Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, October 14, 2017 · Wells Fargo Center
NBCSWA · NBCSP
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 8–2 on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 37–23.
Sean Couturier scored twice, Scott Laughton scored twice and Claude Giroux scored twice. Jakub Vrana, Wayne Simmonds, Nicklas Backstrom and Valtteri Filppula also scored.
Brian Elliott made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 29 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sean Couturier (2)Jakub Voracek (7), Claude Giroux (3)0–107:18 PHI
Jakub Vrana (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), John Carlson (4)1–109:25 WSH
Scott Laughton (1)Unassisted1–218:58 PHI ·
2nd period
Wayne Simmonds (5)Jakub Voracek (8), Shayne Gostisbehere (6)1–303:15 PHI · 
Claude Giroux (2)Sean Couturier (3), Jakub Voracek (9)1–410:32 PHI
Nicklas Backstrom (3)T.J. Oshie (3), Brooks Orpik (1)2–410:45 WSH
Valtteri Filppula (3)Jordan Weal (3), Wayne Simmonds (1)2–517:05 PHI
3rd period
- Scott Laughton (2)Ivan Provorov (2)2–608:28 PHI
- Sean Couturier (3)Claude Giroux (4), Shayne Gostisbehere (7)2–709:45 PHI
- Claude Giroux (3)Brandon Manning (1), Shayne Gostisbehere (8)2–815:23 PHI
Team stats
WSHPHI
2337
47%53%
0/21/2
1414
2023
1016
1111
64
Penalties
- 9:59 into the first period
Brandon Manning · slashing2 min - 16:06 into the first period
John Carlson · slashing2 min - 17:05 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodJohn Carlson · slashing2 min
- 11:33 into the third periodRadko Gudas · misconduct10 min
- 11:33 into the third periodTom Wilson · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 12:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 25:03 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 | 14:25 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:05 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 23:07 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 55Aaron NessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 37 | 8 | .784 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 28Claude GirouxR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 14:50 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 22:22 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:19 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 40Jordan WealC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:52 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:12 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 |
| 20Taylor LeierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Brian ElliottG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |