Tag: Washington Capitals

The Flyers season came to an end, as they were eliminated from the playoffs in a 2-1 loss to the Capitals on Tuesday night.

The Flyers play the Capitals in their regular-season finale on Tuesday, needing a regulation win and some help to stay in the playoff race.

The Flyers could clinch a playoff spot by winning the final game of the regular season on Tuesday. What needs to happen to put that in play?

As slim as the odds may be, there is a path for the Flyers to still make the playoffs despite an eight-game losing streak that just ended.

The Flyers got through the gauntlet with 10 points in the last 10 games, maintaining a playoff spot. But both the gauntlet and the remaining schedule show the importance of finishing what they started.

The Flyers allowed five unanswered goals to the Washington Capitals in the final two periods for a 5-2 loss on Friday night.

The Flyers open play in a busy month of March, hitting the road to take on the Washington Capitals on Friday night.

The Flyers rallied back twice in the third period to extend the points streak, then defeated the Capitals in a shootout on Thursday night.

The Flyers return to home ice on Thursday night for a Metropolitan Division showdown against the Washington Capitals.

Carter Hart held down the two-goal lead for the final two periods, making 39 saves as the Flyers claimed a 3-1 win over the Capitals on Saturday night.

The home-and-home against the Capitals concludes on Saturday night, as the Flyers go for their seventh win in the last eight games.

Travis Konecny extended his points streak to 10 games with a hat trick and matched his career-high with 24 goals on the season in the Flyers 5-3 win over the Capitals.

The Flyers take the ice for the first time in the second half of the season to start a home-and-home against the Washington Capitals.

There was only one goal needed in the third period, as the Capitals grabbed the lead with 10:41 to play and held on from there in a 4-1 decision over the Flyers aided by two empty-net goals.

Sonny Milano scored with 2:58 remaining in the third, setting up overtime where Alex Ovechkin won it with his 790th career goal in a 3-2 loss to the Capitals that sent the Flyers streak to eight games.

The Flyers are locked in a seven-game losing streak entering Wednesday’s game. But it’s been nearly as much of a struggle for the Capitals, who enter the game on a four-game losing streak of their own.

Shades of last season were on display in a two-goal second period for the Washington Capitals, who never looked back, handing the Flyers a 3-1 loss at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers continue the preseason on home ice, facing the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.

It was an ugly game for the Flyers, who trailed 3-1 after the first and lost Carter Hart and Cam Atkinson for the night before allowing six more goals over the final two periods in a 9-2 drubbing to the Washington Capitals.

Bobby Brink makes his NHL debut as the Flyers take on the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.

The Flyers held off a late surge by the Capitals to secure a 2-1 win, ending their losing streak at six games.

Just last Thursday, the Flyers had a 3-2 lead with under four minutes to play against the Washington Capitals, only to have it slip away in the final minutes of a 5-3 loss. The two teams meet again on Saturday afternoon.

A pair of goals by Garnet Hathaway separated by 1:45 turned the 3-2 lead into a 4-3 deficit with 1:12 remaining. An empty-net goal sealed the deal in the Flyers fourth straight loss.

The next eight games come on home ice for the Flyers, starting on Thursday night as they take on the Washington Capitals.  

Tuesday’s Flyers-Capitals game has also been postponed. The Flyers will enter the holiday break another day earlier as a result.

For most of the game, they stayed the course, but not in a way that is surviving another team’s push. They controlled large portions of the game with their play. It also helped that the goaltending remained on point, one of the most noticeable consistencies of the first 10 games of the season. The result was a big two points in regulation against a divisional opponent that had only lost in regulation once all season, and silencing an all-time great in the scoring column with a milestone in his sights.

Martin Jones made 31 saves and two second-period goals led the Flyers to a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.

The Flyers close out a quick two-game road trip against the Washington Capitals on Saturday night, looking to once again rebound and get back in the win column. 

GM Chuck Fletcher had called the week between the preseason finale and the regular-season opener a critical one on Thursday. For the Flyers, the final preseason game showed a lot of areas that need to be worked on in the upcoming week and just how critical it will be for them to be ready.