By Lewis Gould
The Caps and the Flyers look like two ships passing in yesterday’s Toronto afternoon.
Philly’s line of Scott Laughton, Kevin Hayes and Travis Konecny sparked the Flyers to a 3-1 win over the Capitals.
“We’re still looking for that extra gear that we all know we have,” Capitals right winger T.J. Oshie said.
“The point of these games obviously is for the seeding, but for us personally we need to get our game where we need it to be.”
Laughton had two goals and an assist. Hayes had three assists, and Konecny had two assists.
“They’re certainly without a doubt our best line at the moment,” Vigneault said.
The Flyers have won 11 of their last 12 games dating to Feb. 18 — but it’s the two victories in the round-robin series that have the Flyers believing they can go far. The Flyers won nine straight games before losing the final one before the COVID-19 shutdown. The Flyers have resumed the season with wins over Boston and the Capitals in the NHL’s playoff seeding round and can’t finish any worse than second in the Eastern Conference.
The Flyers play Tampa Bay on Saturday. The winner will earn the top seed in the East.
“So far, so good,” Hayes said.
Vigneault, who led the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks to the Stanley Cup Final, has made all the right moves in his first season on the bench. The outlook is suddenly bright for a franchise going on 45 years without a championship.
Travis Sanheim also scored and Brian Elliott stopped 16 shots to keep the Flyers perfect this season (4-0-1) against the Capitals. Washington’s Alex Ovechkin has failed to score against the Flyers this season.
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