Simon Gagne got very little sleep on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to rejoin the Philadelphia Flyers. He should be able to get plenty of rest after a very successful return to the club on Wednesday night. Claude Giroux scored 23 seconds in, and Gagne added a goal in his first game back with the Flyers since 2010, as Philadelphia rolled to a 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals. Wayne Simmonds gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead less...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Fri 2/1	Was	Was 2 - 3	W:
Wed 2/27	Phi	Phi 1 - 4	W:
Sun 3/31	Phi	Phi 4 - 5	W:

Game Stats

Capitals (7-11-1) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM J. Ward 1 0 3 1 2 J. Beagle 0 1 0 1 0 N. Backstrom 0 0 1 0 0 T. Brouwer 0 0 0 -1 0 J. Chimera 0 0 0 -1 0 J. Crabb 0 0 0 0 0 E. Fehr 0 0 0 -1 0 M. Hendricks 0 0 0 0 0 A. Ovechkin 0 0 6 -1 2 M. Perreault 0 0 2 0 0 M. Ribeiro 0 0 1 -2 14 W. Wolski 0 0 3 1 0		Flyers (10-11-1) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM C. Giroux 1 1 3 0 0 S. Gagne 1 0 4 0 0 W. Simmonds 1 0 1 0 0 M. Talbot 1 0 2 1 0 S. Hartnell 0 2 2 1 0 D. Briere 0 1 0 1 0 B. Schenn 0 1 2 1 0 S. Couturier 0 0 2 0 0 R. Fedotenko 0 0 1 -1 0 Z. Rinaldo 0 0 1 -1 2 J. Voracek 0 0 2 1 0 H. Zolnierczyk 0 0 0 0 17
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM T. Poti 0 1 1 1 0 K. Alzner 0 0 0 -2 0 J. Carlson 0 0 3 0 0 J. Erskine 0 0 2 0 0 M. Green 0 0 1 -2 0 T. Kundratek 0 0 1 1 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM B. Gervais 0 1 4 0 0 L. Schenn 0 1 5 1 0 B. Coburn 0 0 3 0 2 N. Grossmann 0 0 0 1 0 E. Gustafsson 0 0 0 0 0 K. Timonen 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% B. Holtby(L, 6-7) 18 14 4 .778 P. Grubauer 14 14 0 1.000		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% I. Bryzgalov(W, 10-9) 24 23 1 .958

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PLAYER NEWS

Capitals Tom Poti (WAS - Defense) News: Poti said he will not be returning to the Capitals, stating that he never felt he was in the Caps' plans this season. [+] Impact: Poti returned to the NHL this season after missing two years due to a fractured pelvis and multiple groin injuries. Poti is confident in his ability to play next year, despite being limited to 16 games this year due to neck and back injuries. (RotoWire - Tue. May 21, 2013) Wojtek Wolski (WAS - Left Wing) News: Wolski signed a contract with the KHL's Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, the Capitals announced Monday. [+] Impact: The Caps signed Wolski last summer. He did not make any playoff appearances and played in just 27 games for Washington this season. After playing with five NHL teams, Wolski has made the move to the KHL at age 27, and he's unlikely to return to North America anytime soon. (RotoWire - Tue. May 21, 2013) Alexander Ovechkin (WAS - Left Wing) News: Ovechkin played the final two games of the Capitals' playoff series against the Rangers with a hairline fracture in his left foot, the Washington Post reports. [+] Impact: Since skating could not make the injury worse, Ovechkin played through the issue, both in those two games, as well as the the quarterfinals of the World Championships. The good news is that the fracture will simply requires rest to heal and Ovechkin has the entire offseason ahead of him to that end. (RotoWire - Thu. May 16, 2013)

Flyers Eric Wellwood (PHI - Left Wing) News: Wellwood (Achilles) recently had his cast removed from his foot and his beginning the initial stages of his rehab, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. [+] Impact: Wellwood faces a long recovery process after severing three tendons in his right foot and cutting through 70 percent of his Achilles heel after slamming feet-first into the boards in an April 7 game with AHL Adirondack. There's a slim chance Wellwood won't be able to walk again, but doctors believe he'll surpass that milestone with a careful rehab process. (RotoWire - Fri. May 24, 2013)

Injury Report

Capitals Player Injury Status M. Erat Upper-body injury day-to-day B. Laich Groin day-to-day T. Poti Back IR

Flyers Player Injury Status K. Timonen Fractured right foot day-to-day K. Huskins Concussion day-to-day B. Gervais Torn stomach muscle day-to-day Z. Rinaldo High left ankle sprain day-to-day M. Talbot Broken left leg day-to-day B. Coburn Separated left shoulder IR A. Meszaros Torn left rotator cuff surgery IR N. Grossmann Concussion IR J. Shelley Hip surgery IR M. Bourdon Concussion IR C. Pronger Post-concussion syndrome IR M. Walker Back, groin, and abdomen IR