Hunter McDonald delivered a clean hit on Leonard along the boards. Andrew Cristall went after the much larger McDonald, receiving a cross-checking major and game misconduct for the high hit. The best save of the night was a stop by Woll on a shorthanded breakaway. The Flyers generated four shots on goal.
With play back at 5-on-5, the Caps caught the Flyers in a line change. Strome (1st) faked a pass to Jordan Kyrou and then fired a shot over Woll at 18:17. The assists went toor Kyrou and Chesley.
SHOTS: Capitals 8 (19 overall) – Flyers 11 (18 overall)
3rd PERIOD
Carson Bjarnason entered the game to start the third period. At 1:57, Jonny Brodzinski fired the period’s first shot off the crossbar, the post and into the net. The assists went to Ethan Frank and Chesley (3rd assist of the game).
Philly went back to the power play at 7:55. However, Brodzinski (SHG, 2nd) fired a Fehervary shot short side high over Bjarnason for a 5-2 edge at 9:45.
SHOTS: Capitals 8 (27 overall) — Flyers 2 (20 overall)
Starting lineup
Zach Aston-Reese – Denver Barkey – Porter Martone
Alex Bump – Jett Luchanko – Cole Knuble
Carl Grundstrom – Jack Studnicka – Matthew Gard
Garrett Wilson -Riley Thompson – Noah Powell
Simon Benoit- David Jiricek
Hunter McDonald – Oliver Bonk
Ty Murchison – Helge Grans
Joseph Woll
Carson Bjarnason
POSTGAME RAV4
1.Pairings
The Flyers rested all five of their incumbent defensemen (Travis Samheim, Rasmus Ristolainen, Cam York, Jamie Drysdale, and Nick Seeler).
2. Roster battles
The Flyers took a look at various defensemen vying for one job on the NHL roster: David Jiricek, Oliver Bonk, Hunter McDonald,Ty Murchison and veteran Simon Benoit.
3. Special teams
The Flyers’ failed five-minute advantage, the Washington shorthanded goal plus a power play goal were the difference makers. Both teams were officially 1-for-3 on the man advantage.
4. Positional experimentation: wings and centers
Barkey started out in the middle but his early game injury created some combination juggling.