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2006-07 regular season

Flyers at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0

Capitals beat Flyers 4–1 at Capital One Arena on December 16, 2006.

PHI – WSH
22–31
Shots on goal
11–14
Hits
20–15
Blocked shots
19–26
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 16:58 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 20:25 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Dainius Zubrus
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:17 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Mike Knuble Go-ahead 1st · 03:31
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Simon Gagne · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🦅 Dainius Zubrus Tying 1st · 19:23
Assists: Alexander Semin, Alex Ovechkin · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–1
2nd period
🦅 Alexander Semin Go-ahead 2nd · 05:52
Assists: Brian Pothier, Boyd Gordon · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–2
🦅 Alexander Semin 2nd · 08:57
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–3
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 03:16
Assists: Bryan Muir · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Gagne · Calder · Knuble 22:05
L2 Robitaille · Potulny · Umberger 17:09
L3 Eager · Fedoruk · Ruzicka 10:02
L4 Forsberg · Dimitrakos · Reid 5:38
D1 Pitkanen · Jones 23:22
D2 Zhitnik · Picard 20:50
D3 Hatcher · Timonen 15:58
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Clark 18:27
L2 Pettinger · Gordon · Semin 16:58
L3 Sutherby · Beech · Clymer 11:39
L4 Brashear · Laich · Klepis 8:45
D1 Pothier · Morrisonn 25:12
D2 Muir · Eminger 20:40
D3 Green · Erskine 10:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI WSH🦅
22 Shots on goal 31
11 Hits 14
20 Blocked shots 15
19 Takeaways 26
13 Giveaways 16
16 Penalty minutes 14
PHI shooting 4.5% (1/22) WSH shooting 12.9% (4/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Antero Niittymaki
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 5 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 03:16 · 1–4
PHI WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 2-7-1 (20% win rate, 10 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 2-1-2 (40% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Flyers
Flyers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–0
Dec 92006 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 5–3 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
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Who won Flyers vs Capitals on December 16, 2006?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Flyers 1, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Flyers?

Mike Knuble.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin (2), Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Antero Niittymaki made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 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?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔔 Flyers
BeforeDec 13 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 4–8 AfterDec 19 🌪️CAR @ 🔔PHI 2–1
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 15 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 3–2 AfterDec 19 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 5–4
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