Game information/links
Date
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Venue
Xfinity Mobile Arena
Broadcast
TNT, truTV, HBO MAX, MNMT
Game preview
Welcome to Game 66 of the regular season. Tonight, our heroes will take on the Philadelphia Flyers, who have had about as successful a season as our favorite team. The Flyers (69) sit just two points behind the Capitals (71) in the standings with two games in hand.
The Capitals’ meager chances of making the playoffs have dropped to a woeful 11 percent, as they remain eight points behind third-place-in-the-Metro Isles and seven points behind the second-wild-card Bruins. At this point, they’d have to win something like 13 of their final 16 games to get in the dance.
Trade deadline day acquisition Timothy Liljegren will play his first game as a Washington Capital after sitting out Monday’s 7-3 win over the Calgary Flames. David Kampf will miss another game due to visa issues. The lineup will remain the same as Monday’s victory beyond Liljegren’s insertion.
Logan Thompson will get the start for the Capitals, his second against the Flyers after the Olympic break. He made 23 saves on 24 shots faced in a 3-1 win over the Flyers at Capital One Arena on February 25.
Matt Roy will also wear an “A” for the first time.
“Yeah, I just think from the backend with John moving on, we’re going to need some leadership from the backend,” Carbery said. “Matt Roy, I think growing into a leadership role and where he’s at in his career and now being in his second year here, just feel like he’s a guy that can sort of step up.”
Puck drop for tonight’s game is at 7:30 pm. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call. The matchup is the first of a mid-week back-to-back. Thursday, the Capitals travel up to Buffalo to take on the Sabres.
Team USA Olympic jerseys restocked for “one final production run”
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See the special event restock here.
Lines
Washington Capitals
Ovechkin
Sourdif
Beauvillier
Philadelphia Flyers
Grundstrom
Zegras
Tippett
Grebenkin
Couturier
Glendening
Goalie matchup
Stats
.912
.859
+22.8
-17.7
Record
22-9-3
9-4-4
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Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped. McMichael-Dubois-Leonard and Chychrun-TVR get the start.
Two quick offsides to start the game. Always a good sign.
Ethen Frank misses a wide-open net off a rebound, shooting the puck right into Jamie Drysdale’s skates.
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Penalty kill
Timothy Liljegren holding penalty (2 minutes) at 4:16
Caps kill the penalty.
Hendrix Lapierre draws the Capitals’ first power play of the night.
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Power play
Trevor Zegras hooking penalty (2 minutes) at 9:03
Leonard gets the puck out of the corner, uses a Flyers player as a screen, and fires a scorching shot past Ersson.
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1-0 Washington Capitals
PPG: Ryan Leonard (13). Assists: A. Ovechkin (27), P. Dubois (3). Time: 9:50
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Penalty kill
Jakob Chychrun hooking penalty (2 minutes) at 11:57
Caps kill the penalty.
Capitals and Flyers go 4-on-4 after Brandon Duhaime and Nikita Grebenkin get matching minors for roughing.
Caps go to a 4-on-3 power play for 49 seconds after Rasmus Sandin walks a Flyers player at the blue line in SENSATIONAL FASHION.
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Power play
Rasmus Ristolainen tripping penalty (2 minutes) at 5:14
Capitals now have an abbreviated 5-on-4 power play.
Sean Couturier held as he skates into the offensive zone, no call. He’s screaming at the ref.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 1-0. Shots are tied 7-7, but it was a pretty entertaining period.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped.
Jakob Chychrun slashes a Flyers’ players stick in half, but somehow avoids a penalty there.
Capitals blow their coverage terribly leaving Konecny wide open on the right side. Konecny shoots the puck wide but LT hit the puck with his stick and it deflected in short side. Oi.
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1-1 tie
Goal: Travis Konecny (24). Assists: T. Sanheim (21), A. Bump (1). Time: 4:23
Tom Wilson turned away on his backhand by Ersson on a breakaway.
Wilson nails Konecny in the defensive zone, shoulder to chest, while going for a loose puck in open ice. Konecny is ailing on the bench.
Flyers score on a makeshift 2-on-1 with Zegras and Tippett racing down the ice. Sensational passing.
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2-1 Philadelphia Flyers
Goal: Trevor Zegras (22). Assists: O. Tippett (18). Time: 12:12
The Flyers and Tom Wilson are congregating at the sideboards for an animated discussion. Couturier comes flying in from the side to give Tom an angry hug.
At intermission: Flyers lead 2-1. Shots are 15-14.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped. The Flyers are 16-0-3 when they have a lead going into the third period this season.
Owen Tippett stopped by Logan Thompson on a semi-breakaway. Ryan Leonard whiffed on a shot and Tippett sped by Liljegren down the left wing.
Konecny tackles Wilson and puts him in a headlock as the two teams scuffle after the whistle again. Personally, I’m enjoying this greatly.
Wilson and Konecny to the box for roughing at 6:09. It’s 4-on-4 hockey again.
Chychrun and Roy can’t clear a rebound. The puck makes it back to Drysdale, who skates laterally and beats Thompson.
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3-1 Philadelphia Flyers
Goal: Jamie Drysdale (7). Assists: N. Cates (21), C. York (20). Time: 7:15
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Power play
Sean Couturier slashing peantly (2 minutes) at 8:46
Strome sets up Tom Wilson wide open in the slot and he completely misses the net.
Ryan Leonard rips one off the inside of the post and it goes all the way down to the Capitals net.
Alex Ovechkin takes a shot off his right skate boot and is skating slowly back to the bench.
Logan Thompson is pulled for an extra skater with less than three minutes remaining.
Tippett shoots it off Chychrun and in into the Capitals’ open net.
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4-1 Philadelphia Flyers
ENG: Owen Tippett (21). Assists: C. Dvorak (25), N. Cates (22). Time: 18:55
The teams are yucking it up at the buzzer. Duhaime and Grebenkin mostly.
Capitals lose 4-1. Clutch loss by the Caps for those hoping for a higher draft choice at the draft.
Can’t win hockey games if you can’t score goals: Flyers beat Capitals 4-1
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