Washington Capitals

  View image | gettyimages.com The first round of the 2015 NHL playoffs is almost completed. This past weekend, five more teams punched their tickets to the conference semifinals. Chicago, Minnesota, Calgary, Montreal and the Rangers all won their respective first round match ups. This leaves just two first round series left to be decided.

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The 2014-15 NHL regular season came to a close this past weekend with Ottawa and Pittsburgh claiming the last two remaining playoff spots. Here is a look at the match ups for the first round of the 2014-15 Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning on Wednseday.

Sunday marked the 35th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice and the American hockey team's upset of the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympics. It was a moment that defied the odds. The Flyers are trying to defy the odds as well. Just over a month ago, after a 4-0 loss to Vancouver on Jan. […]

  View image | gettyimages.com As Steve Mason was helped off the ice and into the Flyers locker room, you could see the vital signs disappear for good on the Flyers 2014-15 season. The playoff hopes had flat-lined, plateaued. Without Mason, it would finally be over. From the start of Sunday's game, the Flyers showed […]

  View image | gettyimages.com In a must-win game on the road, the Flyers were playing like a team that believed they had a chance. Despite what the standings showed, this was a team showing character against an opponent that was more than prepared to put the dagger in the Flyers. But in the middle […]

Twice already in the 2014-15 season, the Flyers have been locked in tight contests with the Washington Capitals. The stakes for the Flyers are growing by the game and on Sunday they are astronomical. The Orange and Black open a four-game road trip on Sunday afternoon in Washington as they face the Capitals at 3 […]

Claude Giroux is trying to be Nostradamus again. The Flyers captain said on Tuesday that there was "no doubt the Flyers are a playoff team." As of Tuesday, the Flyers had a 3.9 percent chance of making the playoffs. Is there a way? Certainly. Is there no doubt? Absolutely not. Giroux has reason to be […]

  View image | gettyimages.com A long shot found its way past Rob Zepp on a deflection just 3:13 into the game. That was enough for Braden Holtby. The Flyers managed 21 shots, all of them stopped by Holtby as the Washington Capitals rode an early goal to a 1-0 win over the Flyers on […]