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10/28 21:22 CDT Tuch scores 2 more goals, Capitals beat Flyers 5-2
Tuch scores 2 more goals, Capitals beat Flyers 5-2
By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Alex Tuch scored his eighth and ninth goals in his first
season with Washington, the second into an empty net to help the Capitals seal
a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
Tuch arrived in a trade from Buffalo and signed an eight-year, $84-million
contract extension in June. On Wednesday, he became only the second player in
Capitals history to score at least nine goals in his first 11 games for the
team, joining Dino Ciccarelli, who scored 12 times in his first 11 Caps
appearances to close the 1988-89 season.
Jordan Kyrou also scored twice, and Aliaksei Protas added his first goal of the
season as Washington completed a five-game homestand with four wins.
Dylan Strome had three assists, and Jack St. Ivany and Pierre-Luc Dubois each
had two. Logan Thompson made 23 saves after missing a victory Saturday against
Buffalo because of a lower-body injury.
Matvei Michkov scored his ninth goal of the season and fifth on the power play
for Philadelphia, which lost its third straight after an overtime defeat to
visiting Columbus on Tuesday night.
Sean Couturier leveled it early in the second, and Joseph Woll made 25 stops
for the Flyers.
Tuch got started only 1:50 into the game.
St. Ivany put the initial attempt on Woll's net from outside the right faceoff
circle, and Strome got a stick to the rebound before Tuch one-timed the puck
past Woll from the slot.
Tuch put the game away more than 55 minutes later, taking a feed from Dubois on
the break to score easily against the Flyers' 6-on-5.
Up next Flyers: Host Utah on Sunday. Capitals: At Nashville on Thursday night. ___ See AP's full NHL coverage here
Up next Flyers: Host Utah on Sunday. Capitals: At Nashville on Thursday night. ___ See AP's full NHL coverage here
