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WASHINGTON — The Philadelphia Flyers finally figured out how to put away the Washington Capitals.
Joffrey Lupul netted a rebound during a power play 6:06 into overtime in Game 7 to lift Philadelphia past Alex Ovechkin and Washington 3-2 on Tuesday night in the Eastern Conference first-round series.
The Flyers led the best-of- seven series 3-1 before allowing the Capitals to pull even.
“For some reason, we don’t like to do it the easy way,” defenseman Braydon Coburn said. “We like to grind it out and do it the hard way. But it’s a great feeling to get this series won.”
Lupul found space in front of the net to get a backhander past Cristobal Huet for his first postseason goal after Washington’s goalie had deflected Kimmo Timonen’s shot.
