Philadelphia Flyers (36-31-8 80pts) v. Washington Capitals (43-24-8 94pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals host the Philadelphia Flyers for an NBC matinee in their final meeting of the regular season. Early in the first period it would be the Capitals scorimg first as an Alex Ovechkin pass would be deflected to Nick Jensen who would shoot it from the point with Tom Wilson deflecting it past Briam Elliott for the 1-0 lead. The Capitals wouldvgain two powerplay opportunities, but would not be able to use them to build on their 1-0 lead going into the intermission.
In the second period it would be the Flyers dominating the play against the Capitals for the first half of the period, but it would be the Capitals who would strike once again with a deflection in front of the net this time Travis Boyd deflecting Matt Niskanen’s point shot. However, the Capitals would continuously go to the penalty box, and the third time would be the charm as Jakub Voracek would score for the Flyers on their third powerplay opportunity on a TJ Oshie holding call.
In the third period, it would be a tightly contested affair, but a Jakub Vrana breakaway courtesy of Brett Connolly would ice the game for the Capitals as they would sweep the regular season series with a 3-1 victory over the Flyers.
Lineups:
Philadelphia Flyers:
Oskar Lindblom — Sean Couturier — Jakub Voracek
James van Riemsdyk — Nolan Patrick — Claude Giroux
Michael Raffl — Scott Laughton — Travis Konecny
Justin Bailey — Corban Knight — Ryan Hartman
Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere — Philippe Myers
Robert Hagg — Radko Gudas
Brian Elliott
Carter Hart
Scratched: Cam Talbot, Andrew MacDonald, Samuel Morin, Phil Varone
Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body)
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin – Lars Eller — Brett Connolly
Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd
Christian Djoos — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Tyler Lewington
Injured: Michal Kempny (lower body)
First Period:
Capitals Goal – 3:52 – Tom Wilson (22) from Nick Jensen (16) and Alex Ovechkin (36)
Flyers Penalty – 7:18 – James van Riemsdyk 2 minutes for Interference
Flyers Penalty – 14:22 – Justin Bailey 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 1st – PHI – 0 WAS – 1
Shots 11 11
Faceoffs 13 04
Hits 05 02
PP 0/0 0/2
Second Period:
Capitals Penalty – :29 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Slashing
Capitals Goal – 10:47 – Travis Boyd (5) from Matt Niskanen (16) and Nic Dowd (14)
Capitals Penalty – 13:22 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping
Capitals Penalty – 16:51 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Holding
Flyers PPG – 17:10 – Jakub Voracek (20) from unassisted
End of 2nd – PHI – 1 WAS – 2
Shots 31 18
Faceoffs 25 14
Hits 11 12
PP 1/3 0/2
Third Period:
Capitals Penalty – 3:25 – Brooks Orpik 2 minutes for Roughing
Capitals Goal – 8:07 – Jakub Vrana (22) from Brett Connolly (23)
End of 3rd – PHI – 1 WAS – 3
Shots 36 30
Faceoffs 38 22
Hits 16 22
PP 1/4 0/2
Next Up:
Washington (44-24-8 96pts) v. Carolina (41-26-7 89pts)
Philadelphia (36-32-8 80pts) v. Toronto (44-25-6 94pts)
