Radko Gudas, the Capitals’ de facto seventh defenseman, was scratched on Sunday after commiting a defensive-zone turnover that led to a objective from the Flyers. Into the lineup arrived 20-calendar year-old defenseman Martin Fehevary who produced his NHL postseason debut from the Boston Bruins.
Fehervary confirmed poise and moved the puck very well all over the match, making a 54.6 shot-attempt proportion at 5-on-5 – a single of only four Capitals players to tilt the ice in favor of Washington per Pure Stat Trick. Feheravary also posted a game-high seven hits in 15:13 of ice time.
“He was seriously superior,” Tom Wilson stated immediately after the match.
“He’s a single of the hardest guys to beat vast in practices,” Wilson disclosed. “A fantastic pair of boots on him. He’s a intelligent player. I imagine he’s a participant that when he will get far more and much more comfortable, his likely is heading to be brilliant. Smart child, performs difficult, and we’re excited to see his future. We saw glimpses of it tonight. He made some excellent plays and super good back there. It was enjoyable to observe.”
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Fehervary was paired with Michal Kempny throughout the game. According to Capitals head mentor Todd Reirden, Fehervary was inserted into the lineup since he provides an additional dimension of offense to the staff.
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“Martin’s a genuinely strong prospect for us. We assume he’s likely to engage in in the league for a extensive time. It’s just a make a difference of putting him in conditions exactly where can have achievements. He can develop. He can get superior,” Reirden reported. “This was the appropriate chance to place him in now. Required to insert a small bit more offense to our next powerplay device if we were able to get more powerplays. And a guy who has played the electrical power perform a small bit in the American Hockey League in Martin. Naturally, he’s not a massive point producer but he’s a puck mover. His skating is well previously mentioned average and he can defend that way. I thought it was a superior probability for us to seem at him upcoming to Michael and we’ll participate in items by ear below as we get closer to Sport 1 and locating out when that will particularly be and what glance we want to go with on our backend.”
During the common time, Fehervary tallied an help in six video games with the Capitals whilst contributing 14 details (4g, 10a) in 56 online games for the Hershey Bears through his initial specialist year in North The us.
Brenden Dillon extra that the young prospect offers the crew more depth in a postseason where by the crew has currently performed a few video games with no Norris Trophy finalist John Carlson.
A strong defensive hard work secured Washington’s gain in the Round Robin finale, landing them with the 3 seed and a date with the Islanders in the initial round.
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“I feel for Marty, to come in, have some self-confidence and enjoy a fantastic 15 minutes for us, I assume it bodes perfectly for our workforce,” Dillon said. “We’re built for playoff hockey. We have a whole lot of depth up and down our lineup. You see Boyder much too soar in and help us out. I consider it is terrific for Marty and his private development and naturally for us as a staff.”
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