Team Summaries:

Good to see the Flyers finally make some headway at even strength play. They we're definitely the superior 5v5 team and owned the better of the overall play in the last 40 minutes. But this game was won on specials teams. The caps have a great powerplay and it showed today. It accounted for nearly 50% of their offensive chance production. Despite never technically scoring while a man up, the Caps drew a ton of momentum from each successive power play and were able to score soon after a few PP opportunities. Washington could control stretches of the game because of the Flyers utter lack of discipline.

Forwards(Even Strength):

Head to Head Match-Up

Read this left to right. i.e. Giroux's line was a +4 against Johansson's line.

Giroux has awoken from is Olympic slumber!! Finally the Flyers first line got back to kicking some ass at even strength. G was the most involved forward with 4 scoring chances directly to his credit. Schenn's line struggled defensively in both chances against and shot attempts. But they made up for it somewhat by generating a good helping of offense. Couturier's line played steady low event hockey with not a whole lot happening either way. Raffl's line put up some surprising possession numbers in limited minutes but it didn't translate into any offensive chances.

Defense(Even Strength):

Ok, who replaced Grossmann with a competent hockey player? Not only was that pair the best even strength unit by a wide margin, but Gnome actually registered an offensive scoring chance. THE WORLD DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ANYMORE. Coburn and Kimmo were solid, and like Coots line, played generally low event hockey at even strength. Mez and Schenn bore the worst of it defensively today.

Special Teams:

Although the PK gave up its share of chances, they didn't give up a goal and managed a shorty on a sweet pass by Coots. The powerplay was efficient with 2 goals and more importantly made a 5 minute opportunity count for a massively important goal late in the game.

Overall Team Performance: B+

The Flyers overcame a truly awful first period with a great final 40 minutes. They controlled play and rallied from 2 goal deficit. All around strong play from both the forwards, defense, and special teams. The only caveat, the Caps aren't that strong of an even strength team this year. Lets see if the Flyers can do it again Wednesday.

Chance By Chance Summary

Team Period Time Note Home Away State Away 1 18:31 Set Up Simmonds, Chance Read, Result Miss 16 25 42 52 70 81 10 17 24 32 35 41 5v5 Away 1 16:40 Set Up Couturier, Chance Downie, Result Miss 8 52 70 81 83 94 5 9 14 24 35 44 5v5 Home 1 14:01 Brouwer 10 20 52 70 81 90 10 17 22 35 40 41 5v5 Home 1 13:56 Orlov Goal 10 20 52 70 81 90 10 17 22 35 40 41 5v5 Home 1 12:43 Ovechkin 8 19 20 21 70 74 5 14 24 35 44 5v4 Home 1 10:47 Beagle 10 16 52 70 74 83 5 10 17 35 44 5v4 Away 1 8:39 Set Up Timonen, Chance Giroux, Result Goal 20 21 27 70 74 17 19 28 35 44 93 4v5 Home 1 7:20 Ovechkin 8 19 20 21 70 74 5 14 24 35 44 5v4 Home 1 7:00 Ovechkin 8 19 20 21 70 74 5 14 24 35 44 5v4 Home 1 6:51 Green 8 25 42 52 70 90 8 12 18 35 41 5v4 Home 1 6:04 Johansson Goal 10 16 27 70 74 83 19 22 28 32 35 93 5v5 Home 1 5:53 Fehr 10 16 27 70 74 83 19 22 28 32 35 93 5v5 Home 1 5:02 Backstrom 4 19 20 21 58 70 5 17 28 32 35 40 5v5 Home 1 4:42 Backstrom 4 19 20 21 58 70 5 10 17 35 40 44 5v5 Home 1 2:12 Ward 8 25 42 70 74 90 8 14 18 22 35 5v4 Away 2 19:19 Set Up Giroux, Chance Hartnell, Result Shot 10 20 27 52 70 90 8 19 28 32 35 93 5v5 Away 2 19:16 Set Up Downie, Chance Read, Result Miss 8 19 21 27 70 74 8 9 14 24 32 35 5v5 Away 2 18:23 Set Up Read, Chance Simmonds, Result Shot 8 19 25 27 70 74 10 17 22 24 35 41 5v5 Away 2 18:01 Set Up Lecavalier, Chance B.Schenn, Result Shot 4 16 25 42 58 70 10 17 22 35 40 41 5v5 Home 2 17:49 Fehr 16 25 42 58 70 81 10 17 22 35 40 41 5v5 Away 2 12:58 Set Up Hartnell, Chance Coburn, Result Shot 10 20 27 70 74 90 5 19 22 28 35 93 5v5 Away 2 9:09 Set Up Lecavalier, Chance Timonen, Result Shot 25 42 52 70 81 5 10 35 40 44 4v4 Home 2 7:46 Fehr 8 20 25 70 74 90 5 8 14 18 35 5v4 Home 2 7:27 Ovechkin 8 20 25 70 74 90 5 8 14 18 35 5v4 Away 2 7:11 Set Up Couturier, Chance Hall, Result Goal 8 20 25 70 74 90 5 8 14 18 35 5v4 Home 2 6:18 Beagle Goal 10 42 52 70 81 83 17 19 28 32 35 41 5v5 Home 2 2:08 Dechamps 27 43 70 74 83 94 5 12 18 35 36 44 5v5 Away 2 0:49 Chance Giroux, Result Shot 10 27 43 70 74 90 8 19 28 32 35 93 5v5 Away 2 0:48 Set Up Giroux, Chance Hartnell, Result Shot 10 27 43 70 74 90 8 19 28 32 35 93 5v5 Away 2 0:08 Set Up Giroux, Chance Lecavalier, Result Shot 19 21 52 70 17 28 32 35 40 3v4 Away 3 16:54 Set Up B.Schenn, Chance Simmonds, Result Shot 16 25 27 42 70 74 10 17 32 35 40 41 5v5 Home 3 12:48 Johansson 4 10 20 58 70 90 5 9 14 22 24 35 5v5 Home 3 12:09 Fehr 4 16 25 42 58 70 9 14 24 32 35 41 5v5 Away 3 9:52 Set Up Timonen, Chance Voracek, Result Shot 20 21 27 70 74 17 19 28 35 44 93 4v5 Away 3 9:51 Set Up Voracek, Chance Timonen, Result Miss 20 21 27 70 74 17 19 28 35 44 93 4v5 Away 3 8:30 Chance Voracek, Result Miss 16 19 27 70 74 17 19 28 35 44 93 4v5 Away 3 8:03 Set Up Timonen, Chance Voracek, Result Goal 16 19 27 70 74 17 19 28 35 44 93 4v5 Away 3 6:18 Set Up Giroux, Chance Hartnell, Result Shot 16 21 27 70 74 17 19 28 35 44 93 4v5 Away 3 5:41 Set Up Streit, Chance Couturier, Result Shot 4 25 42 52 70 12 14 24 32 35 41 4v5 Away 3 1:06 Set Up Voracek, Chance Giroux, Result Goal 8 19 21 52 70 81 5 17 19 28 32 93 5v5 Away 4 4:20 Set Up Streit, Chance Grossmann, Result Shot 8 19 52 70 81 8 14 17 32 35 4v4 Away 4 2:18 Set Up Timonen, Chance Lecavalier, Result Goal 8 27 70 74 90 5 19 35 40 44 4v4

Shot Attempt Charts(Extra Skater):

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