Ryan McDonagh said of the Capitals

Coach John Tortorella pronounced that history "irrelevant," as did several players. Some Rangers said they found the Capitals under Coach Dale Hunter to be very similar to the Senators. While the Senators and the Capitals barely made the playoffs with 92 points, both are gritty opponents who pose problems.

"They've got a lot of top-end skill guys up front, similar to Ottawa," Ryan McDonagh said of the Capitals, who eliminated the defending champion Bruins in overtime in Game 7, with the rookie goalie Braden Holtby leading the way. "They have some mobile defensemen as well, like the Senators. And their goaltender is playing pretty well, like Anderson did for Ottawa."

Brad Richards said he thought the Capitals resembled not only the Senators, but also the Rangers. 

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Matt Read made it 5-3 with the first of his two goals

Giroux checked in with a paltry goal and assist contrasted to his six-point effort in Game 2.

The Flyers cannot claim purity in their overall demeanor, either. There was a dirty knee-on-knee hit by defenseman Nicklas Grossmann on Neal in the second period, which Neal immediately converted for a power-play goal at 10:31 to make it a 4-3.

Matt Read made it 5-3 with the first of his two goals. Jordan Staal responded with a tap-in after a hideous play of the puck by Bryzgalov, who on many other Flyer teams might have been booed to the bench by then.

But the killer goal came with 46 seconds left in the second, when Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds took a nifty pass from Braydon Coburn, deked Fleury to the forehand and backhanded a puck to the short side. That made it 6-4.