Tom Wilson
The Capitals didn’t win Thursday’s game with their stars, but their depth, getting good goaltending when they needed it and players to step up. For the Flyers, it was a reminder that a young defense can still pay the price for costly mistakes and that the depth needs to improve.
Two goals in 65 seconds put the Capitals in control in a 5-2 win against the Flyers on Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center.
The Capitals scored twice in the first period and added three quick goals in the second to put the game away early and held off the Flyers comeback in a 5-3 win on Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center.
In this week’s Around the NHL, an NHL rookie takes a mauling, two join the 1,000-games club and looking at the Toronto Maple Leafs red-hot start.
As teams ready-up their rosters for the regular season, let’s take a final look around the league before the games start to count.
Embed from Getty Images A collective cheer was heard through the Philadelphia region as the Philadelphia Flyers clinched a playoff spot on April 9 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers are in the race for the Stanley Cup. In the first round of the playoffs, they are to face the top team in the conference, the […]
Embed from Getty Images The last three games have been games to forget for the Flyers. Twice, the Flyers suffered defeat in the final two minutes. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead in Pittsburgh last Thursday, the Flyers allowed three goals in the second and never recovered. The Flyers jumped out to a […]
Nick Grossmann left late in the first period of the Flyers 3-2 overtime win over the Capitals on Thursday night after taking a clean hit from Tom Wilson. The Flyers announced during the game that Grossmann would not return with an upper-body injury. That description did not change on Friday, but the Flyers did announce […]
Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov will be suspended two games for his hit on Brayden Schenn in the Flyers 5-4 win on Sunday against the Capitals. (Photo Courtesy of the Washington Post) Dmitry Orlov scored two goals for the Washington Capitals in the first two periods of Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers. But it was […]
