Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 2006 · Wachovia Center

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5–3

32–36

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 36–32.

Simon Gagne scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Chris Clark, Mike Knuble, Bryan Muir and Matt Pettinger also scored.

Brent Johnson made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 27 of 32.

Goals
WSH	1	2	2	5	32
PHI	0	3	0	3	36

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (18)Chris Clark (12), Dainius Zubrus (11)1–006:28 WSH

2nd period

Brooks Laich (2)Unassisted2–001:33 WSH ·
Simon Gagne (15)Alexandre Picard (3), Mike Knuble (9)2–102:54 PHI ·
Simon Gagne (16)Jussi Timonen (3), Alexandre Picard (4)2–207:47 PHI
Chris Clark (10)Shaone Morrisonn (5), Alex Ovechkin (16)3–208:00 WSH
Mike Knuble (11)Randy Robitaille (12), Simon Gagne (9)3–310:57 PHI ·

3rd period

Bryan Muir (2)Kris Beech (9), Alex Ovechkin (17)4–307:40 WSH
Matt Pettinger (10)Alexander Semin (12), Brian Pothier (15)5–319:09 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHPHI

3236

46%54%

1/62/8

1814

1612

1113

1333

96

Penalties

2:02 into the first periodBen Eager · hooking2 min
4:13 into the first periodKyle Calder · tripping2 min
4:13 into the first periodChris Clark · hooking2 min
9:50 into the first periodDonald Brashear · high sticking2 min
12:29 into the first periodRyan Potulny · hooking2 min
19:48 into the first periodMatt Pettinger · tripping2 min
2:05 into the second periodSteve Eminger · interference2 min
9:20 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · interference2 min
12:25 into the second periodSimon Gagne · hooking2 min
13:56 into the second periodKyle Calder · tripping2 min
18:48 into the second periodBoyd Gordon · tripping2 min
1:35 into the third periodJakub Klepis · interference2 min
3:00 into the third periodMike Knuble · tripping2 min
4:12 into the third periodAlexander Semin · high sticking2 min
14:28 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · holding2 min
17:48 into the third periodLars Jonsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	2	–	20:37
17Chris ClarkR	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	2	–	25:23
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	35	19:26
18Matt PettingerL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	15:47
21Brooks LaichC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	70	10:25
24Kris BeechC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	30	10:51
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	2	–	14:12
2Brian PothierD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	27:01
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	22:05
47Bryan MuirD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	11:51
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	54	16:45
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	45	14:03
27Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:36
38Jakub KlepisC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	07:14
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	05:49
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	4	0	–	21:16
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	–	18:08
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	09:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	W	36	33	3	.917	59:55
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

12Simon GagneL	2	1	3	+1	6	2	0	2	–	23:14
22Mike KnubleR	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	2	–	23:02
45Alexandre PicardD	0	2	2	−1	2	0	2	0	–	22:43
27Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	−1	5	0	0	0	35	16:18
46Jussi TimonenD	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	13:03
8Geoff SandersonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:00
9Stefan RuzickaR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	08:42
11Ryan PotulnyC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	2	44	12:26
18Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	62	10:44
19Kyle CalderL	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	4	–	19:03
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	50	16:09
29Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	1	0	–	11:58
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	05:15
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	76	16:41
2Derian HatcherD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	3	0	–	24:51
6Randy JonesD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	21:25
34Freddy MeyerD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	25:10
43Lars JonssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	2	–	12:46

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	L	32	27	5	.844	59:13
35Martin HouleG		0	0	0	–	–