Phil Myers notched his first career goal with 12 seconds remaining in the second period to cut Washington’s lead to 5-1. Claude Giroux followed it up, notching his seventh career twenty-goal season, to cut it to 5-2 in the third stanza’s first ten seconds. And Scott Laughton was even able to deflect an Andrew MacDonald shot to make it a 5-3 game.
But, just like the 2018-19 season as a whole, complete with a goalie switch and all, the Flyers came up short, running out of time to make their heroic comeback after sleepwalking through the first 39:48 of the game.