Dowd, Mangiapane scored short-handed goals as Washington beats Flyers 4-1

**Capitals Flyers Hockey** Philadelphia Flyers' Nicolas Deslauriers, left, gets into a fight with Washington Capitals' Dylan McIlrath, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

**Capitals Flyers Hockey** Washington Capitals' Nic Dowd, center, shoots the puck past Philadelphia Flyers' Samuel Ersson, right, for a shorthanded goal with Scott Laughton, left, trailing during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

**Capitals Flyers Hockey** Washington Capitals' Andrew Mangiapane, right, celebrates his shorthanded goal with Connor McMichael, center, as Philadelphia Flyers' Sean Couturier, left, skates by during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

**Capitals Flyers Hockey** Washington Capitals' Charlie Lindgren, left, reaches for the puck as his teammates keep Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Konecny, right, away from it during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nic Dowd and Andrew Mangiapane scored short-handed goals in the first period, Charlie Lindgren made 17 saves and the Washington Capitals won their fourth straight game since losing the opener with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

Alex Ovechkin went scoreless one game after pulling within 40 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record for goals. Ovechkin, playing in his 1,431st game, is still sitting on 854 career goals. Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson also tallied goals for the Capitals.

Travis Sanheim scored for Philadelphia, which lost its fifth straight. The Flyers were shut out 3-0 in their home opener on Saturday and went scoreless in the first two periods.

Dowd scored on a backhander, shooting high over Sam Ersson, just 3:49 into the contest. Mangiapane’s wrister on Philadelphia’s power play made it a two-goal game with 4:53 left in the first. After Sanheim pulled Philadelphia within 2-1 just 34 seconds into the third, Carlson answered for Washington 64 seconds later.

Takeaways

Capitals: Tom Wilson cooled after scoring in each of the first four Washington games but Washington continued its early season surge.

Flyers: Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov, the No. 7 pick in the 2023 draft, matched up for the first time against fellow Russian Ovechkin, who is one of his idols. Michkov had an assist on Sanheim’s tally.

Key moment

Dylan McIlrath and Nic Deslauriers squared off in a heavyweight battle 4 1/2 minutes into the game. Both players landed big blows, with Deslauriers sustaining a cut under his left eye and McIlrath heading to the locker room after the fight.

Key stat

Dylan Strome, who led the Capitals with 67 points last season, has points in every game this season after assisting Carlson’s tally. He has three goals and five assists.