🦅 Away Capitals 12-10-6
5–3
Final
🔔 Home Flyers 8-16-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1225
🔔 PHI 0303

Capitals at Flyers

Capitals beat Flyers 5–3 at Wells Fargo Center on December 9, 2006.

🗓 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 20:37 TOI
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Simon Gagne
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 23:14 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brent Johnson
33 saves
0.917 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 06:28
Assists: Chris Clark, Dainius Zubrus · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Brooks Laich SH 2nd · 01:33
Unassisted · beat Antero Niittymaki
2–0
🔔 Simon Gagne PP 2nd · 02:54
Assists: Alexandre Picard, Mike Knuble · beat Brent Johnson
2–1
🔔 Simon Gagne Tying 2nd · 07:47
Assists: Jussi Timonen, Alexandre Picard · beat Brent Johnson
2–2
🦅 Chris Clark Go-ahead 2nd · 08:00
Assists: Shaone Morrisonn, Alex Ovechkin · beat Antero Niittymaki
3–2
🔔 Mike Knuble PP Tying 2nd · 10:57
Assists: Randy Robitaille, Simon Gagne · beat Brent Johnson
3–3
3rd period
🦅 Bryan Muir Go-ahead 3rd · 07:40
Assists: Kris Beech, Alex Ovechkin · beat Antero Niittymaki
4–3
🦅 Matt Pettinger PP 3rd · 19:09
Assists: Alexander Semin, Brian Pothier · beat Antero Niittymaki
5–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Clark 20:37
L2 Pettinger · Gordon · Semin 15:47
L3 Sutherby · Beech · Clymer 11:36
L4 Brashear · Laich · Klepis 7:14
D1 Pothier · Morrisonn 24:33
D2 Erskine · Eminger 19:42
D3 Muir · Green 10:29
🔔Flyers
L1 Gagne · Calder · Knuble 23:02
L2 Nedved · Robitaille · Umberger 16:18
L3 Fedoruk · Potulny · Richards 11:58
L4 Eager · Sanderson · Ruzicka 5:15
D1 Meyer · Hatcher 25:00
D2 Picard · Jones 22:04
D3 Timonen · Jonsson 12:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PHI🔔
32 Shots on goal 36
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
16 Hits 12
11 Blocked shots 13
9 Takeaways 6
13 Giveaways 33
18 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 15.6% (5/32) PHI shooting 8.3% (3/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI
🔔Flyers
Antero Niittymaki
27/32
.844 SV% · 5 GA · 59:13 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 8 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 06:28 · 1–0
WSH PHI
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)
Flyers
Flyers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 1-1-5 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 3-2-2 (43% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Nov 42006 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 5–3 Feb 102006 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 4–5 Jan 62006 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 3–1 Dec 312005 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO Nov 32005 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 1–8
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❓ WSH vs PHI, answered

Who won Capitals vs Flyers on December 9, 2006?

Capitals won 5–3. The final score was Capitals 5, Flyers 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Bryan Muir, Chris Clark, Matt Pettinger.

Who scored for Flyers?

Simon Gagne (2), Mike Knuble.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Antero Niittymaki made 27 saves on 32 shots (.844 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Flyers played?

At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Flyers season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 8 🦆ANA @ 🦅WSH 6–1 AfterDec 11 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4
🔔 Flyers
BeforeDec 8 🔔PHI @ 😈NJD 0–2 AfterDec 12 🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI 3–1
Also on December 9
🗽NYR 3–1 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 5–1 🐻BOS ⚔️BUF 3–2 🇨🇦MTL 🐆FLA 4–5 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 4–3 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 1–5 🐙DET 🦆ANA 4–3 ⚡TBL 🧥CBJ 5–1 🎵STL
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