Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 2, 2007 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Friday, November 2, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 29–26.
Goals came from Tomas Fleischmann, Daniel Brière, Mike Richards, R.J. Umberger and Alex Ovechkin.
Antero Niittymaki made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Fleischmann (2)Nicklas Backstrom (6), Michael Nylander (8)0–107:29 WSH
2nd period
Daniel Brière (5)R.J. Umberger (5), Braydon Coburn (3)1–108:03 PHI
Mike Richards (8)Joffrey Lupul (7)2–115:52 PHI
3rd period
R.J. Umberger (2)Braydon Coburn (4), Jeff Carter (3)3–101:33 PHI · 
Alex Ovechkin (9)Michael Nylander (9)3–215:52 WSH ·
Team stats
PHIWSH
2926
50%50%
1/71/2
1828
1913
2513
714
810
Penalties
- 10:51 into the first period
Joffrey Lupul · slashing2 min - 10:51 into the first period
Matt Pettinger · slashing2 min - 13:23 into the first periodScott Hartnell · boarding2 min
- 13:23 into the first periodMatt Bradley · roughing2 min
- 17:34 into the first periodMike Richards · fighting5 min
- 17:34 into the first periodBrooks Laich · fighting5 min
- 18:02 into the first periodOlie Kolzig · tripping2 min
- 3:23 into the second periodJohn Erskine · boarding2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodBen Eager · elbowing2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodBen Eager · fighting5 min
- 12:14 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · fighting5 min
- 17:03 into the second periodMike Green · tripping2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodBrian Pothier · high sticking double minor4 min
- 5:51 into the third periodMatt Pettinger · slashing2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodJohn Erskine · tripping2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodJason Smith · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9 | 23:27 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:11 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:15 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:32 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 32Riley CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:32 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:19 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 28Lasse KukkonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:23 |
| 29Nate GueninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:32 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 16:47 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:25 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 20:00 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:03 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |