Washington Capitals Game Notes Sat, May 8, 2021 NHL Game #856 Washington Capitals 34 - 15 - 5 (73 pts) Philadelphia Flyers 24 - 23 - 7 (55 pts) Team Game: 55 15 - 8 - 3 (Home) Team Game: 55 11 - 12 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 27 19 - 7 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 28 13 - 11 - 3 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Craig Anderson 3 1 1 0 2.79 .881 32 Felix Sandstrom - - - - - - 41 Vitek Vanecek 36 20 10 4 2.74 .907 34 Alex Lyon 5 1 3 0 3.69 .876 37 Brian Elliott 29 14 9 2 3.10 .888 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Justin Schultz 44 3 22 25 10 10 5 D Philippe Myers 42 1 10 11 -12 20 3 D Nick Jensen 51 2 12 14 5 14 6 D Travis Sanheim 53 3 12 15 -19 23 4 D Brenden Dillon 54 2 17 19 16 47 8 D Robert Hagg 34 2 3 5 -3 18 8 L Alex Ovechkin 44 24 18 42 -7 12 9 D Ivan Provorov 54 7 19 26 4 22 9 D Dmitry Orlov 49 8 13 21 13 20 11 R Travis Konecny 48 11 22 33 -5 26 10 R Daniel Sprong 40 13 7 20 8 10 13 C Kevin Hayes 53 12 17 29 -4 22 17 L Michael Raffl 42 3 7 10 -5 33 14 C Sean Couturier 43 17 22 39 -4 8 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 54 15 38 53 0 14 19 C Nolan Patrick 50 4 5 9 -27 20 20 C Lars Eller 42 7 15 22 -3 21 21 C Scott Laughton 51 8 11 19 13 37 21 R Garnet Hathaway 54 6 11 17 7 64 23 L Oskar Lindblom 48 8 6 14 -8 9 26 C Nic Dowd 54 11 3 14 3 29 25 L James van Riemsdyk 54 16 25 41 2 14 28 L Daniel Carr 6 0 1 1 -2 2 28 C Claude Giroux 52 16 25 41 -4 12 33 D Zdeno Chara 53 2 7 9 5 44 39 D Nate Prosser 6 1 1 2 -7 0 39 R Anthony Mantha 54 15 13 28 -15 21 45 D Cam York 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 R Tom Wilson 45 13 20 33 1 84 53 D Shayne Gostisbehere 40 9 11 20 -5 6 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 18 1 2 3 0 2 55 L Samuel Morin 19 1 0 1 -8 35 62 L Carl Hagelin 54 5 10 15 7 19 57 R Wade Allison 12 4 1 5 0 4 73 L Conor Sheary 51 13 8 21 -4 14 59 C Jackson Cates 4 0 1 1 -3 0 74 D John Carlson 52 10 34 44 -5 12 61 D Justin Braun 51 1 5 6 1 18 77 R T.J. Oshie 52 22 21 43 -3 18 62 R Nicolas Aube-Kubel 48 3 9 12 -3 42 65 D Wyatte Wylie - - - - - - 81 L Carsen Twarynski 7 0 0 0 -3 2 86 L Joel Farabee 53 18 18 36 -2 26 93 R Jakub Voracek 51 9 34 43 -12 16 Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan Chairman/CEO, Governor Dave Scott Head Coach Peter Laviolette President, Hockey Operations/General Chuck Fletcher Assistant Coaches Scott Arniel, Blaine Forsythe, Manager Kevin McCarthy, Brett Head Coach Alain Vigneault Leonhardt (Video) Coaching Staff Assistants: Ian Laperriere, Goaltending Coach Scott Murray Michel Therrien, Mike Yeo ; Video Coordinator Jared Elenberger Goaltending - Kim Dillabaugh; Video - Adam Patterson Tonight's Officials Referees Peter MacDougall (38), Jon McIsaac (2) Linesmen Ryan Gibbons (58), Kory Nagy (97) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule NYR @ BOS : 3:00 BUF @ PIT : 3:00 OTT @ WPG : 6:00 DET @ CBJ : 7:00 TBL @ FLA : 7:00 COL @ LAK : 7:00 ANA @ MIN : 7:00 CAR @ NSH : 7:00 NJD @ NYI : 7:00 MTL @ TOR : 7:00 STL @ VGK : 7:00 PHI @ WSH : 7:00 ARI @ SJS : 7:30 VAN @ EDM : 8:00 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 186 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN 3 Nick Jensen D 6' 1" 205 Sep 21, 1990 Rogers, MN, USA 4 Brenden Dillon D 6' 4" 220 Nov 13, 1990 New Westminster, BC, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 238 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 211 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 10 Daniel Sprong R 6' 0" 200 Mar 17, 1997 Amsterdam, NLD 17 Michael Raffl L 6' 0" 200 Dec 1, 1988 Villach, AUT 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 206 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 208 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK 21 Garnet Hathaway R 6' 2" 212 Nov 23, 1991 Kennebunkport, ME, USA 26 Nic Dowd C 6' 1" 192 May 27, 1990 Huntsville, AL, USA 28 Daniel Carr L 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1991 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 31 Craig Anderson G 6' 2" 186 May 21, 1981 Park Ridge, IL, USA 33 Zdeno Chara D 6' 9" 250 Mar 18, 1977 Trencin, SVK 39 Anthony Mantha R 6' 5" 234 Sep 16, 1994 Longueuil, QC, CAN 41 Vitek Vanecek G 6' 2" 187 Jan 9, 1996 Havlickuv Brod, CZE 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 220 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6' 3" 188 Jul 24, 1991 Middletown, NJ, USA 62 Carl Hagelin L 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1988 Sodertalje, SWE 73 Conor Sheary L 5' 9" 178 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 196 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 31.3 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 1" 205 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks T.J. OSHIE (4 / 2 Games) BRENDEN DILLON (2 / 2 Games) BRENDEN DILLON (0-2-2 / 2 Games) T.J. OSHIE (4-0-4 / 2 Games) Philadelphia Flyers: Roster Active (27 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 5 Philippe Myers D 6' 5" 210 Jan 25, 1997 Moncton, NB, CAN 6 Travis Sanheim D 6' 3" 181 Mar 29, 1996 Elkhorn, MB, CAN 8 Robert Hagg D 6' 2" 204 Feb 8, 1995 Uppsala, SWE 9 Ivan Provorov D 6' 1" 201 Jan 13, 1997 Yaroslavl, RUS 11 Travis Konecny R 5' 10" 175 Mar 11, 1997 London, ON, CAN 13 Kevin Hayes C 6' 5" 216 May 8, 1992 Dorchester, MA, USA 14 Sean Couturier C 6' 3" 211 Dec 7, 1992 Phoenix, AZ, USA 19 Nolan Patrick C 6' 2" 198 Sep 19, 1998 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 21 Scott Laughton C 6' 1" 190 May 30, 1994 Oakville, ON, CAN 23 Oskar Lindblom L 6' 1" 191 Aug 15, 1996 Gävle, SWE 25 James van Riemsdyk L 6' 3" 217 May 4, 1989 Middletown, NJ, USA 28 Claude Giroux C 5' 11" 185 Jan 12, 1988 Hearst, ON, CAN 32 Felix Sandstrom G 6' 2" 191 Jan 12, 1997 Gävle, SWE 34 Alex Lyon G 6' 1" 201 Dec 9, 1992 Baudette, MN, USA 37 Brian Elliott G 6' 2" 209 Apr 9, 1985 Newmarket, ON, CAN 39 Nate Prosser D 6' 2" 201 May 7, 1986 Elk River, MN, USA 45 Cam York D 5' 11" 175 Jan 5, 2001 Anaheim, CA, USA 53 Shayne Gostisbehere D 5' 11" 180 Apr 20, 1993 Pembroke Pines, FL, USA 55 Samuel Morin L 6' 6" 202 Jul 12, 1995 Lac-Beauport, QC, CAN 57 Wade Allison R 6' 2" 205 Oct 14, 1997 Carman, MB, CAN 59 Jackson Cates C 6' 0" 190 Sep 28, 1997 STILLWATER, MN, USA 61 Justin Braun D 6' 2" 205 Feb 10, 1987 Minneapolis, MN, USA 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel R 5' 11" 187 May 10, 1996 Slave Lake, AB, CAN 65 Wyatte Wylie D 6' 0" 190 Nov 2, 1999 Everett, WA, USA 81 Carsen Twarynski L 6' 2" 198 Nov 24, 1997 St. Albert, AB, CAN 86 Joel Farabee L 6' 0" 164 Feb 25, 2000 Syracuse, NY, USA 93 Jakub Voracek R 6' 2" 214 Aug 15, 1989 Kladno, CZE 27 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 195 Age: 26.8 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 48 Morgan Frost C 5' 11" 170 May 14, 1999 Aurora, ON, CAN 58 Tanner Laczynski C 6' 1" 190 Jun 1, 1997 Minooka, IL, USA 79 Carter Hart G 6' 2" 181 Aug 13, 1998 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks SEAN COUTURIER (2 / 2 Games) No active streaks SEAN COUTURIER (2-1-3 / 3 Games) JUSTIN BRAUN (1-1-2 / 2 Games) WADE ALLISON (3-1-4 / 3 Games) Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 54 15 38 53 0 14 5 0 0 90 16.7 18:35 48.19 24 26 D 74 John Carlson 52 10 34 44 -5 12 3 0 1 128 7.8 23:46 0.00 52 69 R 77 T.J. Oshie 52 22 21 43 -3 18 13 0 1 106 20.8 18:10 49.11 69 27 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 44 24 18 42 -7 12 9 0 6 178 13.5 19:30 0.00 94 23 R 43 Tom Wilson 45 13 20 33 1 84 4 1 4 79 16.5 16:36 44.00 101 24 C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 41 9 20 29 7 18 1 0 4 78 11.5 16:34 41.37 21 18 R 39 Anthony Mantha 54 15 13 28 -15 21 3 0 0 132 11.4 18:02 46.15 47 27 D 2 Justin Schultz 44 3 22 25 10 10 0 0 1 63 4.8 18:51 0.00 26 44 C 20 Lars Eller 42 7 15 22 -3 21 0 0 2 64 10.9 16:07 50.63 33 15 L 73 Conor Sheary 51 13 8 21 -4 14 1 0 0 83 15.7 13:31 30.00 22 18 D 9 Dmitry Orlov 49 8 13 21 13 20 0 0 2 81 9.9 19:45 0.00 85 49 R 10 Daniel Sprong 40 13 7 20 8 10 0 0 3 73 17.8 11:35 50.00 26 1 D 4 Brenden Dillon 54 2 17 19 16 47 0 0 0 51 3.9 18:55 0.00 138 59 R 21 Garnet Hathaway 54 6 11 17 7 64 0 0 0 61 9.8 12:19 39.13 172 30 L 62 Carl Hagelin 54 5 10 15 7 19 0 1 0 78 6.4 14:04 23.07 22 17 C 26 Nic Dowd 54 11 3 14 3 29 0 0 3 64 17.2 14:20 56.00 103 40 D 3 Nick Jensen 51 2 12 14 5 14 0 0 0 55 3.6 17:18 0.00 55 65 L 17 Michael Raffl 42 3 7 10 -5 33 0 0 2 44 6.8 13:06 50.94 66 27 D 33 Zdeno Chara 53 2 7 9 5 44 0 0 0 60 3.3 18:17 0.00 85 63 D 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 18 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 7.7 16:46 0.00 10 23 L 28 Daniel Carr 6 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 5 0.0 10:13 0.00 10 4 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Craig Anderson 3 107 2.79 1 1 0 0 5 37 .881 0 0 0 41 Vitek Vanecek 36 2055 2.74 20 10 4 2 94 912 .907 0 0 0 Philadelphia Flyers: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 93 Jakub Voracek 51 9 34 43 -12 16 0 0 2 98 9.2 16:54 33.33 16 20 L 25 James van Riemsdyk 54 16 25 41 2 14 9 0 0 126 12.7 16:33 50.00 39 16 C 28 Claude Giroux 52 16 25 41 -4 12 1 0 2 115 13.9 18:08 59.52 32 5 C 14 Sean Couturier 43 17 22 39 -4 8 3 0 4 114 14.9 19:23 57.00 33 21 L 86 Joel Farabee 53 18 18 36 -2 26 3 0 1 116 15.5 15:59 40.00 48 19 R 11 Travis Konecny 48 11 22 33 -5 26 4 0 1 98 11.2 15:57 33.33 51 16 C 13 Kevin Hayes 53 12 17 29 -4 22 3 0 2 125 9.6 17:33 48.47 60 14 D 9 Ivan Provorov 54 7 19 26 4 22 0 0 2 123 5.7 25:01 0.00 54 101 D 53 Shayne Gostisbehere 40 9 11 20 -5 6 5 0 0 84 10.7 19:51 0.00 16 45 C 21 Scott Laughton 51 8 11 19 13 37 0 1 1 85 9.4 15:26 49.51 136 31 D 6 Travis Sanheim 53 3 12 15 -19 23 0 0 1 97 3.1 21:46 0.00 48 72 L 23 Oskar Lindblom 48 8 6 14 -8 9 0 0 1 56 14.3 13:11 60.00 40 24 R 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel 48 3 9 12 -3 42 0 0 0 49 6.1 11:07 50.00 117 14 D 5 Philippe Myers 42 1 10 11 -12 20 0 0 0 76 1.3 18:55 0.00 64 38 C 19 Nolan Patrick 50 4 5 9 -27 20 2 0 0 48 8.3 13:17 51.81 43 18 D 61 Justin Braun 51