Jakob Chychrun is chasing a crazy Caps record

Friday at Capital One Arena, the Washington Capitals erased a 2 0 deficit and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 2 for their third straight win, pushing them to 14-9-2.

Jakob Chychrun ripped the winner with 3:56 left, his 10th of the season, capping a five game goal streak and ten game point streak.

The run ties the franchise mark for a defenseman's point streak at ten games and makes him second Capitals defender with goals in five straight.

Chychrun is 27, a 2016 first rounder at 16th overall by the Arizona Coyotes, and he looks every bit like an elite modern number one.

After a 20 goal breakout with Washington last season, this year's ten already have him tracking toward another monster total from the blue line.

On the winner, he slid into the right circle, waited on the weak side, then crushed Ryan Leonard's cross ice feed past Joseph Woll.

Washington's push started late in the second, when Connor McMichael finally broke through off the cycle and Logan Thompson settled in after a shaky start.

By the third, the Capitals were living in the Leafs zone, stacking controlled entries and winning battles below the dots instead of chasing rush chances.

Afterward, Chychrun brushed off the history talk, saying he is trying to support teammates, do the right things, and let the puck occasionally find him.

Tom Gulitti noted on X that the stretch makes him the second Capitals defenseman with a five game goal streak, following Mike Green's run.

Spencer Carbery keeps leaning on him in every situation, and the usage is paying off, from first power play minutes to late game defensive starts.

The bar to match Mike Green's eight gamer is still high, but it suddenly feels reachable. If Chychrun keeps playing this way, the Capitals might have another franchise defining defenseman driving everything from the back end.