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Lupul leads Flyers past Capitals

Oct 2, 2008 - 1:33 AM PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Joffrey Lupul had a goal and an assist and Martin Biron won for the fourth time in as many preseason games as the Philadelphia Flyers recorded a 2-1 triumph Wednesday over the Washington Capitals in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup.

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.