🦅 Away Capitals 20-10-3
1–7
Final
🔔 Home Flyers 17-8-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0011
🔔 PHI 1247

Capitals at Flyers

Flyers beat Capitals 7–1 at Wells Fargo Center on December 20, 2008.

🗓 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Scott Hartnell
3 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:27 TOI
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Jeff Carter
2 G, 2 A
6 shots · 21:59 TOI
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Antero Niittymaki
47 saves
0.979 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Joffrey Lupul Go-ahead 1st · 04:29
Assists: Scott Hartnell, Matt Carle · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
2nd period
🔔 Jeff Carter 2nd · 15:11
Assists: Joffrey Lupul, Andrew Alberts · beat Brent Johnson
0–2
🔔 Jeff Carter SH 2nd · 16:05
Assists: Braydon Coburn, Mike Knuble · beat Brent Johnson
0–3
3rd period
🔔 Scott Hartnell 3rd · 04:45
Assists: Joffrey Lupul · beat Jose Theodore
0–4
🦅 Brooks Laich 3rd · 05:09
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann · beat Antero Niittymaki
1–4
🔔 Scott Hartnell PP 3rd · 07:29
Assists: Matt Carle, Kimmo Timonen · beat Jose Theodore
1–5
🔔 Simon Gagne PP 3rd · 09:19
Assists: Jeff Carter, Kimmo Timonen · beat Jose Theodore
1–6
🔔 Scott Hartnell 3rd · 16:25
Assists: Joffrey Lupul, Jeff Carter · beat Jose Theodore
1–7

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Fleischmann · Backstrom 17:22
L2 Laich · Kozlov · Nylander 16:13
L3 Steckel · Fehr · Gordon 14:38
L4 Giroux · Brashear · Bradley 10:11
D1 Green · Alzner 27:04
D2 Jurcina · Morrisonn 19:12
D3 Collins · Poti 9:37
🔔Flyers
L1 Carter · Powe · Richards 18:42
L2 Hartnell · Lupul · Knuble 16:51
L3 Gagne · Upshall · Asham 13:50
L4 Gratton · Cote 5:44
D1 Coburn · Timonen 25:04
D2 Carle · Vaananen 19:07
D3 Sbisa · Alberts 15:56
D4 Kukkonen 5:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PHI🔔
48 Shots on goal 28
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
25 Hits 24
15 Blocked shots 15
7 Takeaways 14
7 Giveaways 17
39 Penalty minutes 39
WSH shooting 2.1% (1/48) PHI shooting 25.0% (7/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
10/13
.769 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI
Jose Theodore
11/15
.733 SV% · 4 GA · 20:00 TOI
🔔Flyers
Antero Niittymaki
47/48
.979 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Flyers
Flyers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-1-2 (73% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Flyers
Flyers — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Flyers lead the season series 1–0
Apr 222008 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 3–2 OT Apr 212008 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 4–2 Apr 192008 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Apr 172008 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 3–4 OT Apr 152008 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 3–6
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Who won Capitals vs Flyers on December 20, 2008?

Flyers won 7–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Flyers 7.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brooks Laich.

Who scored for Flyers?

Scott Hartnell (3), Jeff Carter (2), Joffrey Lupul, Simon Gagne.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 10 saves on 13 shots (.769 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Antero Niittymaki made 47 saves on 48 shots (.979 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?

Flyers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 18 🎵STL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 AfterDec 23 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 5–4
🔔 Flyers
BeforeDec 18 🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5 AfterDec 21 🔔PHI @ 😈NJD 2–3
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