Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Thursday, March 14, 2019 · Wells Fargo Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 32–24

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Wells Fargo Center. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 32-24.

Brett Connolly scored twice. Lars Eller, James van Riemsdyk, Tom Wilson, Scott Laughton and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored.

Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	2	1	5	32
PHI	0	2	0	2	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brett Connolly (18)Michal Kempny (18), John Carlson (51)1–002:53 WSH
Lars Eller (11)Brett Connolly (20), Carl Hagelin (8)2–009:30 WSH

2nd period

James van Riemsdyk (21)Shayne Gostisbehere (26)2–101:03 PHI
Brett Connolly (19)Carl Hagelin (9)3–108:43 WSH
Tom Wilson (20)Evgeny Kuznetsov (44), Dmitry Orlov (22)4–109:48 WSH
Scott Laughton (12)Ryan Hartman (12), Robert Hagg (13)4–212:22 PHI

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (18)Alex Ovechkin (33), Michal Kempny (19)5–217:34 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHPHI

32Shots on goal24

47%Faceoff %53%

0/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

22Hits25

21Blocked shots10

10Giveaways13

7Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 19:00Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
2nd 05:06Radko Gudas · holding2 min
2nd 19:00Michael Raffl · holding2 min
3rd 05:57Michael Raffl · hooking2 min
3rd 06:33Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
3rd 09:06Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
3rd 11:41Nick Jensen · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Brett ConnollyR	2	1	3	+3	4	0	0	0	–	14:02
62Carl HagelinL	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	–	17:57
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	63	14:55
6Michal KempnyD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	1	0	–	18:21
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+2	5	3	0	0	–	16:25
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+3	2	2	1	0	42	19:05
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	0	–	14:00
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+2	1	4	2	0	–	19:20
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	5	0	–	25:04
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	12:42
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	57	12:40
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	53	17:01
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:17
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	10:17
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	–	16:27
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+2	5	3	3	0	–	22:02
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	2	–	15:55
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	–	15:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

21Scott LaughtonL	1	0	1	-1	1	2	0	0	70	14:28
25James van RiemsdykL	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	18:24
38Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	-1	1	4	1	0	–	11:54
8Robert HaggD	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	–	15:37
53Shayne GostisbehereD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	20:52
10Corban KnightC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33	07:09
11Travis KonecnyC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	15:54
12Michael RafflL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	4	100	12:27
14Sean CouturierC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	36	23:55
19Nolan PatrickC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	43	14:24
23Oskar LindblomL	0	0	0	-2	5	1	2	0	–	20:51
27Justin BaileyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	06:11
28Claude GirouxR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	58	24:45
44Phil VaroneC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	100	08:29
3Radko GudasD	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	15:30
6Travis SanheimD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	22:02
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	2	0	–	25:01
61Philippe MyersD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	16:22

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Cam TalbotG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:45