Getting shutout in their last contest, the Philadelphia Flyers needed to bring their A game going up against the best team in the Metropolitan Division in the Washington Capitals.
Mike McKenna, who was claimed off waivers by the Flyers on Friday, got the start and opposed Pheonix Copley in-net. Copley had a 9-2-2 record coming in, with a 2.56 Goals-Against Average, and a .915 save percentage. Philadelphia needed to give a better effort on both sides of the puck and not let themselves get shutout for the second straight game.