Capitals 2, Flyers 1: Fueled by loser points

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Flyers started out looking pretty brutal, dropped the first goal, and then had to rally back and play a more dominant third period in order to force overtime. And then couldn’t convert in overtime. So they went to the shootout. Where they lost this one.

What’s that? You’re stopping me. Okay yep. On to the analysis.

All stats via Natural Stat Trick and NHL.com

How’d they look out there?

5-on-5: 41 CF, 22 SF, 41.18 CF%, 27.86 xGF%

By the numbers, not an excellent showing for the Flyers. In brief, the Capitals really got the better of them in both the number of shots and shot attempts they were able to generate at evens, as…