The Washington Capitals have many problems this season and one of them is the Philadelphia Flyers continuing to toss them around like toddlers. The Caps dropped another to Philly 5-2 on Wednesday night.
The Flyers out-shot the Caps 29 to 27, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 44 to 34.
- This wasn’t the worst Caps effort of the season, but man was it not encouraging. The Flyers own the Caps this season and it’s the worst. The refereeing wasn’t great, the Caps didn’t finish their chances well, and the special teams struggled. What else is new?
- Lars Eller scored the Caps first goal, his 16th of the season. He now has 38 points on the year which ties his career high set in 2017-18.
- The Flyers have now won seven games in a row and are exactly one point behind the Caps in the standings. That is scary.
T.J. Oshie is playing in his 800th NHL game tonight against Philadelphia. Since joining the Capitals in 2015-16, Oshie has recorded 127 goals in 356 games to rank second on the Capitals (Alex Ovechkin: 228), which is tied for the 33rd most in the NHL during that span. pic.twitter.com/MeNPt6P1bo
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- With an 0-for-5 effort, the Caps man advantage unit has dropped below 20-percent on the season and now resides firmly in the bottom half of the league at 19.8-percent (17th). That is losing them games. Looks like the “just wait, maybe it will fix itself” solution isn’t working.
- Brenden Dillon still looks great and I think I’d love for the Caps to explore a deal with him this summer if the cap goes up like it is rumored to do so.
- There are 16 games left in the season.
Numbers thanks to Hockey-reference.com and NaturalStatTrick.com.
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