GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 1-2-0
All-Time Record: 226gp (118-80-19-9)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 27 pts: James van Riemsdyk (11g-16a)
WSH - 29 pts: Nicklas Backstrom (10g-19a)
1. SCOREBOARD WATCHING
The Flyers have dropped three of their last four games and four of their last six, but come into tonight's game having not dropped two straight on home ice since Nov. 13, 16 & 23, 2019 or two straight in regulation since Mar. 31 & Apr. 6, 2019... The Caps continue their climb to the top of the East Division, now sitting in second place at 36 points, two behind the Islanders with a game in hand... They have won three straight and earned points in nine of their last 10 games (8-1-1).
2. REACHABLE GOALS
The Flyers have scored three of more goals in eight of their last 10 games, including four of their last five games, but have allowed three or more to their opponent in six straight... The Flyers have also recorded a power-play goal in four of their last five (4-for-16) and are perfect on the penalty kill in four of their last five, including their last three games, going 8-for-10... The Caps lead the NHL for the most goals in the second period (38), rank fourth among all teams in even strength goals (69) and lead the East Division in goals per-game (3.35) which also ranks sixth overall in the NHL.
3. THROUGH THREE
This is the fourth of eight meetings against the Caps and third meeting in the last seven days... The road team has won each game so far with the Flyers winning 7-4 in DC on Feb. 7 and the Caps taking the last two (Mar. 7: 3-1 & Mar. 11: 5-3)... Alex Ovechkin leads all players in the series in points (6) and shots (14), while Sean Couturier leads the Flyers in points (5) and Shayne Gostisbehere leads in shots (12) through three games... Ivan Provorov has logged an average of 23:39 to lead all players and Claude Giroux is 65.8% on face-offs to lead all players in the series.
4. US & THEM
Sean Couturier has points in three straight games (4a) and in 11 of his last 12 (6g-10a), while Jakub Vrana has points in four straight (3g-2a)... Ilya Samsonov has the two victories in net against the Flyers and is unbeaten in regulation, going 4-0-1... The Caps have led after the second period in exactly half of their games so far this year (13 of 26) going 12-1-0 in that scenario, while the Flyers are unbeaten in regulation when leading after the second (7-0-1)... The Flyers have had four players appear in all 24 games (Hayes, Patrick, Provorov & van Riemsdyk) while the Caps have had eight players appear in all 26 of their games.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (C: #21 - Scott Laughton)
Scott Laughton has five points (2g-3a) in his last five games and is a +3... Against the Caps, he has four goals in three game, including his first career hattrick in the first meeting... In his career, he has 10 points, all of which are goals in 20 games vs. Caps, five of which have come in the last four meetings.
CAPITALS (D: #33 - Zdeno Chara)
The 6-foot-9 d-man has assists in three of his last four games against the Flyers and has posted nine points (2g-7a) and a +8 rating in his last 11 meetings against the Flyers... Chara has played the most games of any active player in the NHL against the Flyers (75) and his 17 career goals are double the amount of any active d-man in the NHL.
