Green’s six-game streak hasn’t been done by an NHL defenseman since Hall-of-Famer Ray Bourque with the Boston Bruins in 1984. In fact, he’s one goal shy of tying the all-time mark — set that same season by the Bruins’ Mike O’Connell.

“You just have to go out and play from game to game,” Green said. “Because things have been going well, I try not to do too much because that’s when things don’t work out. Just let the opportunities come and take advantage of them when they’re there.”

Green posted a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win at New Jersey last Tuesday and followed with another goal and assist against Los Angeles on Thursday. But he saved his best for last on Saturday night in a win over the Florida Panthers. He scored a power-play goal in the third period to put the Caps up 2-1 and then — with his team frantically killing a penalty and the net empty — whipped the puck home from 170 feet.

“There’s probably a 10 percent chance that I’d hit that [shot] out on the ice by myself,” Green said. “I threw it and then remembered there wasn’t a goalie in the net. And it wasn’t a very hard shot so it [slid] slowly, slowly, and then I’d seen it kind of curve and I was jacked — especially because [the situation] was so intense.”

Green, in his third full season, has already surpassed his career high in goals. That point production — especially on the power play, where he has a team-high 14 goals — gives another headache to already wary opposing defenders. They just never know when Green is going to attack. And while other Caps defenders have the same chance to go forward, no one in the league is better at that than Green.

“The [other defenseman] have got the [green] light, too, but some of them just can’t go as fast,” said Caps coach Bruce Boudreau. “There’s a difference between a Volkswagen and a Lamborghini.”

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