Looking ahead to their playoff matchup, the Philadelphia Flyers played the Washington Capitals four times this season, splitting the series

The Philadelphia Flyers face a tall task in their first round matchup with the Washington Capitals. It wouldn’t be hard to make the case that the Caps are the best team in the NHL. They have the league’s best goal scorer in Alex Ovechkin, two great centers in Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeni Kuznetsov, a solid defense, and an outstanding goalie.

Despite all these assets, when the Flyers played the Caps during the regular season it was no mismatch. The two teams split the regular season series, and every game was hard fought. Here, we’ll run over all four games, and see what they can tell us what to watch for this playoff series starting Thursday night.