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Capitals(27-15-9) @ Flyers(15-24-9) Preview

Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA

Flyers' Lines:
Forwards
23 Oskar Lindblom - 28 Claude Giroux - 89 Cam Atkinson
25 James van Riemsdyk - 21 Scott Laughton - 11 Travis Konecny
71 Max Willman - 48 Morgan Frost - 20 Gerry Mayhew
76 Isaac Ratcliffe - 82 Connor Bunnaman - 17 Zack MacEwen

Defensemen
9 Ivan Provorov - 61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim - 24 Nick Seeler
3 Keith Yandle - 8 Kevin Connauton

Goalie
35 Martin Jones
[79 Carter Hart]

Captials' Lines:
Forwards
8 Alex Ovechkin - 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov - 43 Tom Wilson
91 Joe Snively - 19 Nicklas Bäckström - 73 Conor Sheary
24 Connor McMichael - 20 Lars Eller - 10 Daniel Sprong
62 Carl Hagelin - 26 Nic Dowd - 21 Garnet Hathaway

Defensemen
42 Martin Fehervary - 74 John Carlson
9 Dmitry Orlov - 3 Nick Jensen
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk - 2 Justin Schultz

Goalie
41 Vitek Vanecek
30 Ilya Samsonov

H/T Bill Meltzer
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https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill-Me ... /45/116135

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TV: ESPN+

Injury Report
Washington Capitals
T.J. Oshie RW Injured Reserve Feb 14
Vitek Vanecek G Injured Reserve Feb 16
Justin Schultz D Day-To-Day Feb 16

Philadelphia Flyers
Kevin Hayes C Injured Reserve Feb 14
Derick Brassard C Out Feb 14
Rasmus Ristolainen D Injured Reserve Feb 16
Wade Allison RW Day-To-Day Feb 16
Gerry Mayhew C Day-To-Day Feb 16

TEAM STATS............Was...Phi
Goals For per Game 3.22 2.54
Goals Against per Game 2.75 3.40
Shots per Game 31.4 30.5
Shots Against per Game 29.0 34.1
Penalty Minutes 363 413
Power Play Goals 24 20
Power Play Percentage 15.8 14.4
Power Play Goals Against 29 34
Penalty Kill Percentage 79.1 76.2
Short Handed Goals 6 6
Short Handed Goals Against 7 6

Betting:
MoneyLine:
WSH -175
Over/Under:
6

Solid 1st until the inevitable end of period meltdown in their own end. I've never seen a team so committed to doing incredibly stupid shit in their own end and not being able to handle simple defensive zone coverage elements. They always lose track of opponents or they're out of position because they overcommitted and took themselves out of the play.

Mayhew, whatever a Mayhew is, ties it up at 1 with the PP goal.

1-1.

Beautiful passing play by the Flyers, Konecny to a streaking Sanheim, 2-2.

Hahaha Mayhew for the lead!!

Another great passing play, this time Sanheim is the deliverer.

Flyers take a late lead. And, they damn near gave it away again a minute later. Welp, they gave it away a minute and a half later.

And of course, we give up the tying goal a minute later.

This team is so damn frustrating.

How do you give up 3 goals in the last 3+ minutes of the 3rd period after taking the lead????