The Washington Capitals downed the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2 (OT) Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. Sonny Milano notched the tying tally late and Captain Alex Ovechkin potted the game winner in overtime. The win improves the Capitals record to 8-10-3 on the season.
LINES AND PAIRS
Darcy Kuemper got the start in goal for the Capitals. Felix Sandstrom got the start between the pipes for the Flyers. The Capitals forward lines and defensive pairs for their 21st game of the season:
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano – Evgeny Kuznetsov – T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson – Lars Eller – Anthony Mantha
Aliaksei Protas — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson— John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratches: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Joe Snively, Dmitry Orlov, Alex Alexeyev
Injuries: Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, Carl Hagelin, Connor Brown, Beck Malenstyn.
Re-assigned: Connor McMichael was re-assigned to Hershey on November 20.
FIRST PERIOD
The Flyers opened the scoring with a tally from Morgan Frost (3) at 5:27 of 1st period. Travis Sanheim (4) and Joel Farabee (9) had the helpers.
Darcy Kuemper struggles to handle the Morgan Frost wrister, allowing Philly to open the scoring!#FueledByPhilly pic.twitter.com/LBYWvGpKvg
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) November 24, 2022
The Capitals appeared to tie the game with a power play goal from Marcus Johansson, but the goal was reviewed and disallowed, as it was determined that the puck was kicked in by Johansson.
However, with the remaining time in the power play, Johansson would knock home a rebound to tie the score 1-1. Alex Ovechkin (9) and T.J. Oshie (4) and had the assists.
This one counts ‼️
1-1 off the Johansson goal pic.twitter.com/Y3BY0iMdWm
— NHLonTNT (@NHL_On_TNT) November 24, 2022
The period expired with the game tied 1-1. Shots on goal were tied 10-10. The Capitals dominated the dot 72-28% in the first period.
SECOND PERIOD
The game was delayed early in the second period after John Carlson cracked a pane of glass with a pass near the Capitals’ bench.
The Flyers regained the lead with a goal from Patrick Brown (1) at 14:33 of the middle frame. Ivan Provorov (8) and Nicolas Deslauriers (3) had the assists.
Patrick Brown redirects the Provorov backhander into the net, giving Philadelphia the 2-1 lead!#FueledByPhilly pic.twitter.com/WTidzZaVB0
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) November 24, 2022
The period would end with the Flyers holding a 2-1 lead. The Capitals led in shots 14-5 in the middle frame and 24-15 after two periods.
THIRD PERIOD
The Capitals tied the game late with a goal from Sonny Milano (3) at 17:02 of the final frame. Evgeny Kuznetsov (13) and T.J. Oshie (5) had the helpers.
BANG BANG SCOARRRRR pic.twitter.com/kxMCxTlYB4
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 24, 2022
Regulation ended, tied 2-2.
OVERTIME
Alex Ovechkin won it for the Capitals in overtime.
Ovechkin scores from the circle to win it in OT pic.twitter.com/WqOb7qdgnP
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) November 24, 2022
The Capitals are back in action on Friday when they host the Calgary Flames. Puck drop is 2PM.
SHAVINGS
- The Capitals’ first goal has been credited to Marcus Johansson. It marks Johansson’s fifth goal of the season and his fifth power play point (2g, 3a), which ranks tied for third on the team.
- Alex Ovechkin recorded the primary assist on the Capitals’ first goal, his ninth assist of the season. Ovechkin’s 18 points (9g, 9a) in 21 games this season rank first on the Capitals.
- Alex Ovechkin scores in overtime (10) to give the Capitals a 3-2 win. Ovechkin’s goal marks his first career goal against Felix Sandstrom, the 164th different goaltender Ovechkin has scored on in his career.
- Ovechkin’s 164 goaltenders scored on is tied with Mark Messier for the third most in NHL history and trails only Jaromir Jagr (178) and Patrick Marleau (177).
- Among these players, Marleau ranks first in NHL history in games played, Messier third and Jagr fourth. Ovechkin ranks tied for 68th.
