National Hockey League

FINAL
Washington Capitals 5
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Philadelphia Flyers 3
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WSH2215
PHI1023
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Match Report

Ovechkin scores No. 715 to lift Capitals past Flyers 5-3

— Alex Ovechkin scored his 715th career goal to help the Washington Capitals win their third straight game, 5-3 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

WSH PHI
8
Blocked Shots
8
25
Hits
24
5
Takeaways
6
22
Shots
33
0
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
2
0.0
Power Play Percentage
50.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
27
Faceoffs Won
33
45.0
Faceoff Win Percent
55.0
6
Giveaways
13
5
Total Penalties
5
13
Penalty Minutes
13

Top Performers

WSH

  • Ilya Samsonov G GA 3 · SA 33 · SOS 0
  • Nicklas Backstrom C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Nic Dowd C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • T.J. Oshie RW BS 2 · HT 1 · TK 0

PHI

  • Brian Elliott G GA 4 · SA 21 · SOS 0
  • James van Riemsdyk LW BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Sean Couturier C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Kevin Hayes RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

Head to Head

WSH leads series 2-1

Injuries

Philadelphia Flyers

  • Rasmus Ristolainen Injured Reserve
  • Owen Tippett Injured Reserve
  • Travis Konecny Injured Reserve
  • Nikita Grebenkin Injured Reserve

Washington Capitals

  • Logan Thompson Injured Reserve
  • Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
  • Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
  • Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Goal 19:32 5-3
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  2. Penalty 12:43 4-3
    3rd
  3. Missed 12:35 4-3
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  4. Missed 12:06 4-3
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  5. Penalty 10:58 4-3
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd
  6. Penalty 10:58 4-3
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  7. Goal 10:45 4-3
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  8. Missed 8:50 4-2
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  9. Goal 1:43 4-2
    Ivan Provorov 3rd
  10. Missed 0:31 4-1
    Shayne Gostisbehere 3rd
  11. Penalty 20:00 4-1
    Travis Konecny 2nd
  12. Penalty 20:00 4-1
    Zdeno Chara 2nd
  13. Missed 19:29 4-1
    Robert Hagg 2nd
  14. Goal 17:33 4-1
    Nic Dowd 2nd
  15. Missed 15:48 3-1
    Erik Gustafsson 2nd
  16. Goal 6:58 3-1
    John Carlson 2nd
  17. Missed 3:36 2-1
    Nicklas Backstrom 2nd
  18. Missed 3:29 2-1
    Nicklas Backstrom 2nd
  19. Penalty 1:50 2-1
    Travis Konecny 2nd
  20. Missed 1:32 2-1
    Ivan Provorov 2nd
  21. Missed 19:48 2-1
    Claude Giroux 1st
  22. Missed 19:09 2-1
    Travis Konecny 1st
  23. Penalty 17:15 2-1
    Andy Andreoff 1st
  24. Penalty 17:15 2-1
    Garnet Hathaway 1st
  25. Missed 14:21 2-1
    Nic Dowd 1st
  26. Goal 13:10 2-1
    Conor Sheary 1st
  27. Goal 11:14 1-1
    Travis Konecny 1st
  28. Missed 11:05 1-0
    Kevin Hayes 1st
  29. Penalty 10:31 1-0
    Brenden Dillon 1st
  30. Goal 8:37 1-0
    Alex Ovechkin 1st
  31. Missed 3:50 0-0
    Kevin Hayes 1st
  32. Missed 2:41 0-0
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 1st
  33. Penalty 1:31 0-0
    Travis Sanheim 1st
  34. Missed 1:15 0-0
    Alex Ovechkin 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 5-3
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 5-3
    3rd
  3. Shot 19:57 5-3
    Robert Hagg 3rd
  4. Takeaway 19:47 5-3
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 3rd
  5. Face Off 19:32 5-3
    Andy Andreoff 3rd
  6. Goal 19:32 5-3
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  7. Face Off 19:11 4-3
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  8. Stoppage 19:11 4-3
    3rd
  9. Hit 17:19 4-3
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  10. Giveaway 17:07 4-3
    Richard Panik 3rd
  11. Shot 16:56 4-3
    Justin Schultz 3rd
  12. Giveaway 16:50 4-3
    Kevin Hayes 3rd
  13. Giveaway 16:43 4-3
    Robert Hagg 3rd
  14. Hit 16:12 4-3
    James van Riemsdyk 3rd
  15. Hit 15:59 4-3
    Nick Jensen 3rd
  16. Giveaway 15:40 4-3
    Joel Farabee 3rd
  17. Face Off 15:24 4-3
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  18. Stoppage 15:24 4-3
    3rd
  19. Shot 15:23 4-3
    Oskar Lindblom 3rd
  20. Hit 15:09 4-3
    Zdeno Chara 3rd
  21. Shot 14:56 4-3
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  22. Giveaway 14:03 4-3
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  23. Shot 12:53 4-3
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  24. Face Off 12:43 4-3
    Nolan Patrick 3rd
  25. Penalty 12:43 4-3
    3rd
  26. Shot 12:41 4-3
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  27. Missed 12:35 4-3
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  28. Missed 12:06 4-3
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  29. Hit 11:59 4-3
    Dmitry Orlov 3rd
  30. Face Off 11:53 4-3
    Kevin Hayes 3rd
  31. Stoppage 11:53 4-3
    3rd
  32. Shot 11:52 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  33. Shot 11:08 4-3
    Travis Sanheim 3rd
  34. Face Off 10:58 4-3
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  35. Stoppage 10:58 4-3
    3rd
  36. Penalty 10:58 4-3
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd
  37. Penalty 10:58 4-3
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  38. Face Off 10:45 4-3
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  39. Goal 10:45 4-3
    Scott Laughton 3rd
  40. Shot 10:17 4-2
    Nic Dowd 3rd

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