(3) Washington Capitals Vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers
The Washington Capitals made a late season surge that helped them clinch first place in the Southeast Division, and the third-overall spot in the Eastern Conference while the Philadelphia Flyers returned to the playoffs after finishing last in the league the previous season.
The Capitals were victorious in game one thanks to the game-winning goal being scored by Alexander Ovechkin, but the Flyers won three straight games to take a 3-1 lead in the series, including a 4-3 game four victory in double overtime thanks to Mike Knuble. But Washington was able to win the next two games to force a game seven, as they tried to comeback from a 3 games to 1 deficit to win a series for just the second time in franchise history, just as they did against these same Flyers back in the first round of the 1988 playoffs. Joffrey Lupul scored a power play goal in overtime of game seven to advance the Philadelphia Flyers to the next playoff round.
| April 11 | Washington Capitals | 5–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | Verizon Center | Recap | |||
| Donald Brashear 1 - 03:16 Dave Steckel 1 - 24:08 Mike Green 1 - 41:50 Mike Green 2 - pp - 46:26 Alexander Ovechkin 1 - 55:28 |
Scoring stats | 08:17 - Vaclav Prospal 1 31:46 - Danny Briere 1 32:19 - Vaclav Prospal 2 35:22 - pp - Danny Briere 2 |
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| Cristobal Huet 22 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Biron 18 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 13 | Washington Capitals | 0–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Verizon Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | Scoring stats | 05:53 - R. J. Umberger 1 15:17 - Jeff Carter 1 |
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| Cristobal Huet 39 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Biron 24 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6–3 | Washington Capitals | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| Danny Briere 3 - 16:10 Scott Hartnell 1 - 18:26 Sami Kapanen 1 - 18:43 Danny Briere 4 - pp - 39:50 Mike Richards 1 - ps - 57:01 Mike Knuble 1 - en - 58:55 |
Scoring stats | 17:21 - Eric Fehr 1 27:28 - pp - Mike Green 3 55:26 - Brooks Laich 1 |
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| Martin Biron 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet 27 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 | 2OT | Washington Capitals | Wachovia Center | Recap | ||
| Jeff Carter 2 - 00:42 Jeff Carter 3 - pp - 18:33 Danny Briere 5 - pp - 50:01 Mike Knuble 2 - 86:40 |
Scoring stats | 02:41 - pp - Nicklas Backstrom 1 12:59 - pp - Alexander Semin 1 25:56 - Steve Eminger 1 |
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| Martin Biron 38 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet 42 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Washington Capitals | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Verizon Center | Recap | |||
| Nicklas Backstrom 2 - pp - 07:31 Sergei Fedorov 1 - 21:25 Alexander Semin 2 - pp - 54:33 |
Scoring stats | 32:35 - pp - Vaclav Prospal 3 55:17 - Derian Hatcher 1 |
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| Cristobal Huet 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Biron 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | Washington Capitals | Wachovia Center | Recap | |||
| Mike Richards 2 - pp - 03:49 Danny Briere 6 - 21:18 |
Scoring stats | 29:34 - Nicklas Backstrom 3 38:03 - Alexander Semin 3 42:46 - Alexander Ovechkin 2 50:41 - Alexander Ovechkin 3 |
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| Martin Biron 36 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Washington Capitals | 2–3 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Verizon Center | Recap | ||
| Nicklas Backstrom 4 - pp - 05:42 Alexander Ovechkin 4 - 35:29 |
Scoring stats | 15:38 - pp - Scottie Upshall 1 29:47 - Sami Kapanen 2 66:06 - pp - Joffrey Lupul 1 |
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| Cristobal Huet 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Biron 39 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–3 | |
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