Caps Get Biggest Win of Season
Matt Irwin scored his first goal as a Cap after having a kid and we didn’t know until after he left the press conference. (Caps Outsider)
It’s been well more than a month since the Caps had a convincing home victory as they did against the Flyers on Tuesday, this time with a 9-2 win. The last time they had a home victory of more than three goals was a 5-2 win against the Seattle Kraken on March 5, and a 4-0 win against Carolina two days earlier. In fact, it was the first time since the Caps scored nine goals since 2008.
Sure, the Flyers aren’t a good team, but the Caps, with a four-game winning streak, are trending in the right direction down the stretch.
Meanwhile, Alex Ovechkin scored his 46th goal of the year. Matt Irwin, who had a newborn recently, had his first goal as a Cap, and Johan Larsson also had his first goal as a Cap.
Marcus Johansson was one of only two Caps skaters who didn’t have a point. The other was Nick Jensen, whose wife also had a baby the other day.
The seven-goal victory also boosted them back to .500 in all-time goal differential. They’ve scored 11,692 goals, and given up as many in their history.
Here are all the Caps goals:
Johan Larsson #9
Larry's goal was the 1️⃣st for him as a Cap and 9️⃣th for the boys on the night pic.twitter.com/QvLLKshXYd
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2022
Garnet Hathaway #8
Career high Hath! pic.twitter.com/iiDGMo8hQt
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2022
Lars Eller #7
MOAR MOAR MOAR pic.twitter.com/IEs1MbcNN1
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2022
Matt Irwin #6
Matty Irwin! First goal as a Capital ☑️ pic.twitter.com/a2ZfzCLMKw
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2022
Conor Sheary #5
Ice. Cold. Shears. pic.twitter.com/3ViJiE1I6w
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2022
Lars Eller, #4
Beautiful sequence pic.twitter.com/AuioS9SyNl
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2022
Martin Fehervary #3
𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙥 pic.twitter.com/pEfWNPggYM
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 12, 2022
T.J. Oshie #2
Timothy Jimothy at the doorstep! pic.twitter.com/P8cZ7yviOW
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 12, 2022
Alex Ovechkin #1
Shake, rattle, he's on a roll! pic.twitter.com/K4RZ3WQp5m
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 12, 2022