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2020-21 regular season

Flyers at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 6–2

Capitals beat Flyers 2–1 in overtime at Capital One Arena on May 8, 2021.

PHI – WSH
29–40
Shots on goal
17–14
Hits
16–14
Blocked shots
10–7
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Conor Sheary
1 G
4 shots · 20:38 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Lars Eller
1 G
4 shots · 25:49 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Justin Schultz
1 A
4 shots · 24:48 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🔔 Scott Laughton Go-ahead 3rd · 03:42
Assists: James van Riemsdyk · beat Craig Anderson
1–0
🦅 Lars Eller Tying 3rd · 19:20
Assists: Anthony Mantha, Justin Schultz · beat Alex Lyon
1–1
Overtime
🦅 Conor Sheary Go-ahead OT · 04:00
Assists: Nic Dowd, Dmitry Orlov · beat Alex Lyon
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Couturier · Hayes · Giroux 17:48
L2 Farabee · van Riemsdyk · Voracek 17:13
L3 Laughton · Patrick · Konecny 13:04
L4 Lindblom · Allison · Aube-Kubel 11:50
L5 Morin 10:31
D1 Provorov · Sanheim 25:24
D2 Braun · York 21:42
D3 Myers 15:22
🦅Capitals
L1 Sheary · Eller · Mantha 21:54
L2 Raffl · Dowd · Wilson 16:42
L3 Hagelin · Sprong · Hathaway 14:53
L4 Pilon · Oshie 11:34
D1 Schultz · Orlov 23:56
D2 van Riemsdyk · Dillon 20:09
D3 Chara · Jensen 16:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI WSH🦅
29 Shots on goal 40
17 Hits 14
16 Blocked shots 14
10 Takeaways 7
3 Giveaways 6
14 Penalty minutes 12
PHI shooting 3.4% (1/29) WSH shooting 5.0% (2/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Alex Lyon
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 64:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Craig Anderson
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 61:15 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Scott Laughton · 3rd 03:42 · 1–0 Lars Eller · 3rd 19:20 · 1–1 Conor Sheary · OT 04:00 · 1–2
PHI WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 8-4-3 (53% win rate, 15 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 14-3-1 (78% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 8-4-4 (50% win rate, 16 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 6-2-5 (46% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 6–2
May 72021 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Apr 172021 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 6–3 Apr 132021 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 1–6 Mar 132021 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 5–4 Mar 112021 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 5–3
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Who won Flyers vs Capitals on May 8, 2021?

Capitals won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Flyers 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Flyers?

Scott Laughton.

Who scored for Capitals?

Conor Sheary, Lars Eller.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Alex Lyon made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 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 6–2 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔔 Flyers
BeforeMay 7 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 4–2 AfterMay 10 😈NJD @ 🔔PHI 2–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMay 7 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 4–2 AfterMay 11 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–2
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