Photographer: Kate Frese
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With just one game left before heading into a holiday break that keeps them off for five days, the Flyers determined effort against one of the Eastern Conference’s hottest teams was a good test, and they passed. Here are 10 Postgame Points from the Flyers win over the Capitals.
The Flyers rallied back in the final two rounds of a shootout to defeat the Capitals, 3-2, on Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center.
The Flyers and Capitals meet again for the first time in the 2016-17 season on Wednesday night, with the Flyers looking to return to the win column after back-to-back losses. The opening face-off is set for 8 p.m.
At the time the NHL takes its annual break for the holidays on Saturday, it will have been six weeks since Michal Neuvirth suffered a lower-body injury that has sidelined him since. Prior to the Flyers game following the Nov. 12 injury, three goalies suddenly received an opportunity and they all had to run with it. So far, each one has.
Philadelphia Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol has received a fair amount of criticism for many of his coaching decisions this season. However, many of those choices have paid off for the team.
Is this the year the Philadelphia Flyers power forward Wayne Simmonds makes it to the NHL All Star Game? At the ripe old age or 28, Simmonds has become the on-ice powerhouse and leader the Flyers knew he could be.
The Flyers current nine-game win streak has the just two points out of the top spot in the Metropolitan Division, an impressive run considering their 3-5-1 start to the season. But as the Flyers have gone streaking, so has the rest of the division and that shows just what a fine line there is between the Flyers ranking among the playoff teams in the East and being completely out of the picture.
The Flyers blue line took another hit on Monday. GM Ron Hextall announced that defenseman Mark Streit will be out two weeks with an upper-body injury.
The NHL named Jake Voracek its first star of the week for the week of Dec. 5-11. Voracek had nine points in four games during the week, including six assists.
