The Washington Capitals headed north to face off against the Flyers for the third time this season and golly gee whizz what a win. I was way too stressed out.
A good chunk of scoring kicked off in the first period with a gorgeous slapshot from Alex Ovechkin. The Flyers quickly responded, but Connor Sheary answered back to bring the score to 2-1 heading into the second period.
John Carlson, welcome to the 500 points club. Carlson scored a fabulous goal with 13:02 left in the second period to increase the Caps lead, but Nic Dowd would score one more to bring the Caps up 4-1. Some broken glass along the boards caused a bit of a delay, but the Caps held on for the final bit left in the period.
Can’t lie, I was nervous for the third after the whole collapsing thing from the last game. After the Flyers got a quick goal with 18:17 left in the third period, I was even more nervous. What happened next? You guessed it, another Flyers goal! A Nic Dowd empty netter would bring our stress levels down.
Caps beat Flyers 5-3!Â
- Sending some good thoughts to Lars Eller, he returned to DC at the last minute due to a family matter. Hoping all is well with the Eller crew, we’re thinking of them.
- It is DEVESTATING to see that TJ Oshie is still keeping his tradition with Tom Wilson alive……even when Tom isn’t there.
- Jonas Siegenthaler made me so, so sad. He only played one shift tonight and looked very gloomy.
- We will never tire of Alex Ovechkin goals. He’s three goals short of passing Phil Esposito (717 goals) for the sixth-most goals in NHL history. And it was beautiful.
- Can I take a quick bullet to talk about how I am enjoying Daniel Sprong? He set up the Connor Sheary goal, in the first period, beautifully. This gives him three points in his last five games with limited ice time. Just a moment of appreciation.
- Speaking of Connor Sheary, he had his sixth goal of the season. He is currently tied for fifth-most on the Capitals.
- Shout out to this dude that got vaccinated with a very interesting choice of shirt:
Got COVID vaccinated today and hindsight 20/20, my legendary @ovi8 shirt may have been alarming to non sports fans…..I wasn’t thinking….. @russianmachine 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/wXOJqeFx5H
— Konnor Fulk (@KonnorFulk) March 12, 2021
- Happy 500th career point to John Carlson! He’s the first defenseman in Capitals history to reach this mark after he banked his sixth goal of the season during the second period.
- Got some good Jakub Vrana action this evening. He had the primary assist on Carlson’s goal and now has three goals and two assists in his last four games.
- Of all the people you choose to poke on the ice, I will never understand why people choose Zdeno Chara.
Matching penalties on Chara and Konecny. pic.twitter.com/jwRELFMgMn
— Philly Hockey Now (@phillyhockeynow) March 12, 2021
- Nic Dowd got his fourth and fifth goals of the season! It’s his second career multi-goal game and I cannot wait for his next one. Always rooting for Dowd, even if it’s mainly because of his very good pup.
- As Peter stated so beautifully, “maybe the real win is all the leads we blew along the way”
A subdued but sophisticated @JoeBpXp in tonight’s remote #joebsuitofthenight pic.twitter.com/LADPASzRlH
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) March 12, 2021
The Caps are staying in Philadelphia for a bit and will face off against them again on Saturday evening! Here’s hoping the Caps get some rest and give a more….stable (?) performance so we can get a cute little streak going.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Flyers
Screenshot courtesy of NBC Sports Washington
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