WASHINGTON (AP) - The Capitals and Flyers tried to pummel each other out of the gate Saturday night, then Washington settled things on special teams.
The Caps again shut down Philadelphia’s potent power play, and then Nicklas Backstrom scored with a man advantage in overtime to lift Washington over the Flyers 2-1 in another contentious showdown between bitter rivals.
Amid all the pushing, shoving and yapping, the Capitals extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 15 by killing off all six Flyers power plays just to reach overtime.
“In order to be successful against them, you’ve got to limit the zone time, and we did that for the majority of the time,” said goaltender Braden Holtby, who stopped 30 of the 31 shots, including all seven while short-handed.