Capitals goalie Tomas Vokoun earned NHL third star of the week honors for his play in three wins last week against Florida, Philadelphia and Detroit. He posted a goals-against average of 1.00 and a save percentage of .968.
Vokoun gave up five goals on 28 shots in a rough first start of the season on Oct. 10 against Tampa Bay. He’s been nothing short of brilliant since then facing 170 shots and stopping 164 for a save percentage of .965. Vokoun has taken full advantage of Michal Neuvirth’s right foot injury to start six of Washington’s seven games. Neuvirth did participate in practice Monday and is expected to travel with the team to Edmonton and Vancouver on this week’s western Canada trip.
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