National Hockey League

FINAL
Washington Capitals 5
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Philadelphia Flyers 4
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Match Report

Ovechkin leads Capitals past Flyers for fourth straight win

— Alex Ovechkin scored, Carl Hagelin had a goal and an assist and the Washington Capitals held on late for their fourth straight win, 5-4 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

WSH PHI
19
Blocked Shots
12
17
Hits
28
8
Takeaways
5
23
Shots
32
1
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
3
50.0
Power Play Percentage
33.3
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
21
Faceoffs Won
25
45.7
Faceoff Win Percent
54.3
9
Giveaways
8
3
Total Penalties
2
6
Penalty Minutes
4

Top Performers

WSH

  • Ilya Samsonov G GA 4 · SA 32 · SOS 0
  • Garnet Hathaway RW BS 1 · HT 6 · TK 0
  • Nicklas Backstrom C BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 1
  • Daniel Sprong RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

PHI

  • Carter Hart G GA 2 · SA 13 · SOS 0
  • Brian Elliott G GA 3 · SA 10 · SOS 0
  • Sean Couturier C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Claude Giroux RW BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

Head to Head

WSH leads series 3-1

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. Missed 19:41 5-4
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  2. Missed 18:09 5-4
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  3. Goal 17:03 5-4
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  4. Missed 16:59 5-3
    Nolan Patrick 3rd
  5. Goal 13:07 5-3
    Shayne Gostisbehere 3rd
  6. Penalty 12:05 5-2
    Nick Jensen 3rd
  7. Missed 9:42 5-2
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  8. Penalty 9:01 4-2
    3rd
  9. Missed 7:43 4-2
    3rd
  10. Goal 4:25 4-2
    3rd
  11. Missed 3:36 4-2
    Jakub Vrana 3rd
  12. Missed 1:21 4-2
    3rd
  13. Missed 19:28 4-2
    2nd
  14. Missed 18:28 4-2
    2nd
  15. Missed 18:02 4-2
    Sean Couturier 2nd
  16. Missed 17:33 4-2
    2nd
  17. Missed 17:20 4-2
    Claude Giroux 2nd
  18. Missed 16:21 4-2
    Garnet Hathaway 2nd
  19. Missed 15:43 4-2
    2nd
  20. Goal 13:10 4-2
    Alex Ovechkin 2nd
  21. Penalty 11:48 3-2
    Travis Sanheim 2nd
  22. Penalty 10:23 3-2
    Nic Dowd 2nd
  23. Missed 7:23 3-2
    Justin Schultz 2nd
  24. Missed 7:09 3-2
    Jakub Vrana 2nd
  25. Missed 6:00 3-2
    Joel Farabee 2nd
  26. Goal 5:47 3-2
    Nolan Patrick 2nd
  27. Missed 4:29 3-1
    T.J. Oshie 2nd
  28. Goal 3:05 3-1
    Nick Jensen 2nd
  29. Goal 2:36 2-1
    James van Riemsdyk 2nd
  30. Missed 18:25 2-0
    Joel Farabee 1st
  31. Missed 18:14 2-0
    T.J. Oshie 1st
  32. Missed 16:33 2-0
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel 1st
  33. Missed 16:31 2-0
    Travis Sanheim 1st
  34. Goal 13:21 2-0
    Carl Hagelin 1st
  35. Penalty 9:14 1-0
    Justin Schultz 1st
  36. Goal 4:40 1-0
    Daniel Sprong 1st
  37. Missed 2:56 0-0
    1st
  38. Missed 1:48 0-0
    1st
  39. Missed 0:36 0-0
    1st
  40. Missed 0:14 0-0
    Justin Braun 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 5-4
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 5-4
    3rd
  3. Blocked 19:56 5-4
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  4. Missed 19:41 5-4
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  5. Blocked 19:40 5-4
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  6. Face Off 19:31 5-4
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  7. Stoppage 19:31 5-4
    3rd
  8. Face Off 19:25 5-4
    Nicklas Backstrom 3rd
  9. Stoppage 19:25 5-4
    3rd
  10. Blocked 19:10 5-4
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  11. Takeaway 19:05 5-4
    Carl Hagelin 3rd
  12. Blocked 18:49 5-4
    Shayne Gostisbehere 3rd
  13. Face Off 18:41 5-4
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  14. Stoppage 18:41 5-4
    3rd
  15. Shot 18:41 5-4
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  16. Blocked 18:22 5-4
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  17. Face Off 18:16 5-4
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  18. Stoppage 18:16 5-4
    3rd
  19. Missed 18:09 5-4
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  20. Takeaway 17:28 5-4
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  21. Face Off 17:03 5-4
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  22. Goal 17:03 5-4
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  23. Missed 16:59 5-3
    Nolan Patrick 3rd
  24. Blocked 16:41 5-3
    Jakub Voracek 3rd
  25. Shot 16:32 5-3
    Ivan Provorov 3rd
  26. Shot 15:51 5-3
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  27. Shot 15:28 5-3
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  28. Takeaway 15:01 5-3
    Dmitry Orlov 3rd
  29. Giveaway 14:06 5-3
    Zdeno Chara 3rd
  30. Blocked 13:27 5-3
    Brenden Dillon 3rd
  31. Face Off 13:07 5-3
    Claude Giroux 3rd
  32. Goal 13:07 5-3
    Shayne Gostisbehere 3rd
  33. Blocked 12:27 5-2
    Travis Konecny 3rd
  34. Face Off 12:05 5-2
    Sean Couturier 3rd
  35. Stoppage 12:05 5-2
    3rd
  36. Penalty 12:05 5-2
    Nick Jensen 3rd
  37. Shot 12:04 5-2
    Kevin Hayes 3rd
  38. Hit 11:21 5-2
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd
  39. Hit 11:09 5-2
    Philippe Myers 3rd
  40. Face Off 10:41 5-2
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd

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