(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)For the second consecutive year, the Capitals enter the all-star break with the NHL’s best record. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at the Capitals’ dominant January, which — good news! After averaging 2.8 goals in their first 35 games, the Capitals are now averaging 3.24 goals for the season, which ranks fifth in the league. [The Wizards and Capitals are perfect at Verizon Center in 2017]9 games in which the Capitals scored at least five goals, which is tied for the most five-plus goal games in a single month in franchise history. 5 goalies pulled against the Capitals, starting with Columbus’s Sergei Bobrovsky in Washington’s 5-0 win on Jan. 5.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 19:09 UTC