The Philadelphia Flyers’ season came to an unfortunate end Tuesday night. The Flyers needed a regulation win against the Washington Capitals in their season finale to stay alive in the playoff race, but fell by a score of 2-1 at Wells Fargo Center.
Erik Johnson, of all people, netted the Flyers’ only goal of the game.
Capitals forward T.J. Oshie potted the game-winner with the Flyers net empty late in the third period. The decision to pull Ersson was a Hail Mary, but a necessary one to keep their playoff hopes alive.
As fate would have it, a win against the Capitals wouldn’t have mattered anyway.