The Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers entered Saturday night’s game in D.C., full of anticipation. Philly is a terrible road team, the newspapers and the Internet had a myriad of articles that all but assumed Alex Ovechkin — with three hat tricks in six games — would become the eighth player to hit 700 career goals in the contest. To complete the theme, the Capitals wore their 1980s throwbacks worthy of the high-scoring games reminiscent of that era.
The game had plenty of firepower, but not for Washington. The Flyers won 7-2, with their vast collection of loud fans at Capital One Arena reveling in the Capitals’ humiliation.
Plus: Jakub Vrana is slowly emerging as a force on the Capitals’ first power play unit. After receiving very little PP time coming into the season, V’s recent shift led to a nice pass to T.J. Oshie for the Caps’ only goal when the game meant anything.
Minus: I mean, 7-2. What more can you say?
Ten more notes on the game:
There’s not much to say about this game. It was an unmitigated disaster. While Ovechkin has been amazing lately, the rest of the team has not.
The Capitals will take on the New York Islanders Monday at Capital One Arena.