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Flyers vs. Capitals: How the Flyers fared in the neutral zone in the playoffs

We use manually-tracked zone entry data to better understand the Flyers' first round playoff loss to the Washington Capitals.

A week and a half ago, the Philadelphia Flyers' season came to close with a Game 6 loss to the Washington Capitals. After battling their way into the postseason on the back of stellar play since around the middle of February, the Flyers simply could not impose their will on the Presidents' Trophy winners.

But with the benefit of time, it's a little easier to understand exactly what went wrong. Philadelphia's penalty kill was a disaster in the first three games of the series, but after adding pressure-based tactics to their shorthanded units, they did show measurable improvement in that area.