Washington Capitals @ Philadelphia Flyers

6-7-0, 3-4-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	1	5	1	7
Flyers PHI	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia FlyersFlyersPHI

3-9-0, 2-6-0 Home

Caps overwhelm 2 goalies in rout of Flyers

Joel Ward scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick, and Braden Holtby coasted to a shutout in the Washington Capitals' 7-0 fight-filled rout of the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.

Nov 2, 2013, 03:39 am - ESPN.com news services

NHL Net		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	5	1	7
	Flyers	0	0	0	0

1st Period			WSH	PHI
17:28		Nicklas Backstrom (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Martin Erat (4), Nate Schmidt (3)	1	0

2nd Period		WSH
1:24	Joel Ward (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jason Chimera (4), Mikhail Grabovski (6)	2
2:44	Jason Chimera (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski (7)	3
3:49	Nicklas Backstrom (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Eric Fehr (3), Martin Erat (5)	4
16:25	Joel Ward (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski (8), Jason Chimera (5)	5
18:20	Troy Brouwer (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Mike Green (8), Nicklas Backstrom (11)	6

3rd Period			WSH	PHI
5:23		Joel Ward (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Jason Chimera (6), Eric Fehr (4)	7	0

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
7
Flyers
0

Game 1

11/1

Flyers
4
Capitals
5

Game 2

12/15

Capitals
2
Flyers
5

Game 3

12/17

Flyers
5
Capitals
4

Game 4

3/2

Capitals
4
Flyers
6

Game 5

3/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season as the league branches out into centralized production.

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

The Utah Mammoth have signed defenseman John Marino to an 8-year, $54M extension, the team announced Tuesday.

Bedard hoping to see a Chicago Blackhawks' reunion with Kane

On the day the Blackhawks star met with the media after signing his new contract, Chicago's Connor Bedard made his pitch to winger Patrick Kane to return to the club he began his NHL career with and chase another Stanley Cup.

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Washington Capitals @ Philadelphia Flyers

Joel WardRW - WSH

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Ray EmeryG - PHI

Caps overwhelm 2 goalies in rout of Flyers

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

Bedard hoping to see a Chicago Blackhawks' reunion with Kane