Winning in Philly to advance to the playoffs
The Caps may be knocked out but so are the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings. That kind of feels good to type. What helped the Caps was the power of friendship as it was Alex Ovechkin to open the scoring for his 31st goal of the season and what might have been T.J. Oshie's final NHL goal.
Oshie as we remember was dealing with pain throughout the season. He said so in his final media availability so again the key word is might.
Ovechkin it was his 31st of the season to put him 41 away from Wayne Gretzky.
But perhaps the rewarding part was the Oshie goal being an empty netter. The Flyers didn't necessarily have to do that as the others lost their games. Instead of scoreboard watching, Oshie went for the home run to push the Caps through across the street from the Phillies.