


Laviolette's high-tempo, attack-oriented system - based on the principle of defending well but defending infrequently - can take an adjustment period for his players to master without sacrificing too many opposing transition chances. Laviolette, of course, won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes and later took the 2009-10 Flyers and the 2016-17 Nashville Predators to the Cup Final. Todd Reirden was dismissed and veteran Peter Laviolette was brought in as head coach. The biggest change the Capitals made in the offseason was behind the bench. Some of the key components are gone - most notably goaltender Braden Holtby, retired minutes-eating defenseman Matt Niskanen and head coach Barry Trotz - but the majority still remain. Today's Capitals are now two-plus seasons removed from their first and only Stanley Cup championship (2017-18). Last season, despite being at a fatigue-factor disadvantage in two of the games, the Flyers went 3-0-1 against the Caps.
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In 2018-19, Washington enjoyed a clean sweep of the season series with four regulation victories over Philly. In 2017-18, the Flyers went 3-1-0 in head-to-head games with Washington.

Recent regular season series between the Flyers have Capitals have yo-yoed. The clubs have met five times in the playoffs with the Flyers prevailing in 19 and Washington winning in 1984, 19. The win-loss split is much closer at the old Capital Center in Landover and the current-day Capital One Arena in the Penn Quarter area of Washington, where the Flyers' all-time record is j47-43-6 with 13.
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At the Spectrum and Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers hold a 70-35-3 plus six ties record. On an all-time basis, the Flyers have a 117-78-9 record with 19 (pre-2005) ties.
