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Flyers vs Capitals Recap: Final Score & Pick Result (Oct 28, 2026)
By SportsHub Model · Edited by Kyle Parker
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Final: October 28, 2026 | Recap updated: October 28, 2026, 11:40 PM ET
Jordan Kyrou scored twice and Dylan Strome had three assists as the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Wednesday at Capital One Arena. Kyrou's power-play goal and Aliaksei Protas's late second-period strike built a 3-1 lead the Flyers never erased. Our pick, Capitals moneyline (-233), won. Washington moved to 7-4-0, while Philadelphia fell to 3-8-4.
Flyers vs Capitals Final Score
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flyers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Capitals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Decided in regulation. Shots on goal: Washington 30, Philadelphia 25. Puck drop was 7:30 PM ET.
How It Happened
Alex Tuch opened the scoring 1:50 into the game, finishing a play started by Strome and Jack St. Ivany, and Washington took the 1-0 lead to the first intermission.
Sean Couturier tied it at 4:36 of the second with his first goal of the season, set up by Nick Seeler. The tie lasted 2:38. Philadelphia was called for slashing at 7:03, and Kyrou scored on the power play at 7:14 from Strome and Jakob Chychrun. Protas made it 3-1 at 16:47, from Matt Roy and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
The Flyers got one back on their own power play: Matvei Michkov scored his ninth goal at 9:44 of the third, eight seconds after a Washington roughing penalty, with Denver Barkey and Trevor Zegras assisting. Kyrou answered at 12:51, again from Strome and St. Ivany, to restore the two-goal lead, and Tuch added an empty-net goal at 17:36.
Logan Thompson, back from injured reserve, started for Washington and stopped 23 of 25 shots. Joseph Woll made 25 saves on 29 shots for Philadelphia.
Top Performers
| Player | Team | Line |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Kyrou | WSH | 2 G (1 power play), 3 shots |
| Dylan Strome | WSH | 3 A |
| Alex Tuch | WSH | 2 G (1 empty net), 5 shots, +3 |
| Logan Thompson | WSH | 23 saves on 25 shots (.920) |
| Matvei Michkov | PHI | 1 power-play goal, his 9th of the season |
Our Pick: Won
Our pick was the Capitals moneyline at -233. Washington won 5-2, so the pick won: +$42.92 per $100 staked (100 × 100 / 233).
Most of the case held up:
- The model. It had Washington at 79%. The Capitals led for all but 2:38 after the opening goal and won by three.
- The scoring gap. Philadelphia came in at 1.93 goals per game, last in the NHL, and scored two, one of them on the power play. Washington had four before the empty-netter.
- Venue. Washington is now 6-2-0 at home; Philadelphia is 1-5-1 on the road.
- Schedule. The Flyers lost both ends of their back-to-back, 4-3 in overtime to Columbus on Tuesday and 5-2 here.
- Shot volume. Only partly right. The Flyers had 25 shots, above their 23.3 average, and won the faceoff battle 30-22, but Washington still outshot them 30-25.
- The risk we named. The crease never became a problem: Thompson came off injured reserve and posted a .920 save percentage.
We chose the moneyline over the -1.5 puck line (+105 to +110 in the preview). The puck line covered too, and would have paid more.
Lean (total): the preview said the numbers pointed under 6.5 without making it a play. The game finished with 7 goals, so that lean lost, on Tuch's empty-netter with 2:24 left.
Betting Results
- Moneyline: Washington won as a home favorite, priced at -227 to -233 in the preview. The last licensed price we recorded before puck drop, about 20 minutes out, had Washington at -244, so the -233 we published was a little cheaper than that late number.
- Puck line: Washington -1.5 covered. It led 4-2 before the empty-netter. Philadelphia +1.5 did not.
- Total: 7 goals, over the 6 to 6.5 range.
SportsHub Handicappers: Oct 21–27
The NHL's top three for the seven days before this game:
| Handicapper | Record | Net ($) | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Hayes | 3-0 | +$365 | 114.8% |
| Sports Central | 7-5 | +$313 | 19.6% |
| Randall Dickelman | 6-3 | +$305 | 29.3% |
See every record on the SportsHub handicappers leaderboard.
What's Next
- Capitals: at the Nashville Predators on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8:00 PM ET (Monumental Sports Network), then home against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 3:30 PM ET.
- Flyers: home against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 4:00 PM ET (NBC Sports Philadelphia).
- Rematch: the Flyers visit Washington again on Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 7:00 PM ET.
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