Watch: Jakub Vrana flips home 1st NHL goal
Jean-Yves Ahern / USA TODAY Sports
It's been a long time coming for Jakub Vrana.
The first-round draft selection of the Washington Capitals out of the impressive 2014 class recorded his first NHL goal Friday, tapping in a precise goalmouth feed from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Vrana will take home the souvenir from just his fifth start in the NHL.
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