Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals

Friday, October 8, 2021, 7:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Friday, October 8, 2021 at home.

Final score, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
Philadelphia Flyers	3	25-46-11
at Washington Capitals	5	44-26-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Philadelphia Flyers	0	3	0	3
Washington Capitals	1	1	3	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Philadelphia Flyers	6	14	5	25
Washington Capitals	12	10	11	33

Three stars

A. Mantha, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
C. Atkinson, Philadelphia Flyers (2 goals)
E. Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:11	Washington Capitals	Lars Eller (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	PHI 0, WSH 1
2nd	04:54	Washington Capitals	John Carlson (3)	Martin Fehérváry (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)	Even strength	PHI 0, WSH 2
2nd	09:25	Philadelphia Flyers	Claude Giroux (2)	Sean Couturier (3)	Even strength	PHI 1, WSH 2
2nd	10:41	Philadelphia Flyers	Cam Atkinson (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	PHI 2, WSH 2
2nd	18:20	Philadelphia Flyers	Cam Atkinson (3)	Unassisted	Even strength	PHI 3, WSH 2
3rd	02:27	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson (2)	Justin Schultz (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)	Power play	PHI 3, WSH 3
3rd	04:02	Washington Capitals	Anthony Mantha (2)	Conor Sheary (1)	Even strength	PHI 3, WSH 4
3rd	19:03	Washington Capitals	Nic Dowd (1)	Lars Eller (1)	Even strength, Empty net	PHI 3, WSH 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
Stat	Philadelphia Flyers	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	25	33
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	18	20
Hits	22	21
Blocked shots	8	9
Giveaways	6	3
Takeaways	3	4
Faceoffs won	44/67 (65.7%)	23/67 (34.3%)

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 T. Konecny	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		16:53
Number 14 S. Couturier	C	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	69.2%	18:12
Number 19 D. Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	66.7%	14:30
Number 21 S. Laughton	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50%	13:57
Number 23 O. Lindblom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		15:32
Number 25 J. van Riemsdyk	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:54
Number 28 C. Giroux	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	81.8%	17:02
Number 44 N. Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	75%	12:37
Number 47 G. Wilson	L	0	0	0	-1	7	0	1	0		10:39
Number 62 N. Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-1	5	1	4	1		10:08
Number 86 J. Farabee	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		16:07
Number 89 C. Atkinson	R	2	0	2	-1	0	3	0	0		16:38
Number 3 K. Yandle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		18:34
Number 6 T. Sanheim	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		18:53
Number 9 I. Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		22:10
Number 61 J. Braun	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:42
Number 70 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	7	0		19:20
Number 94 R. Ellis	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		22:45

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Jones	32	28	4	.875	59:04	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		02:19
Number 10 D. Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		15:41
Number 20 L. Eller	C	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	0	31.8%	20:21
Number 21 G. Hathaway	R	0	0	0	+1	2	4	4	0	0		13:24
Number 26 N. Dowd	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	1	0	31.3%	13:58
Number 29 H. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	36.4%	13:44
Number 39 A. Mantha	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	1	0		18:59
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	0	1		15:39
Number 47 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0		14:36
Number 73 C. Sheary	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		12:51
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	50%	13:45
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	42.9%	15:32
Number 2 J. Schultz	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		19:10
Number 3 N. Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0		19:29
Number 6 M. Kempny	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0		17:16
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		22:20
Number 42 M. Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	2	1	0		19:57
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	2	0		20:59

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 I. Samsonov	25	22	3	.880	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:42	Washington Capitals	Dmitry Orlov	Tripping	2
1st	18:02	Washington Capitals	Hendrix Lapierre	Holding	2
2nd	13:48	Washington Capitals	John Carlson	Cross checking	2
2nd	16:41	Philadelphia Flyers	Garrett Wilson	Roughing	2
2nd	16:41	Washington Capitals	Garnet Hathaway	Roughing	2
2nd	19:03	Philadelphia Flyers	Garrett Wilson	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	19:03	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	02:04	Philadelphia Flyers	Scott Laughton	Holding	2
3rd	05:17	Philadelphia Flyers	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	05:17	Washington Capitals	Nick Jensen	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	06:53	Philadelphia Flyers	Sean Couturier	Roughing	2
3rd	06:53	Philadelphia Flyers	Sean Couturier	Cross checking	2
3rd	09:54	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Roughing	2

Game information

Philadelphia Flyers head coach: Alain Vigneault
Washington Capitals head coach: Peter Laviolette
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Derek Nansen
Philadelphia Flyers scratches: Kevin Hayes, Nick Seeler, Adam Clendening, Valeri Vasiliev, Ryan Fitzgerald, Samuel Morin, Max Willman, Matej Tomek, Ivan Fedotov, Wade Allison, Connor Bunnaman, Carter Hart, German Rubtsov, Linus Hogberg, Tanner Laczynski, Gerry Mayhew, Matthew Strome, Isaac Ratcliffe, Morgan Frost, Maksim Sushko, Noah Cates, Olle Lycksell, Kirill Ustimenko, Adam Ginning, Jay O'Brien, Wyatte Wylie, Jack St. Ivany, Samuel Ersson, Marcus Westfalt, Gavin Hain, Egor Zamula, Cooper Zech, Ronnie Attard, Cam York, Bobby Brink, Mason Millman, Quinn Schmiemann, Bryce Brodzinski, Jackson Van De Leest, Emil Andrae, Tyson Foerster, Zayde Wisdom, Connor McClennon, Linus Sandin, Elliot Desnoyers, Jackson Cates, Samu Tuomaala, Aleksei Kolosov, Owen McLaughlin, Ty Murchison, Ethan Samson, Brian Zanetti, Jon-Randall Avon, Nolan Ritchie, Ethan Burroughs
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Nicklas Backstrom, Carl Hagelin, Matt Irwin, Dylan McIlrath, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Sergey Kostenko, Brian Pinho, Pheonix Copley, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Patrick Holway, Lucas Johansen, Garrett Pilon, Damien Riat, Mike Vecchione, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Riley Sutter, Kody Clark, Alexander Alexeyev, Mitchell Gibson, Joe Snively, Bobby Nardella, Brett Leason, Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, Martin Has, Bogdan Trineyev, Garin Bjorklund, Hunter Shepard, Bear Hughes, Oskar Magnusson, Brent Johnson, Vincent Iorio, Haakon Hanelt, Dru Krebs, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Matthew Maggio

2021-2022 season series

Every Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Oct 2, 2021
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Washington Capitals 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals, Fri, Oct 8, 2021

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