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Flyers blow 4-1 lead, Caps win in shootout

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James OBrien

The Philadelphia Flyers saw a 4-1 lead evaporate over about eight stunning minutes against the Capitals on Sunday, as Washington eventually won 5-4 via a shootout.

Halfway through the third period, it seemed like the story of Sunday’s Flyers - Capitals game would be all about Michael Raffl’s emergence, as he collected three assists today. Instead, Steve Mason & Co. couldn’t hold off a mad rush by the Capitals.

Mike Green gave the Capitals a shot with this 4-2 goal 11:20 into the third period:

Dmitri Orlov scored his first goal of 2013-14 with about three and a half minutes left, as things started to get a little anxious:

Finally, Alex Ovechkin collected his league-leading 27th marker of the season* to tie things up with less than a minute remaining in the game:

The Capitals continue to ride Ovechkin’s ridiculous scoring, Nicklas Backstrom’s underrated work (two assists, shootout-winning goal) and Philipp Grubauer’s continued competence to another win. They’re now 18-12-3 on the season as they’ve won six of their last nine games.

The Flyers flubbed a chance to return to .500, as they’re now 14-15-4 and have dropped four of their last five games. At least they’ll get a chance for quick revenge against the Capitals, as the two teams meet again in Washington on Tuesday.

* - Scorekeepers seemed to go back and forth on Washington’s first goal either going to Ovechkin or Marcus Johansson, so Ovi either finished Sunday with 27 or 28 goals.

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