With Jakub Vrana reportedly signing a PTO with the Capitals and having a chance at a second stint with the club, here are the 10 times he assisted Alex Ovechkin during the first stint. This is the third-most he has assisted any player in his career, providing 14 apples to T.J. Oshie and 12 to Evgeny Kuznetsov from 2016-17 to 2020-21. Ovechkin’s first assist from Vrana came on October 5, 2017 and his most recent on January 13, 2020. Vrana has assisted the Great Eight twice in one game on 1 occasion and on an overtime winner on 1 occasion. Interestingly, each of the first 6 assists were at even strength, while each of the last 4 were on the powerplay. 3 of the 10 were primary assists.
Vrana most notably assisted Ovechkin’s 669th goal to pass Luc Robitaille for 12th-most goals overall and most by a left winger in NHL history on October 29, 2019 in Toronto.
