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2017-18 regular season

Capitals at Flyers

🗓 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 1–0

Flyers beat Capitals 8–2 at Wells Fargo Center on October 14, 2017.

WSH – PHI
23–37
Shots on goal
0/2–1/2
Power play
20–23
Hits
10–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Claude Giroux
2 G, 2 A
4 shots · 14:50 TOI
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Sean Couturier
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:04 TOI
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Jakub Voracek
3 A
2 shots · 16:46 TOI

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Sean Couturier Go-ahead 1st · 07:18
Assists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · beat Philipp Grubauer
0–1
🦅 Jakub Vrana Tying 1st · 09:25
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · beat Brian Elliott
1–1
🔔 Scott Laughton SH Go-ahead 1st · 18:58
Unassisted · beat Philipp Grubauer
1–2
2nd period
🔔 Wayne Simmonds PP 2nd · 03:15
Assists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · beat Philipp Grubauer
1–3
🔔 Claude Giroux 2nd · 10:32
Assists: Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek · beat Philipp Grubauer
1–4
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom 2nd · 10:45
Assists: T.J. Oshie, Brooks Orpik · beat Brian Elliott
2–4
🔔 Valtteri Filppula 2nd · 17:05
Assists: Jordan Weal, Wayne Simmonds · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–5
3rd period
🔔 Scott Laughton 3rd · 08:28
Assists: Ivan Provorov · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–6
🔔 Sean Couturier 3rd · 09:45
Assists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–7
🔔 Claude Giroux 3rd · 15:23
Assists: Brandon Manning, Shayne Gostisbehere · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–8

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Burakovsky · Backstrom · Oshie 19:09
L2 Kuznetsov · Beagle · Smith-Pelly 15:05
L3 Ovechkin · Eller · Connolly 14:25
L4 Vrana · Chiasson · Wilson 12:06
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:05
D2 Orpik · Ness 18:48
D3 Djoos · Bowey 15:47
🔔Flyers
L1 Couturier · Voracek · Simmonds 16:46
L2 Filppula · Konecny · Giroux 14:57
L3 Laughton · Weal · Weise 14:41
L4 Leier · Raffl · Patrick 12:50
D1 Gostisbehere · Provorov 22:07
D2 Hagg · MacDonald 20:32
D3 Manning · Gudas 16:39

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PHI🔔
23 Shots on goal 37
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
20 Hits 23
10 Blocked shots 16
6 Takeaways 4
11 Giveaways 11
14 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23) PHI shooting 21.6% (8/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Philipp Grubauer
29/37
.784 SV% · 8 GA · 60:00 TOI
🔔Flyers
Brian Elliott
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

10 of 10 goals located
Sean Couturier · 1st 07:18 · 0–1 Jakub Vrana · 1st 09:25 · 1–1 Scott Laughton · 1st 18:58 · 1–2 Wayne Simmonds · 2nd 03:15 · 1–3 Claude Giroux · 2nd 10:32 · 1–4 Nicklas Backstrom · 2nd 10:45 · 2–4 Valtteri Filppula · 2nd 17:05 · 2–5 Scott Laughton · 3rd 08:28 · 2–6 Sean Couturier · 3rd 09:45 · 2–7 Claude Giroux · 3rd 15:23 · 2–8
WSH PHI
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Flyers lead the season series 1–0
Mar 42017 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 1–2 OT Feb 222017 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 4–1 Jan 152017 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 0–5 Dec 212016 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 2–3 SO Apr 242016 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 1–0
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Who won Capitals vs Flyers on October 14, 2017?

Flyers won 8–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Flyers 8.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Flyers?

Claude Giroux (2), Scott Laughton (2), Sean Couturier (2), Valtteri Filppula, Wayne Simmonds.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 29 saves on 37 shots (.784 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 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
BeforeOct 13 🦅WSH @ 😈NJD 5–2 AfterOct 17 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 2–0
🔔 Flyers
BeforeOct 10 🔔PHI @ 🐯NSH 5–6 AfterOct 17 🐆FLA @ 🔔PHI 1–5
Also on October 14
🍁TOR 4–3 🇨🇦MTL 🎵STL 1–2 ⚡TBL 😈NJD 3–2 🗽NYR 🐆FLA 3–4 🐧PIT 🌪️CAR 1–2 ✈️WPG 🏔️COL 1–3 ⭐DAL 🧥CBJ 5–4 🌲MIN 🐯NSH 1–2 🪶CHI
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