🔔 Away Flyers 21-10-3 before this game
4–1
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 17-16-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PHI 2204
WSH 0011

Flyers at Capitals

Flyers beat Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena on December 26, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Dec 26, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Ruslan Fedotenko
2 G
3 shots · 12:30 TOI · +2
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Dan Mcgillis
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 24:29 TOI · +2
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Simon Gagne
2 A
4 shots · 17:03 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Ruslan Fedotenko Go-ahead 1st · 10:12
Assists: Luke Richardson, Simon Gagne · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🔔 Dan Mcgillis 1st · 18:05
Assists: Justin Williams · beat Olie Kolzig
2–0
2nd period
🔔 Keith Primeau PP 2nd · 10:27
Assists: Dan Mcgillis, Kim Johnsson · beat Olie Kolzig
3–0
🔔 Ruslan Fedotenko 2nd · 11:43
Assists: Jeremy Roenick, Simon Gagne · beat Olie Kolzig
4–0
3rd period
🦅 Stephen Peat 3rd · 15:11
Assists: Joe Sacco · beat Roman Cechmanek
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI WSH🦅
31 Shots on goal 23
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
17 Hits 20
16 Blocked shots 13
8 Takeaways 13
13 Giveaways 18
9 Penalty minutes 13
PHI shooting 12.9% (4/31) WSH shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Roman Cechmanek
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–0
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Gagne · Primeau · Recchi 17:50
L2 LeClair · Dopita · Roenick 15:29
L3 Brashear · McAllister · Murray 13:13
L4 Fedotenko · Ranheim · Williams 12:27
L5 Fedoruk 9:28
D1 Mcgillis · Johnsson 23:46
D2 Weinrich · Therien 20:52
D3 Richardson 18:05
🦅Capitals
L1 Simon · Oates · Bondra 19:16
L2 Nikolishin · Jagr · Khristich 15:51
L3 Metropolit · Halpern · Whitfield 13:16
L4 Sacco · Pettinger · Peat 10:02
D1 Witt · Cote 23:05
D2 Gonchar · Reekie 19:20
D3 Klee · Kucera 15:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Flyers lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 15, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
0–5 · Flyers won
Oct 30, 2001
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · Flyers won
Oct 20, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
3–6 · Flyers won
Jan 28, 2001
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Dec 30, 2000
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
3–6 · Capitals won

❓ PHI vs WSH, answered

Who won Flyers vs Capitals on December 26, 2001?

Flyers won 4–1.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Capitals?

The final score was Flyers 4, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Flyers?

Ruslan Fedotenko (2), Dan Mcgillis, Keith Primeau.

Who scored for Capitals?

Stephen Peat.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Roman Cechmanek made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Flyers vs Capitals season series?

Flyers lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Dec 22
🌪️CAR @ 🔔PHI
3–4 · PHI won
Next game · Dec 28
🔔PHI @ 🌵PHX
2–4 · PHX won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 22
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–4 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 28
🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL
3–2 · WSH won
Also on December 26, 2001
🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS
2–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 final
🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 final
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
0–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL
3–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
3–1 final
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
2–0 final
⚡TBL @ 🐯NSH
1–0 final
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