The Washington Capitals defeated their betters in the standings, the surging Philadelphia Flyers, in a high-scoring affair on home ice.<\/p>\n
Tom Wilson<\/a>, playing in his 900th game, opened up scoring with a shot from the high slot using Sanheim as a screen. Alex Ovechkin<\/a> hit a season total of 30 goals by finishing Matt Roy<\/a>\u2018s drive to the net.<\/p>\n The Flyers got two goals early in the second period to tie it up. The first was by Sanheim, initially called for goalie interference but overruled in review. Carl Grundstrom<\/a> evened the score with a head\u2019s up play on a bouncy puck.<\/p>\n That got Washington\u2019s attention. Jakob Chychrun<\/a>, the birthday boy, ripped one power-play goal, and then Ryan Leonard<\/a> wrapped up the second period with a second (unprecedented!) power-play goal.<\/p>\n One shift into the third period, Christian Dvorak<\/a> brought the Flyers within one goal after an odd-man break. No worries; Alex Ovechkin took a slick pass from Connor McMichael<\/a> to get the Caps ahead by two again.<\/p>\n A long bomb got a tip-in from Denver Barkey to keep the Flyers alive, but Tom Wilson sunk an empty-netter to lock in those delicious winning flavors.<\/p>\n Caps win!<\/p>\n Get RMNB ad-free<\/p>\n Support us on Patreon for $5 to hide all ads and get other perks<\/p>\n More Info<\/a><\/p>\n Caps had those same offensive doldrums, especially in the first period, but once they cracked Dan Vladar (using the hockey parlance, not the gen alpha version of cracked) they didn\u2019t stop. Bad goalies make for good games. This was a great game. Tom Wilson honored by Capitals with tribute video for 900th career game, scores game-opening goal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Tom Wilson suited up for his 900th regular season game for the Caps. I have reams of notes (or, I guess, megabytes instead of reams) of me complaining about how poorly he was used in that first year under Adam Oates and how I believed he could do more. Even my most fanciful optimism from 2013 doesn\u2019t come near the player and leader he\u2019s become. He scored, he hit guys, he glowered. By the way, I looked it up, and the Caps still have a positive goal differential in second periods this season. With goals from Leonard (what a release) and Chychrun (at this point I expect it from him), the vaunted<\/a> Caps power play has goals in three straight games after that pivotal, eight-game slump. it is kampfmas #joebsuitofthenight<\/p>\n \u2014 RMNB (@rmnb.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-03-31T22:59:06.013Z<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s an anonymous quotation that goes something like this:<\/p>\n \u201cAt some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n You know what I\u2019m talking about. Listen: I don\u2019t know if or when the last time is near, or if it\u2019s already past, but I\u2019m going to stay present and appreciative of every time between now and then.<\/p>\n The next time may come on Thursday in New Jersey. I won\u2019t miss a shift.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t
\nI thought Travis Sanheim\u2019s goal wouldn\u2019t stand because Christian Dvorak\u2019s stick clipped Logan Thompson, but on review it turns out it was Martin Fehervary\u2019s. It was the right call. I don\u2019t think that goal will further feed a discourse mill that is hungry for goalie interference gruel.<\/p>\n
\nThe sequence leading up to Wilson\u2019s goal was great. Lapierre and Sandin both paid the price to get that puck up the ice.<\/p>\n
\nCole Hutson committed two restraining penalties. Seems like he got benched halfway into the third period.
\nAlex Ovechkin, 40, scored twice \u2013 his 30th and 31st goals of the season. His career is allegedly going to end in six games.<\/p>\n
\nA brief Trevor Zegras appreciation bullet. That guy is so gnarly and annoying and omnipresent. The NHL needs guys like that. I bet he hates it in Philadelphia. Good. I don\u2019t need him happy. I just need him being dramaaaaaaaticcc.<\/p>\n