Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers NHL Live Streaming on 7:30 pm EDT Tue March 22, 2011.
Washington has been the NHL’s hottest team over the past month, but made a voluntary decision Monday that could make that momentum disappear. With Tuesday’s visit to Philadelphia the team’s lone game in a six-day stretch, coach Bruce Boudreau announced that Ovechkin would miss at least a week to get healthy heading toward the playoffs. Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers Live Streaming. Washington’s superstar sniper will miss seven to 10 days with a nagging injury, leaving the visiting Capitals with an uphill battle to pull even with the Flyers as the top two teams in the conference conclude their regular-season series.
Philadelphia clinched a playoff berth with the win, but after last season’s trip to the Stanley Cup finals, coach Peter Laviolette acknowledged his team has loftier expectations. Ovechkin’s absence means more pressure on Alexander Semin and Nicklas Backstrom to produce, but against the Flyers they’ve done just that. Semin has five goals and six assists in his last six games in the series, while Backstrom has three goals and 13 assists in his last seven times facing Philadelphia.Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers Live Streaming, Game Preview, Prediction, Recap, Highlights. The Flyers blew a 2-0 lead at Dallas, but Ville Leino helped them escape with two points thanks to his goal in a 3-2 shootout victory.
