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The Washington Capitals are back after making us three long days. The Caps will continue their January jaunt through weaker opponents with a matchup against the lowly Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals are coming off a 1-0 shutout victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets where the team lacked chemistry as it re-integrated Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson back in the lineup.

Game Two of the 19 & 43 will see the Capitals with wildly different lines, which includes Lars Eller on the wing.

With a victory, the Capitals will extend their franchise-best road winning streak to eight.

NBC Sports Washington Plus will air the game. The opening faceoff will be a little after 7 pm.

Links

• John Carlson’s ear “is back on”
• All about the new lines
• Lavy explains his thinking and why Eller is on the wing
• Alex Ovechkin surprised a figure skating team
• The new book sharing box at Medstar Capitals Iceplex
• Willy declined a fight in his first game back

Lines

Lineys!#CapsFlyers | @JackDaniels_US pic.twitter.com/1GpNlOrNjM

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 11, 2023

1st Period

The Capitals are starting Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Milano and Gustafsson-TVR. Darcy Kuemper will face Carter Hart in net. And on the benches, it’s Lavy vs Torts.

Alex Ovechkin takes a tripping penalty.

🚨 1-0 Flyers. Scott Laughton with a beautiful shot from the point that beats Darcy Kuemper at the 7:26 mark. It’s a PPG.

Alex Ovechkin had a breakaway from neutral ice and he was stopped by Carter Hart. Ovechkin has had three big opportunities early on Hart, but no goals to show for it… yet.

Another tripping penalty – this time by Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Capitals kill off the penalty.

🚨 1-1 tie. Garnet Hathaway ties it up after a somewhat clumsy setup by elite playmaker Nick Jensen. The goal came with 54 seconds remaining in the period.

🚨 2-1 Flyers. Travis Konecny from in front of the net 21 seconds later. The Capitals just stopped defending and were caught puck watching.

The Flyers outshot the Capitals 15-10 and out-attempted them 19-16 in 5v5 shot attempts. The Flyers lead in expected goals, 1.7 to 0.77.

2nd Period

Darcy Kuemper stops Konecny and Sanheim on a 2-on-0 to start the period.

Owen Tippett has drawn a third tripping penalty on the Capitals. This time it’s on Dmitry Orlov. The previous guilty parties were Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov.

The Flyers are outshooting the Capitals 27-18 and out-attempting them 39-32 at 5v5. The Flyers are dominating the Capitals in expected goals, 3.00 to 1.39.

Over the last 100 minutes of play, the Capitals only have two goals against NHL superpowers, Columbus and Philly. One of those goals was scored by a defenseman on an attempted pass.

3rd Period

🚨 3-1 Flyers. Owen Tippett beats Darcy Kuemper clean with a shot from the right circle. He curled and dragged and put his shot through Alex Alexeyev’s legs.

Tony DeAngelo to the box for a slash on Sonny Milano.

🚨 4-1 Flyers. Travis Konecny scores on a two-on-one shorthanded. Turnover by Erik Gustafsson along the boards.

🚨 4-2 Flyers. Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov passes it to directly to Marcus Johansson in front of the net. lol Flyers.

🚨 4-3 Flyers. Nicklas Backstrom gets his first point since coming back, a primary assist on a TJ Oshie goal.

🚨 5-3 Flyers. Travis Konecny with the hat trick after scoring a power-play, empty-net goal.

Flyers outshoot the Capitals 36-29 and out-attempt Washington at 5v5, 48-47. They held an expected goals edge of 4.46 to 2.27 over the Capitals.

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