NHL · Tuesday 22 September · Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals – Philadelphia Flyers 5:2: NHL, 22/09/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 2
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Washington Capitals – Philadelphia Flyers 5:2 (22 September). Washington Capitals won. Venue: Capital One Arena.
By period: 2:1, 1:1, 2:0.
Goals: J. Studnicka (Philadelphia Flyers); A. Protas (Washington Capitals); R. Leonard (Washington Capitals); C. Knuble (Philadelphia Flyers); D. Strome (Washington Capitals); J. Brodzinski (Washington Capitals) ×2.
Table now: Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches; Philadelphia Flyers — 16th, 13 points from 19 matches.
Head to head (2): Washington Capitals — 2 wins, Philadelphia Flyers — 0.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 01'pen.
Hooking
- 02'
🏒 J. Studnicka0:1
assist: C. Knuble, J. Luchanko · Power-play
- 04'pen.
Slashing
- 08'pen.
Fighting
- 08'pen.
Fighting
- 08'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 08'pen.
Delay of game
- 09'
🏒 A. Protas1:1
assist: D. Strome, J. MacDonald · Power-play
- 19'
🏒 R. Leonard2:1
assist: R. Chesley, J. Holl
2nd period
- 08'
🏒 C. Knuble2:2
assist: O. Bonk, H. McDonald
- 12'pen.
assist: A. Cristall · Cross-checking
- 18'
🏒 D. Strome3:2
assist: J. Kyrou, R. Chesley
3rd period
- 01'
🏒 J. Brodzinski4:2
assist: E. Frank, R. Chesley
- 07'pen.
Tripping
- 09'
🏒 J. Brodzinski5:2
assist: M. Fehervary, T. Niederbach · Shorthanded
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Chesley | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Brodzinski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| D. Strome | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Protas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Leonard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Frank | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Holl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kyrou | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Niederbach | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Cristall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. McIlrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| I. Protas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Knuble | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Studnicka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| H. McDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Luchanko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Bonk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| G. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N. Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Benoit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 23Shots on goal19
- 4Saves5
- 80%Save %71%
- 24Penalty minutes11
- 5Penalties4
- 1Power-play goals1
- 25%Power play %50%
- 50%Penalty kill %75%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW | |
| 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | LWLLL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).