Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, April 17, 2021 · Wells Fargo Center
NHLN · NBCSWA · NBCSP
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Wells Fargo Center. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 41–25.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ivan Provorov, Dmitry Orlov, James van Riemsdyk, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wade Allison, Conor Sheary and Anthony Mantha also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 35 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (23)John Carlson (29), Evgeny Kuznetsov (15)1–003:38 WSH · 
Ivan Provorov (7)Claude Giroux (21), Joel Farabee (16)1–119:59 PHI
2nd period
Dmitry Orlov (7)John Carlson (30), Alex Ovechkin (18)2–100:33 WSH
James van Riemsdyk (14)Nicolas Aube-Kubel (8)2–205:28 PHI- Alex Ovechkin (24)John Carlson (31), Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)3–206:15 WSH ·
Evgeny Kuznetsov (8)Tom Wilson (17), John Carlson (32)4–215:02 WSH
3rd period
Wade Allison (1)Kevin Hayes (15), Claude Giroux (22)4–307:02 PHI · 
Conor Sheary (12)Justin Schultz (20), Lars Eller (13)5–309:15 WSH
Anthony Mantha (14)Unassisted6–318:48 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPHI
4125
39%61%
2/51/4
810
1724
1215
59
54
Penalties
- 2:42 into the first period
Justin Braun · tripping2 min - 8:11 into the first periodSamuel Morin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:35 into the first period
Nick Jensen · holding2 min - 6:11 into the second periodNicolas Aube-Kubel · hooking2 min
- 17:56 into the second periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
- 1:09 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · interference2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodConor Sheary · tripping2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodTravis Konecny · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:36 into the third periodKevin Hayes · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:08 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:26 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 11:42 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 09:49 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:44 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:20 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 57Wade AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 62Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:44 |
| 86Joel FarabeeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:41 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 23Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 55Samuel MorinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 81Carsen TwarynskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 5Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:44 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:30 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Alex LyonG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 37Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | – |