Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers
· National Hockey LeagueDowd, Mangiapane scored short-handed goals as Washington beats Flyers 4-1
Alex Ovechkin went scoreless one game after pulling within 40 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record for goals. Ovechkin, playing in his 1,431st game, is still sitting on 854 career goals. Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson also tallied goals for the Capitals.
Travis Sanheim scored for Philadelphia, which lost its fifth straight. The Flyers were shut out 3-0 in their home opener on Saturday and went scoreless in the first two periods.
Dowd scored on a backhander, shooting high over Sam Ersson, just 3:49 into the contest. Mangiapane’s wrister on Philadelphia’s power play made it a two-goal game with 4:53 left in the first. After Sanheim pulled Philadelphia within 2-1 just 34 seconds into the third, Carlson answered for Washington 64 seconds later.
Flyers: Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov, the No. 7 pick in the 2023 draft, matched up for the first time against fellow Russian Ovechkin, who is one of his idols. Michkov had an assist on Sanheim’s tally.
WSH leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
Goal | 1st Period 3:49 | Nic Dowd Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Martin Fehervary (1) | |
Goal | 1st Period 15:07 | Andrew Mangiapane Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor McMichael (4) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 0:34 | Travis Sanheim Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Cam York (1), Matvei Michkov (3) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 1:38 | John Carlson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor McMichael (5), Dylan Strome (5) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 14:07 | Jakob Chychrun Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Duhaime (1), Jakub Vrana (1) |
Statistics
WSH | PHI | |
---|---|---|
16 | Blocked Shots | 12 |
20 | Hits | 23 |
11 | Takeaways | 8 |
29 | Shots | 18 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
5 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
2 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
27 | Faceoffs Won | 24 |
52.9 | Faceoff Win Percent | 47.1 |
14 | Giveaways | 15 |
5 | Total Penalties | 7 |
13 | Penalty Minutes | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 18,132 | Capacity:
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 18,132 | Capacity:
2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Jersey | 11 | 6 | 24 | 2 |
Carolina | 11 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
Washington | 10 | 4 | 21 | 1 |
NY Rangers | 9 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
NY Islanders | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
Philadelphia | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
Columbus | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 |