The Philadelphia Flyers announced on Monday afternoon that Alain Vigneault has been hired as the 21st head coach in franchise history.
The Flyers fired their general manager Ron Hextall and their head coach Dave Hakstol in late 2018. Scott Gordon was named interim head coach.
By Donya Abramo 3 months ago
The Washington Capitals took down the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon by a score of 3-1 and clinched the season series sweep. That’s unimportant in the grand scheme of the season, but it always feels good to beat Philly.
The Flyers out-shot the Caps 36 to 30.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
The Washington Capitals continued this stretch of games on home ice with their final meeting of the season with the Philadelphia Flyers. The division race is ever tightening so all available points are needed.
Tom Wilson put a nifty deflection of a Nick Jensen wrist shot past Brian Elliot to open scoring. Travis Boyd added a deflection goal of his own before Jakub Voracek cut that lead in half on a Flyers power play. The superior Jakub restored said lead on a breakaway.
Caps beat Flyers 3-1!
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
Good morning, pals. The season’s winding down to a close, but we’re not quite there yet. Game 76 on the calendar brings the Philadelphia Flyers to town one last time. It’s a Sunday matinee game and the Flyers played yesterday, so who knows what will happen.
Puck drops at 12:30 PM. Put the My Teams app on your phone or whatever to stream it. Good boy Chris has recap duty and promises not to discuss college basketball.
By Peter Hassett 4 months ago
The Washington Capitals continued their hot run of play by easily dispatching of the Philadelphia Flyers in the Flyers home barn. The Caps took down their Metro Division rivals 5-2 and put a huge dampener on Philly’s wild card playoff hopes.
The Caps out-shot the Flyers 32 to 24.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
The Capitals made one more stop in the state of Pennsylvania to play the Philadelphia Flyers. If this game did anything, it only heightened my hatred for the color orange.
A couple goals for the good guys in the first period to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead heading into the second period. Tip of the hat to the goal scorers Brett Connolly and Lars Eller.
Second period started with a quick response from James van Riemsdyk to get the Flyers on the board. The Capitals snagged two more goals, an unassisted one from Brett Connolly and one that got Tom Wilson inducted into the 20 goal club. The final goal of the high scoring period went to Scott Laughton. Caps continued to lead 4-2.
The third period happened and the Capitals made a bunch of unnecessary penalties, especially toward the end. They got lucky with their kills. A final empty netter from your friendly neighborhood pal Evgeny Kuznetsov sealed the deal.
Caps beat Flyers 5-2.
By Elyse Bailey 4 months ago
The Capitals have traveled to the other side of the state of Pennsylvania, where they will be facing off against the Philadelphia Flyers.
This will be the penultimate time these two teams face each other in the regular season. There is one more game between the two on March 24th, but the final game is in DC. So, I’m hoping for some quality Gritty content this evening.
There is a 7PM puck drop and you can stream the game live from any of your devices on the My Teams App. After racing home from my final meeting, I will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 4 months ago
On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers played their first game at home since the Phillies signed former Nationals right fielder, Bryce Harper, to a 13-year, $330 million contract. That game just happened to coincide with Harper’s former home, Washington, coming to town.
In a move that was likely meant to rile up Capitals fans, Gritty led the charge in welcoming Harper to the Philadelphia sports family. But Capitals radio’s John Walton trolled back in epic fashion during his play-by-play of the game.
By Donya Abramo 4 months ago
Wednesday night, the Washington Capitals continued recent winning ways by extending their current streak to five games, securing a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers to do so.
The Caps out-shot the Flyers 35 to 30.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
The Washington Capitals jumped out to a commanding lead early in Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but a late-game surge by the home team almost made it interesting. Almost.
Tom Wilson scored the game’s first goal, taking a pass from Ovi on his knees. Brett Connolly made it 2-0 with an in-and-out goal that required an official review to be ruled a goal.
In the second period, Alex Ovechkin got left alone on the Ovi Spot to record his 46h goal of the season. Andre Burakovsky stayed red hot with a solo effort, then Nicklas Backstrom caught a goal-line pass from Jakub Vrana to roof the five-spot. Before the second period was up, Claude Giroux set up rookie Philippe Myers for his first NHL goal.
Giroux opened the third period with an early goal as well, and the Caps’ lead diminished to two with 12 minutes left when Scott Laughton got a clear shot up the slot past Holtby.
Caps win! Five in a row!
By Peter Hassett 4 months ago
