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02/03 21:28 CST Flyers snap losing streak with 4-2 win over Capitals
Flyers snap losing streak with 4-2 win over Capitals
By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Jamie Drysdale scored on the power play to snap a 20-game
streak without a goal, Dan Vladar made 26 saves, and the Philadelphia Flyers
ended a four-game losing streak by beating the Washington Capitals 4-2 on
Tuesday night.
Drysdale one-timed a pass from Trevor Zegras past Washington goalie Clay
Stevenson to put the Flyers ahead to stay, 3-2.
Vladar kept the Flyers game, especially in the first period, stopping all 11
shots Washington fired at him in a period that was spent predominantly in the
Flyers end.
He stopped a pair of one-timers by Alex Ovechkin from the high slot in the
third period to keep the Flyers ahead. Ovechkin was trying to tie Sidney
Crosby's record of 29 goals, most by a Philadelphia opponent in the 30-year
history of Xfinity Mobile arena.
Owen Tippett gave the Flyers an early lead when he took a cross-ice pass from
defenseman Travis Sanheim and made a deft forehand-to-backhand move to slide it
past Stevenson, who had 18 saves.
Carl Grundstrom, who was a healthy scratch the previous two games, returned to
the lineup and snapped a 13-game scoring drought when his shot caromed of the
skate of Washington defenseman Jakob Chychrun to give the Flyers a two-goal
lead in the second period.
Travis Konency had a pair of assists, marking his fourth straight multipoint
game and his 15th this season.
Rasmus Ristolainen added an empty-net goal for his first of the season for
Philadelphia. He also assisted on Grundstrom's goal.
Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist and Aliaksei Protas scored a
short-handed goal for Washington, which had its three-game winning streak
snapped.
Up next
Capitals: Return home to host Nashville on Thursday night.
Flyers: Host Ottawa on Thursday in the final game before the Olympic break.
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