Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 6, 2019 · Wells Fargo Center
NBCSN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Wells Fargo Center. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 35-30.
Goals came from Tom Wilson, Brett Connolly, Alex Ovechkin, Andre Burakovsky, Nicklas Backstrom, Philippe Myers, Claude Giroux and Scott Laughton.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 15 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (19)Alex Ovechkin (31), Dmitry Orlov (18)1–005:55 WSH
Brett Connolly (17)Carl Hagelin (7), Matt Niskanen (15)2–014:16 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (46)Nicklas Backstrom (47), John Carlson (48)3–002:32 WSH · PPG
Andre Burakovsky (10)Travis Boyd (14), Dmitry Orlov (19)4–004:18 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (16)Jakub Vrana (22), Nick Jensen (14)5–005:37 WSH
Philippe Myers (1)Claude Giroux (52), Sean Couturier (35)5–119:48 PHI
3rd period
Claude Giroux (20)Oskar Lindblom (15), Sean Couturier (36)5–200:10 PHI
Scott Laughton (10)Andrew MacDonald (9), Michael Raffl (11)5–307:48 PHI
Team stats
WSHPHI
35Shots on goal30
30%Faceoff %70%
1/3Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits25
10Blocked shots15
9Giveaways9
8Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 07:43
T.J. Oshie · hooking2 min - 2nd 01:49
Sean Couturier · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:30Robert Hagg · slashing2 min
- 3rd 02:29Scott Laughton · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:23Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:23Andrew MacDonald · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 20:43 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:34 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 17:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:08 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 24:52 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:35 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:49 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 23Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:53 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 09:37 |
| 61Philippe MyersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 10Corban KnightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 27Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:12 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 44Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:47 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:17 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | 16 | 15 | 1 | .938 | 33:27 | |
| 37Brian ElliottG | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 24:18 |