PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers returned home after a brutal 1-4-1 road trip that ended Tuesday night with an overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Micheal Kempny #6 of the Washington Capitals checks Michael Raffl #12 of the Philadelphia Flyers in front of Goalie Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals
On Wednesday in the friendly confines, Kevin Hayes scored a shorthanded , breakaway goal to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead they would hold in a victory over the Washington Capitals.
“We love coming home to our fans, we’ve been great all year at home,” Hayes said. “I think our penalty kill was great tonight, gave us the extra edge.”
Carter Hart made 26 saves to get the win.
“We played the right way,” Hayes said. “Started with our goalie, our [defensemen] played well, we got the puck out as quick as we can, got it behind their defensemen, and I thought it was a full 60-minute effort.”
Nicklas Backstrom and Jakub Vrana were the Caps’ strikers.
“They had the same situation, right?” Vrana said. “It’s just sometimes how it is. We have an experienced team, we’ve been in those situations before where we know how to prepare for a game like that. And I don’t think it’s an excuse about tonight’s loss.”
Travis Konecny and Robert Hagg also scored for the Flyers.
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Braden Holtby made 24 saves in the loss.
“You have a game plan going into back-to-back games, certain key things that have given us success all year,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “One of them has been goals in the first or last minutes of games. We give up a goal so that they get some momentum at the end of the first … and special teams are always important, we give up a shorthanded goal. Those two things, coupled with an unforced error on their first goal, we had to fight against it tonight. Disappointed in those areas of our game.”
Carter Hart #79 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a pad save.
Kevin Hayes #13 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lars Eller #20 of the Washington Capitals
Kevin Hayes #13 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Referee Dean Morton (#36) and Claude Giroux #28 of the Philadelphia Flyers discuss a penalty.
Tyler Pitlick #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Carl Hagelin #62 of the Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals tangles with Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Radko Gudas #33 of the Washington Capitals
Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Brendan Leipsic #28 of the Washington Capitals fight for position in front of Goalie Carter Hart #79 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals makes a pad save
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