New Washington Redskins head coach Ron Rivera was in the house for the Capitals’ 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. It was the coach’s first Capitals game.
Rivera attended the game with his daughter Courtney.
TJ Oshie has a lot of pregame routines and superstitions, none weirder than the butt slashing he does with Tom Wilson during warmups.
“We’ve got some different things going depending on if we lost last game,” Oshie said. “If we won we’ll do the same thing. So there’s a little bit of superstition there depending on what we tap, how hard we tap it, and how we do it.”
Wednesday night against the Flyers, Oshie was celebrating his 800th career game in the NHL. Tom had a special, tushyrific way to commemorate the evening.
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.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals’ big home game against the red-hot division rival Philadelphia Flyers did not go as we hoped. The Caps got an early lead, but the Flyers were relentless, adding pressure as the game went on. It was more than the Caps could handle.
Lars Eller kicked off the scoring with a lovely rush goal, but the Flyers responded with three goals in the second period — a rebound from Travis Konecny, a layup from Kevin Hayes after a power-play expired, and then an odd-man rush finished off by Tyler Pitlick. Garnet Hathaway notched a goal of his own, but Ivan Provorov hit the back of the net in the third, putting the Caps into a two-goal hole they could not escape. Scott Laughton made it a laugher with a deflection off Orlov’s stick.
Caps lose.
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By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
Tom Wilson‘s having a fun night. With the division rivals Philadelphia Flyers in town, and them suddenly being not a total joke, Wilson performed his wilsonly duties perfectly in the first period.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The newest owner of second place in this year’s Metropolitan Division comes to town on Wednesday in the form of the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers are rolling on a six-game win streak that the Caps hope to halt.
Puck drop is at 7 PM, and Peter’s on recap duty.
By Chris Cerullo and Peter Hassett 4 years ago
