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Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Xfinity Mobile Arena

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5–1

Final

SOG 24–37

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 37-24.

Goals came from Jamie Drysdale, Andrew Cristall, Maxim Schafer, Ethen Frank, Theodor Niederbach and Lynden Lakovic.

Charlie Lindgren made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Aleksei Kolosov stopped 19 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH032524
Philadelphia FlyersPHI010137

Three stars

  1. ★1st starCharlie LindgrenWSH · .970 SV%
  2. ★2nd starAndrew CristallWSH · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJamie DrysdalePHI · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:14

5–1 · 3rd 16:06 · Lakovic. Ristolainen was 1:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on icePHI on ice

0–1 PHI

2nd 0:31 · Drysdale

Belpedio 0:31

1–1 WSH

2nd 4:32 · Cristall

Michkov 0:48

2–1 WSH

2nd 7:36 · Schafer

Seeler 0:44

3–1 WSH

2nd 12:24 · PP · Frank

Dvorak 0:44

4–1 WSH

3rd 1:07 · Niederbach

Long shift: Michkov 1:07

5–1 WSH

3rd 16:06 · Lakovic

Long shift: Ristolainen 1:14

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHPHI
24Shots on goal37
41%Faceoff %59%
1/4Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes12
20Hits19
14Blocked shots9
17Giveaways16
4Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 02:57Jonathan McDonald · hooking2 min
  • 1st 07:11Tyson Foerster · tripping2 min
  • 1st 10:10Eriks Mateiko · tripping2 min
  • 1st 14:39Cam Allen · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 12:16David Jiricek · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 19:55Travis Konecny · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 19:55Rasmus Ristolainen · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:55David Gucciardi · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:55David Gucciardi · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 01:40Porter Martone · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 08:48Nick Seeler · cross checking2 min