Posts by Peter Hassett

Caps beat Flyers 6-3 as Ovi closes in on 69-year-old Marcel Dionne

After that dud against Buffalo, the Washington Capitals put their best skates forward to soundly defeat the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon.

Alex Ovechkin scored on an early power play, a rare one (this season, at least, for now, at least) from the Ovi Spot. Ivan Provorov tied it in the final second of the first period.

Dmitry Orlov put his monster slapshot to work early in the second period, but a bad shift change allowed Trevor van Riemsdsyk to tie it up yet again with a two-on-oh rush. Alex Ovechkin drew a penalty and then immediately scored on the ensuring power play, his second from the Ovi spot of the day. Tom Wilson threaded a perfect pass to Evgeny Kuznetsov to make it 4-2 heading into the third period.

On a third period power-play, Wade Allison scored a layup for his first NHL goal, bring the Flyers within one. Conor Sheary tipped a set-play shot by Justin Schultz to put the Caps in Bailamos territory soon after. Anthony Mantha’s empty-netter sealed the deal.

Caps win!

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Caps beat Flyers 6-1 in Mantha’s debut

The Washington Capitals emerged from the trade deadline determined. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Flyers, Tuesday’s opponent, are ready for the Weird Year to be over.

Short king Conor Sheary opened scoring with a wide-angle goal to make it 11 on the season. Sean Couturier scored Philly’s sole goal, a tip-in after a turnover. Tom Wilson replied with a power-play goal, Backstrom added another, and even Carl Hagelin got on the board before the first period was over.

Anthony Mantha scored his first goal as a Cap in the second period, a sneaky shot from the slot. In the third, Alex Ovechin joined in on the fun with a power-play goal.

Caps win!

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