Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Wednesday, February 22, 2017 · Wells Fargo Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

4–1

Final

SOG 29–34

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NBCSN · TVAS

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 34-29.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, Brayden Schenn and T.J. Oshie also scored.

Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	1	4	29
PHI	0	1	0	1	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (18)T.J. Oshie (19), Alex Ovechkin (26)1–006:33 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)John Carlson (23), Justin Williams (15)2–016:28 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Brayden Schenn (19)Brandon Manning (7)2–106:54 PHI
Evgeny Kuznetsov (14)Justin Williams (16), Taylor Chorney (3)3–117:59 WSH

3rd period

T.J. Oshie (24)Alex Ovechkin (27), Nicklas Backstrom (45)4–114:43 WSH

Team stats

WSHPHI

29Shots on goal34

34%Faceoff %66%

1/2Power play0/2

10Penalty minutes10

31Hits35

23Blocked shots12

11Giveaways12

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 08:16Claude Giroux · holding the stick2 min
1st 15:17Sean Couturier · elbowing2 min
2nd 08:50Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 08:50Nick Cousins · roughing2 min
2nd 08:50Radko Gudas · roughing2 min
2nd 08:50Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
2nd 15:23Zachary Sanford · hooking2 min
3rd 06:14Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
3rd 12:00Wayne Simmonds · roughing2 min
3rd 12:00T.J. Oshie · cross checking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+2	0	5	1	2	–	17:18
14Justin WilliamsR	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:07
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	32	17:05
77T.J. OshieR	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	2	–	17:36
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	42	15:12
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	0	–	13:31
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	5	1	2	0	–	27:37
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:35
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	36	14:44
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:48
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	13:20
82Zachary SanfordL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	10:42
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	35	15:22
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:54
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	10:20
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	2	–	20:37
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+2	1	3	5	0	–	25:40
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	20:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	34	33	1	.971	59:41

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

10Brayden SchennC	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	67	21:11
23Brandon ManningD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	20:11
12Michael RafflL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	08:06
13Roman LyubimovL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:16
14Sean CouturierC	0	0	0	-2	4	4	0	2	75	16:49
17Wayne SimmondsR	0	0	0	+1	3	5	1	2	–	21:08
22Dale WeiseR	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	–	14:48
24Matt ReadR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	09:50
25Nick CousinsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	38	11:16
28Claude GirouxR	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	2	69	21:11
76Chris VandeVeldeC	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	–	12:26
78Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	73	12:11
93Jakub VoracekR	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	–	18:32
3Radko GudasD	0	0	0	-2	4	3	2	2	–	18:07
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	20:23
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	19:05
47Andrew MacDonaldD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:39
53Shayne GostisbehereD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	20:40

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	L	29	25	4	.862	60:00
35Steve MasonG		0	0	0	–	00:00