Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers 2/26/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Washington Capitals will travel on the road to face off against the Philadelphia Flyers for a puck drop time of 12:30 pm eastern time. This game will be available on NHL Network. The Washington Capitals come into this game with a record on the season  of 28-16-9 and have won three out of their last five games against Montreal, Nashville, and on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers their opponents in this game by the score of 5-3. The two losses for Washington came against the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators by the score of 4-1.

The Flyers come into this game with a record on the year of 15-26-10, and have lost their last five consecutive games coming against Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washington, Carolina, and St. Louis by the score of 4-1. Philadelphia looks to end a six game total losing streak in this matchup as Carter Hart will start in goal. 

Alexander Ovechkin is leading the Washington Capitals and points with 63, 32 goals on the season also it's good enough for the Washington team lead. Ovechkin has eight of those goals on the power play on 230 shots on goal this season. Kuznetsoff is the team leader for Washington in assists with 34, 12 which coming on the power play at a +13 this season.

Claude Giroux is leading the Philadelphia Flyers in points with 38, to go along with 16 goals and 22 assists. Cam Atkinson is the team leader for Philadelphia in goals with 17, two of those coming on the power play on 154 shots on goal this season. Thomas Konecky is the Philadelphia team leader in assists with 23, five of which coming on the power plate.