PHILADELPHIA – Wayne Simmonds struck twice to help the Flyers defeat the Washington Capitals Sunday, 6-3.
“We just want to make the [Stanley Cup] Playoffs,” Simmonds said. “We’ve got nine games left. We’ve got to get as many points as we can and whatever happens, happens.”
Shayne Gostisbehere, Oskar Lindblom, Ivan Provorov and Jakub Voracek added single markers in for the Flyers who moved closer to the top spot in Metropolitan Division with
Left Wing Oskar Lindblom (#54) of the Philadelphia Flyers and Defenseman Dmitry Orlov (#9) of the Washington Capitals fight for position.
the win.
“If you want to put it in perspective, these are all playoff games right now. We went through a pretty long stretch where we lost a lot of points and you don’t get a chance to get those back,” Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. “We’re in the middle of a battle here. Every point that we can gain is critical. To be able to do that [Saturday] and come back with a real gutsy effort on a back-to-back against a really good hockey team, those are good points for us and important points.”
Petr Mrazek made 25 saves to get the win.
John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin and Chandler Stephenson scored for the Caps as they dropped to 41-24-7.
“We have to start playing playoff hockey,” Jay Beagle said. “You have to start right now. Teams that are fighting for spots and teams that are a little more desperate, we have to match how desperate they are and we have to go after them rather than sitting back and waiting for the game to come to us. … We’ve got to learn from this and make sure we don’t let it happen again, especially going into these last 10.”
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Philipp Grubauer made 29 saves in taking the loss for the Caps.
“They were better than us. That’s the bottom line,” Caps head coach Barry Trotz said after the loss.
Left Wing Alex Ovechkin (#8) of the Washington Capitals takes a slap shot from the blue line.
Goalie Alex Lyon (#49) of the Philadelphia Flyers blocks a shot with his mask.
Defenseman Robert Haag (#8) of the Philadelphia Flyers checks Right Wing Alex Chiasson (#39) of the Washington Capitals.
Center Travis Konecny (#11) of the Philadelphia Flyers and Right Wing T.J. Oshie (#77) of the Washington Capitals battle in the third period.
Left Wing Oskar Lindblom (#54) of the Philadelphia Flyers and Defenseman John Carlson (#74) of the Washington Capitals fight for the puck in front of Capitals Goalie Philipp Grubauer (#31)
Goalie Philipp Grubauer (#31) of the Washington Capitals allows a goal in the third period.
Left Wing Alex Ovechkin (#8) of the Washington Capitals score in the second period.
Left Wing Oskar Lindblom (#54) of the Philadelphia Flyers scores in the second period.
Defenseman Andrew MacDonald (#47) of the Philadelphia Flyers checks Left Wing Andre Burakovsky (#65) of the Washington Capitals
Center Jordan Weal (#40) of the Philadelphia Flyers fights for position in front of the net against Defenseman Michal Kempny (#6) of the Washington Capitals
Goalie Alex Lyon (#49) of the Philadelphia Flyers poke checks the puck away from Defenseman Dmitry Orlov (#9) of the Washington Capitals
Defensemen Matt Niskanen (#2) and Dmitry Orlov (#9) of the Washington Capitals along with Center Sean Couturier (#14) and Right Wing Wayne Simmonds (#17) of the Philadelphia Flyers pile up in front of the Capitals net.
Right Wing Tom Wilson (#43) of the Washington Capitals and Defenseman Travis Sanheim (#6) of the Philadelphia Flyers battle for the net.
Goalie Philipp Grubauer (#31) and Defenseman Michal Kempny (#6) of the Washington Capitals along with Philadelphia Flyers Center Valtteri Filppula (#51)and Right Wing Wayne Simmonds (#17) look to the corner for the shot.
Center Sean Couturier (#14) and Left Wing Michael Raffl (#12) of the Philadelphia Flyers crowd the crease as Defenseman Jakub Jerabek (#28) and Defenseman Michal Kempny (#6) of the Washington Capitals protect their Goalie Philipp Grubauer (#31).
Goalie Philipp Grubauer (#31) of the Washington Capitals makes a save as Right Wing Wayne Simmonds (#17) of the Philadelphia Flyers looks for the rebound.
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