NHL Playoffs, Flyers vs. Capitals Game 5: Full highlights, final score and more
The Flyers continued their magical postseason run with a 2-0 victory of the Capitals in Game 5.
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The Flyers got a much needed win in Game 5 Friday night as Philadelphia beat the Capitals 1-0 to bring the series back to Philadelphia in Game 6. Washington lost despite significantly out-shooting the Flyers as Philadelphia goaltender Michael Neuvirth stood on his head with a 43 save performance to take the series back to Wells Fargo Center.
Washington will have to answer for their playoff issues as they continue to somehow be unable to finish a series despite dominating the Flyers in virtually every aspect of the game except the scoreboard. The Caps will get two more opportunities to exorcise their playoff demons two more times.
Philadelphia got goals from forward Ryan White and Chris VandeVelde. VandeVelde’s goal was an empty netter.
Three stars
Neuvirth was by a significant margin the best player on the Flyers on Friday. He made 44 saves and allowed zero goals. Neuvirth had to be on top of his game against the Capitals and he did.
White scored what wound up being the game-winning goal for Philadelphia just after a power play expired. He played with a ton of passion tonight just as the Flyers did.
Bellemare scored the empty net goal at the end that won the game for the Flyers.
Highlights
"#GottaSeeIt: Well, that didn’t take long. Brayden Schenn and T.J. Oshie set the tone for Game 5.https://t.co/jjm5UMpYU4— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 22, 2016"
"14 SOG for Washington in the first but none of them made it past Neuvirth, including this. #WSHvsPHI #StanleyCuphttps://t.co/ESCQ2YfmUS— #StanleyCup Playoffs (@NHL) April 22, 2016"
Next Game
Game 6 will see a Sunday matinee as the Flyers will play the Capitals at Noon ET on Sunday.
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