Teams make their own luck, both good and bad. The Washington Capitals may have benefited from four deflection goals — three off of Philadelphia players — in their 5-2 win, but the Capitals were simply the better team over much of the game. The Caps got traffic to the net and created those opportunities, while the Flyers were largely inefficient despite generating 42 shots to Washington’s 28.

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