The Capitals opened the scoring with a power play goal from Alex Ovechkin (4) at 11:11 of the first frame. The Capitals would stretch their lead to 2-0 with a tally from Tom Wilson (5) at 16:36 of the first period. The Flyers would answer with a goal from Scott Laughton (2) at 18:33 to make it 2-1atthefirstintermission.
LIVE STATS
SCORING
Alex Ovechkin goal:
𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 @ovi8 pic.twitter.com/gKzvJdBrOB
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 7, 2021
Alex Ovechkin scored on the power play to give the Caps a 1-0 lead with his fourth goal of the season. That marks his 261st career power play goal, four shy of Brett Hull (265) for the second-most power play goals in NHL history.
Tom Wilson goal:
ARE YOU KIDDING?!?! pic.twitter.com/eKcwrEi8ex
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 7, 2021
Scott Laughton goal
And now Scott Laughton responds to get the Flyers on the board pic.twitter.com/vfMeWJAxOZ
— SB Nation NHL (@SBNationNHL) February 7, 2021
BASIC STATS
(Stats from NHL.com)
SHOTS
(Stats from Natural Stat Trick) Flyers led in shot attempts 21-19 with the Capitals leading in shots on goal 15-9.
EXPECTED GOALS
(Stats from MoneyPuck.com)
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
The strength of schedules for the top four teams in the East Division through the first 11 games of the season (20%).
By Jon Sorensen
