Capitals’ Aliaksei Protas sets single-season points record by Belarusian-born NHLer
With two assists Tuesday night against the Detroit Red Wings, Washington Capitals’ forward Aliaksei Protas brought his point total to 61, and he now holds the single-season record for most points by a player born in Belarus.
With two assists against Detroit, Aliaksei Protas brought his season point total to 61 (29g, 32a). Protas' 61 points are the most by a Belarus-born player in a single season in NHL history (previously Yegor Sharangovich, 59 points in 2023-24).
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Protas, who now has 29 goals and 32 assists, passed Yegor Sharangovich’s single-season high of 59 points, which he set last season with the Calgary Flames.
Now in his fourth NHL season, the 24-year-old Protas has 42 goals and 72 assists for 114 points in 237 career regular-season games.
He also played for the AHL’s Hershey Bears, scoring 12 goals and 24 assists for 36 points in 67 games. He was a part of the Bears’ 2023 Calder Cup championship squad, scoring five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 20 playoff games.
Taken in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals, Protas spent two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Prince Albert Raiders. In his first season, he helped the club win a WHL Championship, scoring 12 goals and 10 assists for 22 points in 23 playoff games. The next season, he scored 31 goals and 49 assists for 80 points in 58 regular-season games.
The Capitals are 45-15-8 with 98 points, first in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference with a plus-72 goal differential. Forward Dylan Strome has a team-leading 67 points, scoring 22 goals and 45 assists. Alex Ovechkin has 34 goals, and is just eight goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record.