The Washington Capitals got mega-boomed by the Philadelphia Flyers in their worst game of the season to date. To make matters worse, Chris is out of town, so I’m gonna do the morning-after story. Here’s a bunch of depressing stats.
The Caps out-attempted the Flyers 38 to 37.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
Braden Holtby gave up seven goals on 25 shots against the Philadelphia Flyers and was mercifully pulled in the third period. The game marked the seventh time in 11 games Holtby had given up four or more goals.
But after the game, Capitals players took complete responsibility for the loss, pointing to a terrible defensive performance as the cause.
The Washington Capitals might have been demolished 7-2 by the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, but we should still have a tiny Marty Party in the corner.
Rookie defenseman Martin Ferhavry tallied his first NHL point, a secondary assist, on Evgeny Kuznetsov’s third-period goal.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
After getting mega-boomed to hell by the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night, the Washington Capitals have lost their claim on first place in the league to the Boston Bruins.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The Caps sucked sooooooo hard on Saturday night. They got mega-boomed by the Flyers. If you’re gonna have to remember this, might as well do it with some adult beverages.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
On Saturday night the Washington Capitals just straight-up got boomed by the Philadelphia Flyers.
It started innocently enough. Sean Couturier got a power-play goal off a nifty low-to-high pass, but TJ Oshie answered with a PPG of his own. But then in the blink of an eye the lead was 3-1 Flyers as Raffl and Couturier got two goals on back-to-back shots. JVR got another 90 seconds later, and that was pretty much it. I’m told that Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Travis Konecny, and Claude Giroux added more goals in the third period; I think I may have blacked out. Oh, and Kuznetsov got a stat-padder in the final eight minutes.
Caps lose.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
Through two periods of play, the third line of Carl Hagelin, Lars Eller, and Richard Panik were the Capitals’ best line of the night. All three forwards had a shot-attempt percentage of over 60 percent against the Flyers.
Late in the second period, Panik almost scored his eighth goal of the season with a brilliant individual move in front of the net.
Defender Matt Niskanen played 390 regular-season games with the Washington Capitals, a run that peaked with a Stanley Cup Championship in 2018.
On Saturday, for the first time since he moved to Philadelphia, Niskanen returned to Capital One Arena. And, quite appropriately, Niskanen was heralded with a video tribute and loud standing ovation.
By Peter Hassett and Ian Oland 4 years ago
This is your open thread for the game. Hang out in the comments with us as the Caps host the Flyers on Saturday night.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
After a weird three-day rest, the Washington Capitals are back to host the Philadelphia Flyers in a Saturday night division game. Alex Ovechkin is just two goals short of 700, and the Caps have made some lineup tweaks. Should be a fun night.
Puck drop at 7 PM. Hang out with me for recap stuff.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
