Washington Capitals (42-22-7 91 pts) v.s. Philadelphia Flyers (34-28-8 76 pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals continue their four game road trip tonight as they take on the Philadelphia Flyers. The first period began eerily similar to the previous match up against the Flyers as the Capitals started off with an early lead. Brett Connolly got the Capitals on the board first with assists going to Michal Kempny & John Carlson. Lars Eller would add to the lead and make it 2-0 with assists from Brett Connolly and Carl Hagelin. The period would end with Brooks Orpik being called for an interference penalty which gave the Flyers a power play that would continue into the 2nd period.
In the second period, we saw each team score twice. Scoring from the Capitals would come from Brett Connolly (2nd goal of the game) & Tom Wilson who added his 20th goal on the season. For the Flyers, James Van Riemsdyk & Scott Laughton got the Flyers on the board. The Capitals would take a 4-2 leading going into the 3rd period.
The third period featured three penalties called against the Capitals and one called against the Flyers. The Capitals would add an empty net goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov to seal the victory for the Capitals. The Capitals have won three of the four games against the Flyers so far with the final match up being on March 24th at Capital One Arena.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie
Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Brett Connolly
Andre Burakovsky-Chandler Stephenson-Travis Boyd
Michal Kempny-John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov-Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik-Nic Jensen
Braden Holtby
Phoenix Copley
Scratches: Dmitry Jaskin, Nic Dowd, Christian Djoos
Philadelphia Flyers:
Oskar Lindblom-Sean Couturiere-Claude Girioux
James Van Riemsdyk-Nolan Patrick-Travis Konecny
Michael Raffl-Scott Laughton-Ryan Hartman
Phil Varone-Corban Knight-Justin Bailey
Ivan Provorov-Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere-Phillippe Myers
Robert Hagg-Radko Gudas
Carter Hart
Brian Elliott
Scratches: Andrew MacDonald, Samuel Morin, Cam Talbot
Suspension: Jakub Voracek
Inuries: Michal Neuvirth
First Period:
Washington Goal-2:53-Brett Connolly (18) assisted by Michal Kempny (18) & John Carlson (51)
Washington Goal-9:30-Lars Eller (11) assisted by Brett Connolly (20) & Carl Hagelin (8)
Washington Penalty-19:00-Brooks Orpik, 2 minutes for interference
End of 1st – WAS – 2 PHI – 0
Shots 11 5
Faceoffs 7/9 2/9
Hits 11 10
PP 0/0 0/0
Second Period:
Philadelphia Goal-1:03- James Vam Riemsdyk (21) assisted by Shayne Gostisbehere (26)
Philadelphia Penalty-5:06- Radko Gudas, 2 minutes for holding
Washington Goal-8:43- Brett Connolly (19) unassisted
Washington Goal-9:48- Tom Wilson (20) assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov (49) & Dmitry Orlov (22)
Philadelphia Goal-12:22- Scott Laughton (12) assisted by Ryan Hartman (12) & Robert Hagg (13)
Philadelphia Penalty-19:00- Michael Raffl, 2 minutes for holding
End of 2nd – WAS- 4 PHI- 2
Shots 25 14
Faceoffs 9/21 12/21
Hits 16 18
PP 0/2 0/1
Third Period:
Philadelphia Penalty-5:57- Michael Raffl, 2 minutes for hooking
Washington Penalty-6:33- Evgeny Kuznetsov, 2 minutes for tripping
Washington Penalty-9:06- Nicklas Backstrom, 2 minutes for hooking
Washington Penalty-11:41- Nic Jensen, 2 minutes for interference
Washington Goal (Empty Net)-17:34- Evgeny Kuznetsov (18) assisted by Alex Ovechkin (33) & Michal Kempny (18)
End of 3rd – WAS – 5 PHI – 2
Shots 32 24
Faceoffs 25/53 28/53
Hits 22 25
PP 0/3 0/4
Next Up:
Washington Capitals (42-22-7 91 pts) v.s. Tampa Bay Lightning (54-13-4 112 pts)
Philadelphia Flyers (34-28-8 76 pts) v.s. Toronto Maple Leafs (42-23-5 89 pts)
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