Wednesday night, fresh off an upset victory over an injury-plagued Colorado Avalanche team, the Philadelphia Flyers had a chance to take down another strong team missing several key contributors due to various ailments — the Washington Capitals.
The Capitals have been without Nicklas Backstrom, their top-line center, and Tom Wilson, their physically imposing scoring winger, for the entire season. And in their second meeting against the Flyers, they were also without defensemen Dmitry Orlov and Martin Fehervary, along with Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Darcy Kuemper.
But the Caps still have Alex Ovechkin, and the Flyers were unable to keep him from potting a pair of (empty-net) goals to move closer to history.