Oct 1, 2008 - 9:33 PM
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Glen Metropolit also tallied and Biron finished with 19 saves for Philadelphia, which improved to 4-2-0 in the preseason.
Nicklas Backstrom scored his first goal of the preseason and Brent Johnson made 22 saves for Washington, which fell to 4-1-0.
Signed in the offseason to a two-year contract, Metropolit opened the scoring 6:48 into the second period, when he accepted a centering feed from Lupul and wristed a shot past Johnson.
The Flyers doubled their advantage just 2:19 into the third period on the power play.
Defenseman Braydon Coburn fired a cross-ice pass to Steve Eminger, and the former Capitals blue-liner faked a shot before dishing to Lupul in the right faceoff circle. The 25-year-old Lupul quickly wristed a shot past Johnson for his third goal of the preseason.
Backstrom halved the deficit with 5:41 remaining as his sharp-angle shot caromed off Biron's pads and into the net.
From the Bleachers
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WASHINGTON: 1
PHILADELPHIA: 2
Final
Oct 1 9:24 PM -
NHL
WASHINGTON 1
PHILADELPHIA 2
3RD PRD: WAS - NICKLAS BACKSTROM 1 (UNASSISTED) 14:19
Oct 1 9:16 PM -
NHL
WASHINGTON 0
PHILADELPHIA 2
3RD PRD: PHI - (PP) JOFFREY LUPUL 3 (STEVE EMINGER, BRAYDON COBURN)
2:19
Oct 1 8:57 PM -
WASHINGTON: 0
PHILADELPHIA: 1
End of 2nd
Oct 1 8:35 PM -
NHL
WASHINGTON 0
PHILADELPHIA 1
2ND PRD: PHI - GLEN METROPOLIT 1 (JOFFREY LUPUL) 6:49
Oct 1 8:11 PM -
WASHINGTON: 0
PHILADELPHIA: 0
End of 1st
Oct 1 7:43 PM
