The Flyers had the lead after two, gave up two in the third and spoiled Matvei Michkov’s two-goal effort, losing 4-3 to the Capitals. A rather exciting, entertaining hockey game despite the outcome.
The basics
First period: 17:31 – Matvei Michkov (Travis Sanheim), 19:07 – Alex Ovechkin (Martin Fehervary, Dylan Strome)
Second period: 4:17 – Connor McMichael (Aliaksei Protas, Jeff Chychrun), 7:23 – Tyson Foerster (Emil Andrae, Travis Konecny) (PPG), 11:19 – Matvei Michkov (Rodrigo Abols, Jamie Drysdale)
Third period: 6:23 – Lars Eller (Taylor Raddysh), 12:05 – Jakob Chychrun (John Carlson, Taylor Raddysh)
SOG: 22 (PHI) – 18 (WAS)
Some takeaways
Mental lapses on a known player
Alex Ovechkin is chasing goals.