Washington Capitals’ Pierre-Luc Dubois Gets 200th Anniversary – Hockey Writers – Washington Capitals

After a night where all 32 teams squared off in the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers played their only game on Oct. 23 as the second part of the home and their home. The Capitals went on to win 6-3 and in the process, forward Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists – one of which was a historic assist.

Just over four minutes into the second period, Dubois took the puck out of the Capitals’ zone and picked off Connor McMichael on a breakaway when he made no mistake to put the Capitals up 3-0. The key assist marked Dubois’ 200th career NHL assist – a historic mark for the third overall pick from the 2016 NHL Draft.

Connor McMichael is always hot! 🔥

He has two goals (and counting) this time!

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With two assists in the contest, he now has 201 in his career and is averaging 0.39 assists per game over his eight seasons in the league.

Dubois is coming off his worst offensive season since 2020-21. Last season he had just 40 points in 82 games with the Los Angeles Kings before being traded to the Capitals this offseason – but now he has five goals and five points in just six games this season.

As for how he stacks up against his draft teammates since 2016, he is now the ninth player since his draft year to reach the 200-assist milestone and the seventh player since that year to do so.

He is also the 148th player with 200 assists in his career, tying Bryan Rust (201) of the Pittsburgh Penguins (201) for 147th on the all-time list.

With the Capitals being his fourth team in eight years, hopefully Dubois can settle in and continue to increase his offensive numbers in Washington going forward.