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PHILADELPHIA — Just as they did in their game against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, the Flyers made a mistake in the third period, paid the price, and couldn’t overcome the resulting deficit.

WASHINGTON — The Flyers maintained a 2-1 lead over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at CapitalOne Arena with roughly three minutes remaining in the third period and were on the cusp of snapping their seven-game losing streak.

The Washington Capitals will meet the Philadelphia Flyers in NHL Preseason action on Wednesday night from the Wells Fargo Center.

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It wasn’t quite one of the big names they’d been linked to, but the Kraken reportedly added some scoring punch up front Wednesday by signing Colorado Avalanche left wing Andre Burakovsky to a five-year, $27.5 million deal.

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MSU defenseman David Gucciardi has been selected by the Washington Capitals in the 2022 NHL Draft

The Washington Capitals will meet the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs on Wednesday night from FLA Live Arena.

The Florida Panthers were all but doomed. There were less three minutes separating them from a near-insurmountable series deficit and, with no goaltender in their net and an extra skater on the ice, they were one shot away from overtime or one away from an almost-certain Game 4 loss to…