The Washington Capitals scored five unanswered goals to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday. Washington capitalized on strong goaltending and five different goal scorers to pull away after falling behind early in the second period.
Jamie Drysdale opened the scoring for Philadelphia 31 seconds into the second period with an even-strength wrist shot set up by Travis Konecny and Tyson Foerster. The Capitals answered four minutes later when Andrew Cristall scored on a backhand shot assisted by Spencer Smallman. Maxim Schafer gave Washington the lead at 7:36 on an unassisted snap shot, and Ethen Frank widened the margin to 3-1 with a power-play snap shot at 12:24, assisted by Louie Belpedio and Cristall.
Washington extended its advantage in the third period. Theodor Niederbach scored an unassisted snap shot at 1:07 to make it 4-1. Lynden Lakovic finished the scoring at 16:06 with an even-strength snap shot off assists from Alexander Suzdalev and Petr Sikora. Philadelphia outshot Washington 37-24 overall, but Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren stopped 32 of 33 shots to earn the win, while Cal Petersen stopped all four shots he faced in relief. Aleksei Kolosov stopped 19 of 24 shots in net for the Flyers, who went 0 for 4 on the power play while Washington converted 1 of 4.
Both clubs will return to the ice for their next scheduled games in October. The Philadelphia Flyers host the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, October 19, at 7:00 PM ET. The Washington Capitals host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, October 20, at 7:00 PM ET.
