Caps vs Flyers

John Carlson Nails Brayden Schenn With a Counter Hit, Admires It

During the third period of Game One, Flyers forward Brayden Schenn dispensed several questionable hits. Schenn launched himself into Mike Richards along the boards, knocked Evgeny Kuznetsov head-first into the crossbar, and hit Karl Alzner after the game ended.

Saturday night, the Caps delivered some humble pie to Schenn. Alex Ovechkin checked the forward into the Flyers bench during the first period. Then John Carlson sent the dude flying when Schenn tried to light him up as he skated out from behind the net.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Mike Richards Nails Nick Cousins at Center Ice With Huge Open Ice Hit

In Game One, Brayden Schenn leaped off the ice to try and lay out Mike Richards. “It’s Game One,” Richards said to RMNB’s Chris Gordon. “You’re gonna have a chance to finish your check on him later on.”

Well, Richards didn’t have a chance to get Schenn back. But he did teach a lesson to Nick Cousins.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Braden Holtby is the Wonderwall: Caps beat Flyers 4-1

Chimera-bration!

The pain of the playoffs usually goes like this: the Caps are dominating play but can’t crack the goalie. They do everything right, but they just can’t hit the back of the net.

Game Two was the exact freaking opposite. The Caps were on their heels from the drop, but Flyers goalie Steve Mason wasn’t exactly Halak-like in his crease work. A trio of goals in the first forty made this a solid win, and that curious reversal of fortunes made Saturday night actually kind of pleasant and fun. That’s not the Caps playoff hockey I know, but I could get used to it.

John Carlson scored first, using patience and a couple screens to crack Steve Mason. And crack he did. Mason next allowed a high-fiber softy from Jason Chimera early in the second period. Jakub Voracek narrowed the score by seizing on a loose puck, but Alex Ovechkin got an Ovi shot from the Ovi spot before the second intermission to make it 3-1.

With two minutes and change left in the third, Nick Backstrom got himself on the ledger, zipping a ~~glove~~ stick-side goal on poor Steve Mason. Locker called it “icing on the cake,” which reminds me– we should eat some cake!

Caps beat Flyers 4-1! Caps lead the series 2-0!

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By Peter Hassett 7 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin Scores From His Office After Nicklas Backstrom Needles a Pass Through TJ Oshie’s Legs

Alex Ovechkin just scored his first goal of the postseason. It was an Ovi Shot From The Ovi Spot on the power play. The goal, Ovechkin’s 37th career playoff tally, gave the Caps a 3-1 lead heading into the second intermission.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Jason Chimera’s Goal a.k.a. Why Steve Mason Will Be Drinking This Summer

Jason Chimera has put the Capitals up 2-0 in the second period, but that ain’t the story.

Philadelphia goalie Steve Mason, who I promise you is a good goalie, allowed a flat, slow puck casually shot from behind the blue line to dribble through his five hole.

It’s basically an own goal. In the playoffs. In the Capitals’ favor. What on earth.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Fist-Pumping John Carlson Scores a PPG In Consecutive Games

Capitals defenseman John Carlson scored the game-winning goal in Game One. Saturday night during Game Two, Carlson began the scoring for the Caps. It felt like déjà vu.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin Checks Brayden Schenn into the Flyers Bench

The Capitals kind of stunk in the first ten minutes of Game Two. I was frustrated, you were frustrated, we were all frustrated. But then Alex Ovechkin let us know he was feeling that frustration too.

Now presenting: Alex Ovechkin checks Brayden Schenn into the bench.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Round 1, Game 2 Live Blog: Caps vs Flyers

Photo: Patrick Smith

Game Two is upon us. The Caps pulled out a very solid 2-0 victory over the Flyers in Game One, which calmed some nerves for the D.C. area, but I assume those same nerves are back in full force before puck drop tonight. Going up 2 games in the series would be a great start to the playoffs and would put all the pressure on Philadelphia, so another Caps victory would be very sweet.

Tonight we’ll see if there is any retaliation for the rough stuff in Game One and whether or not Brayden Schenn has learned that he’s not going up for a basketball rebound when he’s hitting. Here’s hoping that the Caps stay out of the stupidity and just beat up on Philadelphia by putting multiple pucks behind Steve Mason.

Another playoff liveblog for you below.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 years ago

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Caps vs Flyers Pregame: Will Cooler Heads Prevail?

^ Inevitable

The Caps are off to a rockin’ start against the Flyers. Their 2-0 win on Thursday gave us a lot to smile about. Nate Schmidt, here’s to you.

Now it’s Saturday, and Sean Couturier is out, plus the Flyers have yet to score a goal this series. They’re a feisty team and eager to remedy some of their mistakes from the other night. Caps fans: hold onto your hats and hold onto your hearts.

Puck drop. 7 PM. CSN-DC. It’s gonna be lit.

Team	Record	Possession	PDO	Power Play	Penalty Kill
Washington Capitals	56-18-8	52.0%	101.1	21.9% (5th)	85.2% (2nd)
Philadelphia Flyers	41-27-14	50.1%	100.5	18.9% (11th)	80.5% (20th)

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By Margaret Stuart 7 years ago

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Three Examples of Brayden Schenn Trying to Hurt Caps Players Last Game

Tom Wilson’s punching bag Brayden Schenn has turned himself into one heck of a player. In the regular season, Schenn scored a career-high 26 goals and was the Flyers third-leading scorer (59 points). He also can be a pest and an impressive physical player.

Thursday night at Verizon Center, Schenn focused more on the latter after Alex Ovechkin injured Flyers forward Sean Couturier with a clean open-ice hit.

In my opinion, Schenn crossed the line in delivering several questionable hits late in the game. Was he trying to injure dudes? You tell me.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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