 The Capitals won the first three games of the series and were looking for their first sweep in the playoffs of a best-of-seven series in franchise history.However, the Flyers would win the next two games to send the series to a sixth game in Philadelphia; the Capitals nevertheless won that series in six games to advance to the second round of the playoffs.In the second round, they faced the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time since 2009.