As for why the line has had success, Kyrou said, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say. I think mostly just time. Practicing together, kind of getting to know each other\u2019s little habits on the ice. Where each guy likes to go and reading off that. You just learn that over time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sean Couturier<\/a> and Matvei Michkov<\/a> scored for the Flyers (3-8-4), who have lost three straight (0-2-1) and were playing the second of back-to-back games, having lost 4-3 in overtime to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. Joseph Woll<\/a>\u00a0made 25 saves.<\/p>\n \u201cAt times this year, we’re soft, I would say,\u201d said Couturier, the Philadelphia captain. \u201cNot hard on battles and lose battles easily. It\u2019s one thing to make mistakes and not win a battle, but if you’re in there trying hard and stuff, that’s different. But, yeah, we definitely need to pick up our physicality. It goes into competing as well, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n Tuch gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead 1:50 into the first period, snapping the rebound of a St. Ivany shot past Woll from between the circles. St. Ivany, a defenseman, was making his Washington debut after he was claimed off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we kind of took it to them the first five, 10 minutes,\u201d Kyrou said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we wanted to do and we just kind of kept the ball rolling after that.\u201d<\/p>\n