Video guys get key assists as Capitals win

Abig boost from the video guys and bigger shots by Evgeny Kuznetsov got the Capitals back on the winning track.

Kuznetsov scored two goals, Braden Holtby made 33 saves and Washington beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie also scored for the NHL-leading Capitals, who snapped a two-game losing streak. The Flyers had a pair of goals overturned.

“The video guys did a great job,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. “Nobody saw the interference on the first one, but they did.”

Philadelphia’s Jakub Voracek scored 23 seconds into the game, Trotz challenged the goal and it was overturned because Dale Weise interfered with Holtby by pushing his shoulder.

“They started off better, but we got lucky there with the challenge,” Oshie said.

Brayden Schenn had the lone goal for the struggling Flyers, who are 2-5 in their last seven games. Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 shots for Philadelphia.

“It’s very frustrating,” Flyers captain Claude Giroux said. “We had a lot of opportunities. We have a big challenge ahead of us, but this team has not backed down from that.”

“We lost two in a row and that’s something we don’t like, so it was important for our confidence and our whole team that we get a win and, hopefully, we can build off this,” Backstrom said.