A long break didn’t help the Flyers a whole lot Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
After a 19-day layoff because of the Olympics, the Flyers fell to the Capitals, 3-1, at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n
Noah Cates scored the team’s lone goal.<\/p>\n
The Flyers (25-21-11) had a chance to tie the game with 48.4 seconds left when they emptied their net for a two-man advantage on a power play, but Washington converted at shorthanded.<\/p>\n
Rick Tocchet’s club has dropped 13 of its last 16 games (3-9-4), a stretch in which it has scored just 2.44 goals per game.<\/p>\n
The Flyers are 1-1-0 in their four-game regular-season series with the\u00a0Capitals (30-23-7).<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAshlyn Sullivan and Al Morganti discussed the team’s 3-1 loss Wednesday night to the Capitals on Flyers Postgame Live.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dan Vladar surrendered two or fewer goals for the 21st time in 33 starts this season.<\/p>\n
He converted 26 saves on 28 shots, but the effort went wasted.<\/p>\n
Rasmus Sandin opened the scoring with 6:08 minutes left in the second period, handing the Flyers their 38th 1-0 deficit.<\/p>\n
Cates responded with a deflection just 29 seconds into the third period.<\/p>\n
Washington, though, scored its game-winner with 5:52 minutes to go on a Trevor van Riemsdyk marker. The Flyers didn’t seem to have a good line change, leaving Travis Sanheim and Rasmus Ristolainen to defend an odd-man rush.<\/p>\n
Capitals netminder Logan Thompson stopped 23 of the Flyers’ 24 shots. He faced only six in the third period.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristian Dvorak and Rick Tocchet spoke on the Flyers’ 3-1 loss Wednesday night to the Capitals.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Flyers failed to take advantage of the third-place Islanders being idle.<\/p>\n