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Wrap: Flyers Fall to Capitals, 4-1
In the final game of a five-game homestand, the Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Washington Capitals, 4-1, at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday evening. The game was tied at 1-1 heading into the third period before Washington notched a go-ahead goal and a pair of empty-net tallies.
Kevin Hayes (9th goal of the season) notched a power play goal at 15:46 of the first period. For just the fourth time all season, Philly took a lead to the first intermission. On the Hayes goal, Konecny missed a shot. Hayes retrieved the puck, moved laterally up high in the offensive zone and threaded a shot that found the net.
Washington's T.J. Oshie (5th) answered with a power play marker of his own at 3:51 of the second period. The score remained tied until near the midpoint of the third period.
In the final stanza, Dylan Strome (6th) scored on a deflection at 9:19 to put Washington ahead.
The Flyers came close to tying the game on a subsequent power play but Hayes tucked a would-be goal off the near-side post. Hayes had beaten goalie Charlie Lindgren to the post and received a tape-to-tape dart of a pass from Morgan Frost. Everything was there but the finish.
Later Alex Ovechkin scored two empty net goals (14th and 15th) at the 18:25 and 19:51 marks to turn it from a one-goal victory for Washington to a three-goal margin. A frustrated Travis Konecny confronted Ovechkin after the latter empty netter for what he seemed to perceive as Ovechkin showboating by taking the puck all the way to the net for a tap-in. Konecny received a 10-minute misconduct with the outcome already sealed.
Carter Hart did his part in stopping 23 of 25 shots in a losing cause for the Flyers. The Oshie goal was a scorcher from the slot and the Strome goal was a wicked deflection. Lindgren earned the win for Washington, making 29 saves on 30 shots.
The Flyers went 1-for-3 on the power play. The Capitals were 1-for-4.
Philly finished a five-game homestand with a 2-3-0 record. The Flyers will travel to Las Vegas on Thursday. On Friday, they will embark on a four-game road trip with a game against the Golden Knights (10:00 p.m. ET).
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Phantoms Lose in Hartford, 3-2
Trailing 3-0 at the first intermission, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms fell a goal short in a third-period comeback as they dropped a 3-2 decision to the host Hartford Wolf Pack on Wednesday evening.
Outshot by a 20-8 margin through two periods, including a 13-4 mark in the opening frame, the Phantoms spotted the Wolf Pack goals by Ty Emberson (2nd of the season), ex-Lehigh Valley defenseman Andy Welinski (PPG. 4th) and Will Cuylle (5th) to face a three-goal deficit with the game's first 11:19. Samuel Ersson held the score there the rest of the game, finishing with 20 saves on 23 shots.
Early in the third period, Garrett Wilson (5th) got the Phantoms on the board just 16 seconds into the frame. At 11:29, Cam York and Kieffer Bellows assisted on a Tyson Foester power play goal (7th) as the Phantoms drew withing 3-2. The Phantoms held a 9-3 shot on goal edge in the third period but couldn't generate a tying goal against Louis Domingue (15 saves on 17 shots).
The Phantoms went 1-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.
21 Kieffer Bellows - 18 Jackson Cates - 71 Tyson Foerster
17 Garrett Wilson - 91 Elliot Desnoyers - 25 Cooper Marody
24 Adam Brooks - 9 Cal O'Reilly - 14 Zayde Wisdom
28 Olle Lycksell - 15 Jordy Bellerive - 42 Hayden Hodgson
45 Cam York - 47 Louie Belpedio
44 Kevin Connauton - 12 Ronnie Attard
37 Adam Ginning - 29 Wyatte Wylie
30 Samuel Ersson
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