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Flyers Blow Late Lead, Lose 5-3 to Washington
In the first game of an eight-game homestand, the Philadelphia Flyers fell to the Washington Capitals, 5-3, at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday evening. The Flyers led, 3-2, with time ticking under three minutes remaining and then the Flyers got buried under a sudden deluge of three unanswered goals.
The game was scoreless until 18:35 of the first period. A seeing-eye shot by Capitals defenseman Michal Kempny (1st goal of the season) gave Washington a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, a power play goal by the Flyers' Gerry Mayhew (4th) was answered by a 5-on-4 goal by Capitals rookie Joe Snively (4th). Travis Sanheim (4th) scored off the rush in the final minute to make it a 2-2 game.
Mayhew scored again (5th) during a 4-on-4 in the third period to put the Flyers in the driver's seat entering the waning minutes of regulation. In the final three minutes, the Caps received back-to-back goals by Garnet Hathaway (9th and 10th) and a long-range empty net goal by John Carlson (10th) to swing the outcome in their favor.
At 17:03 of the third period, Washington's Carl Hagelin won a board battle against Morgan Frost and sent the puck out to the point past Max Willman to Carlson. The ensuing shot went off Hathaway's pants and redirected past Martin Jones to tie the game at 3-3.
At 18:48, a turnover by Ivan Provorov proved very costly. Hagelin centered the puck out to Hagelin, who fired a shot past Jones. Just like that, the Caps led, 4-3.
At 19:11, with the Flyers skating 6-on-5 and Jones pulled for an extra attacker, Carlson attempted to simply use the glass in his defensive zone to clear the puck. He got a bonus as it went all the way down the ice into the empty net. The play was reviewed on video to see if Hathaway played it with a high stick at it flew past the Washington blueline.
Jones saw only 24 shots for the game, stopping 20. Ilya Samsonov earned the win with 30 saves on 33 shots.
The Flyers went 1 for 4 on the power play; a failed 5-on-3 in the third period proved costly. The Capitals went 1-for-3.
For a full game synopsis, analysis, stats and highlight clips, see the Postgame 5 on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com
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