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Recap – Capitals 2, Flyers 1

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For all the talk about how tough an opponent the Flyers are for the Capitals, Washington took four points out of the four-game season series and now, thanks to a 2-1 win last night, have won two of the last three games in Philadelphia, including last April’s win-or-go-home Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, and are 4-3 in the Wachovia Center since Bruce Boudreau took over behind the Caps’ bench. Suddenly, that team and that building’s aren’t so intimidating, are they?

For all the talk of how mediocre the Caps have been on the road this season, they’re now 8-2-2 away from home since January 1 (good thing you listened when we told you not to worry), and Jose Theodore is 5-0-1 in his last six road starts (including wins in Philly, Boston and Jersey). Suddenly, it doesn’t matter much whether the fans in the arena are rocking red or black and orange/gold/red, does it?

Playing without their two elder statesmen – the faceoff wizard and the enforcer – the Caps went into Philadelphia and took two points. Simple as that.

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And so the Caps will return home (not-so-)sweet home for Saturday night’s date with the Hurricanes with a chance to bump their Division lead up to 14 points with a dozen games left, and with the renewed knowledge that they can beat anyone. Anywhere. Any time.

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