off of one another. They're communicating well.""
"Carbery also separated Nic Dowd and Brandon Duhaime, who have rarely played apart since Duhaime signed with the Capitals in July 2024. Dowd took up third-line center duties between Ryan Leonard and Anthony Beauvillier on Monday, and the experiment worked: the Capitals did not give up a single high-danger chance during their five-on-five minutes together and owned 64.5 percent of expected goal"
Washington adjusted forward lines after Pierre-Luc Dubois suffered a long-term injury and continued struggles finding depth scoring. Head coach Spencer Carbery altered the lineup for the game against the Los Angeles Kings, producing a 2-1 home victory. A second line with rookie Justin Sourdif centering Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson has dominated five-on-five play across shot attempts, expected goals, scoring chances, and high-danger chances. Carbery reports growing chemistry as players read and communicate with one another. Separating Nic Dowd and Brandon Duhaime also produced positive results, with the third line limiting high-danger chances and controlling expected goals.
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