It’s possible the Philadelphia Flyers are merely stalling. Despite a hard-fought 2-1 win in Game 4, they find themselves down 3-1 in their first-round, best-of-seven series against the Washington Capitals.
The Capitals were the NHL’s best team in the regular season, and not by an insignificant margin. They’ll have two more shots at eliminating upstart Philadelphia before the Flyers get their first crack at ousting them.
There’s virtue in making the series respectable, in forcing Washington to earn every goal, and if that’s all that Game 4 was, it will have been worthwhile for Philadelphia. Even hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, in attendance for the game, noted that the Flyers' effort was laudable in and of itself.
“I’m really happy for the Flyers. They’ve played so well,” Gretzky told Hockey Night in Canada’s Scott Oake during the broadcast. “Washington is probably the best team in hockey, and being up 3-0, for the Flyers to come out and give the effort they’re giving tonight is pretty special.”
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