Washington Capitals (13-6-4 30pts) v. Philadelphia Flyers (12-6-3 27pts)
Game Recap:
In Philadelphia for a battle in front of fans for the first time since March of 2020, the Washington Capitals would do battle with the Flyers. In the first period it would be a very quiet for the first half of the period, but then Travis Konecny would shoot one right through the legs of Ilya Samsonov to give the Flyers the 1-0 lead. Both teams would get a powerplay opportunity afterwards, but neither team would score as the Flyers kept the one goal lead heading into the first intermission.
In the second period we would see some interesting back and forth between the Caps and the Flyers where they would trade penalties within seconds of each other, but it wouldn’t be until later in the period when Alex Ovechkin would net his eighth of the season to tie the game at one, and then with 16 seconds left in the period Dmitry Orlov would get the puck through Carter Hart to give the Caps the 2-1 lead.
Then in the third period Nick Jensen would net his first career goal as a Capital to give the Capitals the 3-1 victory over the Flyers in what was otherwise a very quiet third period.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Daniel Sprong
Richard Panik — Lars Eller — Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara — Nick Jensen
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: None
Suspended: Tom Wilson
Philadelphia Flyers:
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Couturier — Joel Farabee
Scott Laughton — Kevin Hayes — Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom — Claude Giroux — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Connor Bunnaman — Nolan Patrick — Jakub Voracek
Ivan Provorov — Justin Braun
Travis Sanheim — Philippe Myers
Erik Gustafsson — Shayne Gostisbehere
Carter Hart
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Robert Hagg, Andy Andreoff, Carsen Twarynski, Nate Prosser,
Injured: Michael Raffl (hand)
First Period:
PHI Goal – 11:04 – Joel Farabee (11) from Sean Couturier (8)
WAS Penalty – 12:40 – Conor Sheary 2 minutes for Hooking
PHI Penalty – 16:00 – Travis Konecny 2 minutes for Goaltender Interference
| End of First | WAS – 0 | PHI – 1 |
| Shots | 7 | 14 |
| Faceoff Wins | 7 | 11 |
| Hits | 7 | 5 |
| Powerplay | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Second Period:
WAS Penalty – 7:56 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Tripping
PHI Penalty – 8:01 – James van Riemsdyk 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS Penalty – 9:25 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Delay of Game
WAS Goal – 15:11 – Alex Ovechkin (8) from TJ Oshie (11) and Zdeno Chara (5)
WAS Goal – 19:44 – Dmitry Orlov (2) from Johm Carlson (15) and Jakub Vrana (8)
| End of Second | WAS – 2 | PHI – 1 |
| Shots | 20 | 22 |
| Faceoff Wins | 17 | 20 |
| Hits | 16 | 7 |
| Powerplay | 0/1 | 0/3 |
Third Period:
WAS Goal – 4:15 – Nick Jensen (1) from Nicklas Backstrom (17) and TJ Oshie (12)
WAS Penalty – 9:08 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Tripping
| End of Third | WAS – 3 | PHI – 1 |
| Shots | 27 | 37 |
| Faceoff Wins | 22 | 28 |
| Hits | 24 | 12 |
| Powerplay | 0/1 | 0/4 |
One thought on “Capitals v. Flyers: Jensen’s First as a Cap Sinks Flyers”