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Flyers snap losing streak with 4-2 win over Capitals

Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers: Game Highlights

Drysdale one-timed a pass from Trevor Zegras past Washington goalie Clay Stevenson to put the Flyers ahead to stay, 3-2.

Vladar kept the Flyers game, especially in the first period, stopping all 11 shots Washington fired at him in a period that was spent predominantly in the Flyers end.

He stopped a pair of one-timers by Alex Ovechkin from the high slot in the third period to keep the Flyers ahead. Ovechkin was trying to tie Sidney Crosby's record of 29 goals, most by a Philadelphia opponent in the 30-year history of Xfinity Mobile arena.

Owen Tippett gave the Flyers an early lead when he took a cross-ice pass from defenseman Travis Sanheim and made a deft forehand-to-backhand move to slide it past Stevenson, who had 18 saves.

Carl Grundstrom, who was a healthy scratch the previous two games, returned to the lineup and snapped a 13-game scoring drought when his shot caromed of the skate of Washington defenseman Jakob Chychrun to give the Flyers a two-goal lead in the second period.

Travis Konency had a pair of assists, marking his fourth straight multipoint game and his 15th this season.

Rasmus Ristolainen added an empty-net goal for his first of the season for Philadelphia. He also assisted on Grundstrom's goal.

Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist and Aliaksei Protas scored a short-handed goal for Washington, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Up next Capitals: Return home to host Nashville on Thursday night.

Flyers: Host Ottawa on Thursday in the final game before the Olympic break.

Regular Season Series

PHI leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 5:56 Owen Tippett Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Travis Sanheim (18), Matvei Michkov (16)
Goal 2nd Period 4:45 Carl Grundstrom Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Nicolas Deslauriers (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (5)
Goal 2nd Period 8:12 Aliaksei Protas Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Beauvillier (8)
Goal 3rd Period 2:40 Anthony Beauvillier Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Justin Sourdif (14), Trevor van Riemsdyk (6)
Goal 3rd Period 14:37 Jamie Drysdale Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Trevor Zegras (28), Travis Konecny (31)
Goal 3rd Period 19:43 Rasmus Ristolainen Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (32)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 25
27 Hits 21
4 Takeaways 3
28 Shots 22
0 Power Play Goals 1
1 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
28 Faceoffs Won 27
50.9 Faceoff Win Percent 49.1
9 Giveaways 21
4 Total Penalties 1
16 Penalty Minutes 2
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ty Murchison, D Out Feb 3
Rodrigo Abols, C Injured Reserve Jan 21
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
John Carlson, D Out Feb 27
Eriks Mateiko, LW Out Jan 13

Game Information

Xfinity Mobile Arena

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 19,410 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 37 15 80 6
Pittsburgh 30 15 73 13
NY Islanders 34 21 73 5
Washington 31 23 69 7
Columbus 29 21 66 8
Philadelphia 27 21 65 11
New Jersey 29 29 60 2
NY Rangers 23 29 53 7
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