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What lead to a five goal deficit versus Washington

Twenty-five minutes. It took the Flyers just over 25 minutes to lose Wednesday night’s game. Sure, you could say that they made a valiant comeback effort and the game wasn’t truly lost at the time of the Washington Capitals’ fifth goal — I mean, they scored four unanswered goals in a third period versus the best team in the league already this season — but truthfully, if you’re looking at a five goal deficit at any point of the game, nine times out of ten you’ve already lost the game. And in the Flyers case, they had done just that.