Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Thursday, October 20, 2011 · Wells Fargo Center

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5–2

28–42

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 42–28.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Claude Giroux, Mathieu Perreault, Roman Hamrlik, Joel Ward and Sean Couturier also scored.

Tomas Vokoun made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 23 of 28.

Goals
WSH	2	0	3	5	28
PHI	1	0	1	2	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Claude Giroux (1)Wayne Simmonds (1)0–114:25 PHI
Mathieu Perreault (1)Unassisted1–118:40 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Troy Brouwer (1)2–119:48 WSH

3rd period

Roman Hamrlik (1)Matt Hendricks (1), Mathieu Perreault (1)3–102:23 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Dennis Wideman (1)4–103:54 WSH ·
Joel Ward (1)Jeff Schultz (1)5–104:48 WSH
Sean Couturier (1)Andreas Nodl (1), Max Talbot (1)5–219:45 PHI

Team stats

WSHPHI

2842

47%53%

1/60/2

814

1221

1223

59

126

Penalties

1:49 into the first periodDaniel Brière · hooking2 min
1:49 into the first periodAlexander Semin · diving2 min
2:33 into the first periodAndreas Lilja · holding2 min
5:45 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · holding2 min
12:43 into the first periodBraydon Coburn · high sticking double minor4 min
13:22 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · interference2 min
5:34 into the second periodDaniel Brière · high sticking2 min
2:58 into the third periodChris Pronger · tripping2 min
11:42 into the third periodMike Knuble · hooking2 min
14:08 into the third periodScott Hartnell · boarding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	2	–	17:59
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	33	16:13
85Mathieu PerreaultC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	57	12:01
20Troy BrouwerR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	13:32
26Matt HendricksC	0	1	1	+2	3	2	1	0	100	10:48
42Joel WardR	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	100	11:15
6Dennis WidemanD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	22:00
44Roman HamrlikD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	2	–	20:34
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	16:05
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	86	12:47
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	44	14:48
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	–	16:31
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:23
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	2	–	18:11
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	20	17:24
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:02
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	–	24:28
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	20:04

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Tomas VokounG	W	42	40	2	.952	59:55
35Dany SabourinG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

14Sean CouturierC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	67	10:09
15Andreas NodlR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	07:48
17Wayne SimmondsR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	18:09
27Max TalbotC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	60	11:14
28Claude GirouxR	1	0	1	−1	2	2	0	0	65	16:12
10Brayden SchennC	0	0	0	−3	1	4	1	0	36	11:03
19Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	−3	3	2	1	2	–	12:41
21James van RiemsdykL	0	0	0	−1	7	2	0	0	–	12:38
24Matt ReadR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	33	21:32
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	50	20:46
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	13:32
93Jakub VoracekR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	13:21
5Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	2	4	–	18:46
6Andreas LiljaD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	4	2	–	17:03
20Chris ProngerD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	–	21:38
25Matt CarleD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	5	0	–	22:48
41Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	–	24:28
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	13:16

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Ilya BryzgalovG	L	28	23	5	.821	60:00
35Sergei BobrovskyG		0	0	0	–	00:00