Alex Ovechkin opened the scoring and TJ Oshie iced it with an empty netter to lift the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers, securing the final Stanley Cup Playoff spot of the 2023-2024 season.
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Charlie Lindgren has turned out to be one of the biggest surprises and one of the best goalies in the NHL. He’s a stud !
Called this years ago when he was with the habs, what a stud!
Capitals are going to playoffs and a big reason for that is Charlie. He saved the season for capitals.
Not a surprise. He was 6-0 with 1.50 950sp for Blues a couple years ago
"and one of the best goalies in the NHL." Let's not overreact.
@@markiv2942 Tied for tthe league lead in shutouts and not even the original starter.
What a crazy result for the Caps. Sellers at the deadline. Played their kids. Still made the playoffs. What a second half of the season for Ovi and co. Playoffs going to be tremendous experience for the young kids. Win or lose against the Rangers, this is great for their development. Let's go Caps!
POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!!!
Gambling too.
How does it feel to not be able to make original jokes
И мы счастливы!
One of the lowest scoring (due to various justified reasons) NHL teams this year has found the way to grind out results when it mattered. Haters can say whatever they want about the Caps but this is already a heroic season for the team and Ovi personnally.
Imagine a -37 team wins the cup lol. Would be hilarious
LETS GO CAAAAPS!!! Tough matchup against the Rangers, but we made it LETS GO!!
Its a crazy story, new coach, backstrom injured, kuzy left, the youngster came and all the way from there
First round exit guaranteed. Enjoy!
@@Elliesbow😂 probably, fam.
@@Elliesbow gonna cry?
@@Elliesbowdoesn’t matter we made it. We will deal with NYR once the playoffs start. As for tonight, we will celebrate and enjoy all the tears of our haters. Cry Philly cry.
I'm happy for the Caps on making the playoffs. I don't expect Washington to beat the Rangers, but their season has been admirable. Charlie Lindgren has been a superb goaltender. Also, with Ovechkin's 31st goal of the season, he is now 41 goals away from catching Gretzky. The Great Eight's chase must continue in the 2024-25 season.
Do you think he will break Gretzky's record next year?
@@rosellabillgoing to be hard to do. I feel like he is slowing down and goals aren’t going to get any easier.
@@rosellabillhe’s a beast he’s finna be around at least 2 more years and he’ll do it.
What is weird is Kuemper was supposed to come in and be this superstar goalie and it didn’t happen. Tell you the truth, I really didn’t even know who Lindgren was. The bigger question is what do we do with guys like Backstrom and Oshie? Backstrom has been damn near injured for two straight years and Oshie is in and out of lineup. Both those guys are franchise players but at what point do we need to move on? It’s hard to say that but we need to get younger.
@@jamescash887 get younger? you want the Caps to put high schoolers on the ice? the only guys left from the Stanley Cup core are Ovi, Backstrom, Oshie, Wilson, and Carlson. Backstrom isnt playing, Wilson is only 30, and Ovi is one of the best to ever play the game at any age. Carlson might be getting old but hes still one of the best offensive d men on the team. and the team has Pacioretty but hes basically a rental. aside from those 6 guys, only 5 of which play and 3 of which are crucial to the team still the rest of the team is AHL callups and younger players. so how much younger do they need to get? all teenagers that dont know how to play the game at the NHL level or what?
At least we made progress in a rebuilding year when most people predicted us to be a bottom 5 team in the league. We majorly choked to close the year and that still really hurts though.
As a penguins fan idk what we’re going to do. Seems like Crosby and Geno’s last years will be a waste of talent. All i know is something is fishy when you get new owners and miss the playoffs two years in a row with the talent they have.
@@letsgobrandon7297Crosby is still very productive. I think Pittsburgh needs defensive help and figure out who is going to be in net because Jarry isn’t the answer.
@@letsgobrandon7297 The talent? The D has been traffic cones. EK is washed. Crosby, Malkin, Rust and a couple others REALLY stepped it up post all star break. But the first half of the season was just atrocious and couldn't ultimately be overcome. Sure there is talent here, but definitely not cup caliber right now. Not even all that close.
Тот случай, когда больше всего рад не за Сашу, не за вашиков, а за хейтеров и прочую подобную падаль. Как же у них сейчас подгорает 😊
да да , жопа горит со свистом ))
За владельцев аптек отгружающие вагоны мазей от ожогов :)
@@Rayornick 😂
Respect from Russia Charlie!!!!!!
Game should’ve went to overtime
@@SSNESS maibe
Молодцы Кэпс😁🏒💤,не мытьём ,так катанием,залезли в КС💥💯🏒🥁
Херасе! Ползали, ползали... И заползли в плейофф! Небось и кубок так же возьмут, вот умора😂
Ови и Вашики выполнили задачу-максимум на этот сезон
ну не совсем)
Это действительно их максимум. В плэй офф им делать нечего , к сожалению
weird the capitals survived, and that Ovi's goal with his shaft
Phew!! I breathe a huge sigh of relief as the Capitals hang on to win a close game, courtesy of an empty net goal by Oshie! It was so stressful watching this game, every time the Flyers entered past the blue line I was biting my nails, praying they wouldn't score! Congratulations to the Capitals on securing the second wildcard spot and qualifying for the playoffs!!!🎉🥳
Хейтеры ауууууу 😂
Amazed at how hard this team played to get into the playoffs, as much as I love the Caps that team shouldn’t make the playoffs and the fact that they did says a lot about them. They don’t have much fire power offensively but they play hard on defense and have a great goal tender.
Captain scores when we need score ❤
As a Red Wings fan, boo I say, boo. 😔
They weren't ready for the playoffs anyways, for the best.
@@paulthompson8793yeah because a -38 capitals team is.
The Flyers had to win in regulation to have a chance at the playoffs
@@fantasypanda6792The Flyers were already knocked out of the playoffs before they pulled their goalie. They gifted the Caps a playoff appearance
@@BB-rh2ml they knew going into the game that they needed a regulation win. Detroit maybe had just won. Cry about it
Good job, Caps!
How can you show these highlights without showing the goal that was denied Philly due to an early whistle?
0:55
They briefly, very briefly showed as indicated from above. :55
@@TC-dw6wg what BS
They made a video just for that play and posted it two hours before this one. They likely didn't see a need to duplicate it in here.
@@jefflarson1652 I know I saw it and there is nothing worse than some jackass official changing the outcome of a whole season for Detroit based on a bad call that was reviewed and was obviously a goal.
Flyers, Red Wings, Capitals, Penguins all doing their best to miss the playoffs over the last month.
Don’t matter loose or win. Playoffs - money.
@@nomad_kudo6332*lose
Ovi the GOAT!
Сам свинья.шакал
What is he goat at, standing in same place for 20 years and waiting for pass? 🤣 Matthews>Idlechkin
@@rxz126vs38? So smart
@@user-sd5dx6sz6o это акроним от greatest of all time 🤦♂️
@@Vityaz8 Certainly smarter than you
Вашики молодцы! Болею из России за вас!
💪💪💪
" Ἡ φιλαδελφία μενέτω (Let brotherly love continue)." Hebrews 13:1 NA28 φιλαδελφία = philadelphia It's a Greek word that means "brotherly love". It was in use 2,000 years ago. Learn something new every day.
Crazy how Wings have incredible last second comebacks in multiple games and miss playoffs bc Washington scored an empty net gwg😡😡
Yeah because Torts wanted the Caps in the playoffs.
@@BB-rh2ml I wish everyone was as intelligent as you.
@BB-rh2ml they scored right when they started that shift. So the wings scored and the flyers didn't know
Revenge for '98...
Womp womp
🚨 The Find a Way Capital’s clinch the last playoff spot in the East 🚨
Find a way? It was an empty net 😂
yes!💪
Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals win over Travis Konecny and the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in their final meeting of the Metropolitan Division rivalry 🏒🔴🔵⚪⭐🦅 Washington Capitals went up to 40-31-11, while the Philadelphia Flyers dropped to 38-33-11
Лидгрен Линдгрен самый недооценённый игрок НХЛ
успеет ещё , оценят
Can't believe this team made the playoffs. Worst Caps team I've seen in YEARS 😭
And still beat the cheese d*ck Flyers
@@jamescash887 thanks to kelly sutherland
Booooo. Go pa la ñeks.
@@JarradBruessel32 thank whoever you want. Caps are in Flyers are out. Booyah!
Yeah you guys are horrible. Some of the worst hockey I’ve watched is a caps game. Made playoffs with -38… lol Jesus.
The Ovechkin era!Thank you Alexander!Thank you Washington!I'm glad!It seems that at 38 Ovechkin plays better than Gretzky, Lemieux, Jagr at 38
LFG I'm so hyped!! what a way to end the season omg. ALL CAPS BABY
Уффф. Все выдохнули, Саня в по.
Санёк яйцами забил 😅
клюшкой
А ты, что жопой смотрел?
I give full props to the flyers penguins and red wings as a caps fan for fighting all the way here I’m one of those fans that shows affection for all teams even my rivals so all the flyers penguins and red wings fans sorry about not making the playoffs and it was a good stressful run against all your teams
Bravo! I’m joining
ovechkin to score the most goals in the nhl
Why were the Flyers not aware they did not have to pull goalie ?
as a canucks fan, im happy for the caps. I really wanted the pens to make it, but im happy the caps make it. OV Will definately get more goals! RANGERS VS CAPS i have rangers in 6. rangers havent playing their bset hockey lately but they will def win. if they played the best they can, they prob 4-1 theres s sligh chance the caps make it. I tbh think the caps might win because of the "President trophy curse"
detroit not gonna be happy about that
What an overall great game, though!
You need to start posting with the broadcast feed of the winning team.
And where is the super dream team from Pittsburgh? Not in the playoffs ;-)
caps going to the stanley cup purely on vibes alone
What a hot match! I have a burn...this match - first in play-off!
CAPITALS are in the playoffs, LET'S GO!!🤟💥
Лингрен просто красавец 👏
Did I hear the announcer right saying "tech the flyers didnt have to pull their goalie???? BUT they did? LOL why?
They didn’t!! The Flyers were already eliminated when they pulled their goalie.
@@BB-rh2ml Both games started at the same time. Detroit scored with 3 seconds left in the 3rd period. Tortorella pulled the goalie when Detroit was down 4-3.
clinching a playoff spot while posting a -37 goal differential is insane!
Заебись так то! Саня молодчик! Ну и Линдгрен потащил
49 years and counting since the Flyers last won the cup. 🤣😂🤣
Кто-то может объяснить, почему про счете 1-1 в 3 периоде Flyers оставляет ворота без вратаря? / Someone can explain why does Flyers leave a gate without a goalkeeper about 1-1 in the 3rd period?
Филе нужна была победа в основное время только что бы были шансы выйти в ПО
@@user-gl4dh2jc9r Благодарю за разъяснение.
зачем ты смотришь хоккей? Смотри турнирную таблицу.
@@user-gl4dh2jc9r ясно,ерундой занимаются.
Why next season will be better. This team won't change.
Что творит Лингрен!
Imagine if the caps won again with this team.. would be legendary
My hate towards Bruins is bigger than ever, when they need to win they lose, 1st round exit for Bruins,caps and Jets
Why didn't the Flyers play without a goalie from the beginning of the game? It's very strange.
Wise man said: It's all about timing... Enjoy the PO, maybe the last one's for a longer period
That ending just didn't feel good as a way of concluding the last round. The Caps essentially gifted a playoff spot by the Flyers with that EN goal. The Flyers had to try to win the game but it just felt like a weird ending considering the Penguins and Red Wings situation.
Detroit fans so salty they won’t be the ones to get steamrolled by the rangers.
it's ok you needed a bad whistle and open net just to make it 😂
@mediaisthevirus You didn't make it all with the cheating and home ice advantage. Lol
I was rooting for the Wings even though I'm not a fan, but none of these teams are any good. It's hockey so maybe an upset happens, but it's just an extensive inevitability for whoever snuck in.
Capitals played the rangers better then Detroit this year by far
@@johnsambo9379 you went out of your way to lie 🤣 41 home 41 away. Exactly which cheating are you accusing them of?
I heard wallman did the griddy after the caps won this game.
Can’t stand that griddy celey
Yeah he did, with your mom.
CAPS CAPS CAPS!!!
Wings only have themselves to blame. Their poor performance in March really did them in.
Can anybody explain why they pulled the goalie 3 mins left in the game? Wasn’t it risky?
Я не понял, почему сняли вратаря при ничейном счёте?
Может только победа нужна была.
@@misamsung8501в основное время
Клоуны)сами вылетели еще и детройту поднасрали
Вши занесли тренеру Филадельфии
@@misamsung8501 так победа чья то будет при любом раскладе. Там ничьей не бывает
We are in a very good spot tonight. A quick whistle, a sneaky empty netter because philly has to grab an RW to eliminate us. GG guys, and LET'S GO CAPS!!!!
Why did they pull the flyers goaltender when the game was tied?
Ovi’s last chance at a cup? How do analysts like their chances
GWG which decided the last Playoff spot was EN, LMAO
LET’S GO CAPITAL BABY 😂😂😂😂All that counts is we’re in the playoffs 🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞
Negative IQ move pulling your goalie with 3 minutes left on a tied game Anyways GG caps and caps fans on making it to the playoffs one hell of a comeback
They had to, it was all or nothing for them at that point, they had to win in regulation, an OT win wouldn't have done it for them. Like the commentators said they didn't know it was pointless at that point, they still thought they had a shot.
@@sagaswp But the wings were already in OT at that point so the flyers were out regardless
@@trevorchampion5643 I imagine they made a locker room decision to not know about the outcome of the other game. Makes sense to keep your players fighting for victory at all costs.
Flyers only chance at the playoffs was a win in regulation so that's the reason
@@snacktastic2302That was a ridiculous locker room decision if they did
Why did the flyers pull there goalie? They were tied...WTF? I don't get it.
They needed to win the game in regulation, as that is the first tiebreaker in standings
Can someone explain what everyone is mad about, and why Philly pulled their goalie with 3 minutes left? I don’t know the east races etc
Im so glad the flyers pulled so early to guarantee the L as soon as detroit went to ot
As a Wings fan all I can say is I really wish this game would've started at 7:30. Maybe the Flyers could have won in overtime. They pulled the goalie for nothing.
Shows how capitals can live with out kuznetsnov
Noone deserved the playoff spot but Caps deserved it more than others. At least they beat RW twice recently and how they did it. I don't see any reason to cry about from RW. Better luck next time
Lets be serious, all 4 potential east WC teams are gonna get clapped by the rags
The Nhl would like to thank both the Flyers and Caps for doing their part
Cry some more baby brain. Lol
The Flyers...just like the phillies, revolution, eagles...always teasing...but in the end playing golf. PHILLY you should never have persecuted that brave young man Provorov....look at the results of your sports teams since then.... have fun with the teasing in future years.
Rangers-Capitals 4:1
4:3
Agh! I so wanted the Red Wings to get in!
As a redwings fan, I think "1 goal was the difference between getting in the playoffs and not. Ofcourse it would be an unnecessary empty, netter."
It was necessary considering flyers needed a regulation win. They likely agreed as a team to not watch the scoreboard around the league and focus on a rw.
It was necessary for the Flyers. It's doubtful they were paying attention to the Red Wings game.
No, the difference was Detroit losing to Washington twice in the last two weeks of the season.
why did flyers pull goalie if it was tied?
They had to win the game before it went to overtime to make the playoffs. It was still stupid to pull him that early though
Flyers pulling the goalie despite being eliminated was odd. Torts answer of him not knowing until after is convenient, but the Red Wings seemed to know in real time exactly what was happening. They didn’t even celebrate their win.
bruh. the games started at the same time. wings went to ot/so, caps ended in reg. they knew they were out by the time the s/o was finished. also wings tied it up with 3 seconds left in reg so when the flyers goalie was pulled, the wings were still trailing in their game. pretty easy to glue that picture together.
0:59 can refs please stop randomly blowing the whistle when they have no idea where the puck is, especially in the most important regular season game for both teams? That denied goal potentially cost the Flyers the playoffs...
that's literally what they're instructed to do it's obviously a horrible call but i lost sight of the puck too just watching and lindgren really sold it
Caps so lucky to sneak into the playoffs. First of all, a legit goal by Philly taken away by the refs early whistle, secondly Flyers needlessly pull the goalie after Detroit already in overtime to basically hand over the win to Washington. Tough pill to swallow for Wings fans.
it stings but they dropped the ball much earlier.
It's doubtful the Flyers were paying attention to the Wings game so as not to distract themselves. It's the Wings' fault for losing to so many bad teams and going on so many losing streaks. The Wings had their chance to prove themselves against the Capitals last week and they lost. Hard pill to swallow, but they didn't deserve to make it.
no one saw the goal especially the players who stopped playing before the whistle, announcer was a drama queen , if the players dont see the goal why should the ref?? no goal!!
Yep, the Wings had 81 games before tonight to avoid this scenario.
Wings were too lucky with the last second equalizers in multiple games, it couldn't last forever
Why did Philly pull their goalie 3 mins left in the third
читать правила и смотреть турнирку - это реально сложно
@@legionerz4998 thanks
So close, yet so far. First half killed us. Grats caps, pulling for Ovi to SOMEHOW get another one. As long shot as it may be
Ну, тут просто Торторелла сделал подарок 🎉
Он тут не при чём . Любой тренер в этой ситуации сделал бы тоже самое.
ему нужна была победа в основное время. Тогда был шанс на плейоф
@@11111111andrey Да это было понятно. Как тренер Миннесоты несколько игр тому назад рисковал.
@@0rth0d0x Так если было понятно , то к чему коммент про подарок ..)
@@KaJlam6yp Потому что это не отменяет факта, что это надежда на чудо, но с практической точки зрения, если смотреть учитывая, класс Вашингтона и главный приз, то подарок.
i hate flyers so much it's unreal
Red wings were letting 4 goals in every game, cant have such poor goaltending in playoffs
Happy this dumpster fire of an end of the season finally ended. Maybe now the Flyers can work on improving their dreadful PP, their awful goaltending behind Ersson and maybe add an actual goal scorer or two in the offseason.
я конечно рад что кэпы попали в КС.но вот по игре вообще ни чего не понял.зачем лётчики вратаря заменили?
ну посмотри таблицу перед этим матчем. Если ничья, то ФФ сразу теряет шансы на выход в ПО. А если выигрывает, то сохраняет
PUCK THE FLYERS.
the redwings should be in the playoffs not he caps. The caps are just going to take the series with New York to games 7 and then the caps are going to losses anyways
Lindgren should get some Vezina AND Hart votes for dragging his useless team into the playoffs.
Flyers downfall
This was actually a MASSIVE success for them. Of course the one time i root for them they lose, but thats another story. But this team realistically should win 15 games this season. Torts had them waaaaaaaaaaaay overperforming their talent level
@@Born2PoopForced2Wipe as much as I like to laugh at the Flyers, I fully respect Torts for not giving up on his players, especially when they were on that massive 8 game losing streak
@@ST0NE_206*sigh* If only we had that play-in thing the NBA has, maybe the Flyers would've made the dance.
@@captaincortez4917 a play in with how chaotic this playoff race was would’ve caused WWIII
Possibly ovi’s last playoffs w the caps
Nah, he's staying in DC until the end of his deal (until 2026)
"Lost sight of the puck" is NHL code for I cheated.
watching live i assumed lindgren had it too by his reaction. terrible mistake but not cheating..
Cry some more. Lol
Судя по обзору, Вашингтон чудом выиграл. Не знаю, зачем им плей-офф, но если они вдруг пройдут Рейнджерс, это напомнит прошлогоднюю Флориду)
Let's go CAPS! Y'all Philly fans thought 😂😂😂 plus the Panthers just clinched the division so both my favorite teams going head to head in the 1st round and now Toronto has to play Boston 😂😂😂 life is good. I feel for the Red Wings.
Dude. You got in on a technicality. Your team is atrocious and has some dark years ahead. Clown gets his little laugh now, how petty are you?
Lol, you're blind. The Caps have incredible young talent and a multitude of great prospects. Yeah we suck currently and trolled our way into the playoffs, but still.@@casewojo6186
@@casewojo6186womp womp 🤡🤡