Metro Madness 🤯

01/12/2023

By: Jeff Yoder

Travis Konecny’s Hat Trick Leads Flyers Past Capitals to Tighten Chaotic Metro Race

If the Metropolitan Division wasn’t an absolute dogfight, it is now. The Flyers — ranked 7th of 8 teams in the division — used a hat trick from Travis Konecny to oust the Capitals (5-3) for their second straight win. Scott Laughton also added a goal and two assists for Philly, and the Flyers have won six of their last seven to tighten the screws on the NHL’s most chaotic division. The Metro features seven of eight teams with more than 40 points, and teams 1-7 are separated by just 16 total points (see below). What looked like a narrow six-team sprint has now brought Philly — the hottest team in the division — into the fold by the season’s midway point.

 

Watch: Konecny’s Hat Trick Leads Flyers Past Caps (5-3)

 

Metropolitan Division Race

1. Hurricanes (57 pts)

2. Devils (55 pts)

3. Rangers (53 pts)

4. Capitals (52 pts)

5. Penguins (48 pts)

6. Islanders (47 pts)

7. Flyers (41 pts)

 

Full NHL Standings

 

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