After getting shutdown by the Pittsburgh Penguins team this past Tuesday 7-3. The Flyers came out with energy on Friday night, and skated past the Washington Capitals 4-2.
Just 1:44 into the opening period, the Flyers got off to a wonderful start as Joel Farabee backhanded a shot in traffic into the goal to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead, an assist was by Kevin Hayes.
With less than four minutes left in the period, the Capitals tied the game on a goal from Daniel Sprong where he ripped a snap shot from the right side and the puck blazed through the open space past Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott to make it a 1-1 game.
Early in the second period, the motivated Flyers team went up 2-1 as Wade Allison made a terrific snap shot that blasted past Washington goalie Vitek Vance.
Late in the second period, Wade Allison scored with a sweet backhand shot that put Philadelphia up, 3-1. It was Allison’s second goal of the night and put the Flyers in control of the game.
With less than two minutes left in the second period, the Capitals got within one goal when Brendon Dillon shot the puck to the net and the puck deflected off T.J Oshie’s skate and into the goal.
It was a quiet last period offensively where both teams played great defense and each goaltender shut the other team down.
Sean Couturier shut the door on the Capitals with an empty net goal to make the final score 4-2 Flyers. It just do happens that Brian Elliott registered an assist on the goal, which happened to be his 10th career NHL point.
Wade Allison had one hell of a game last night. The puck was exploding off his stick, and quite frankly he looked awesome. He gives the Flyers hope with goal scoring in the future.
Cam York had a great NHL debut and boy did he garner some ice time with 20:59 in ice time. He also registered one shot on net, blocked one shot, was a good skater, and was terrific with breakouts and clean zone exits. York seemed calm, cool, and composed.
NEXT UP: Flyers are now 24-23-7 on the season. The Flyers go head to head against the 34-14-5 Washington Capitals on Saturday, May 8 at 7:00 PM EST. You can see the game on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
