Now this is what we are talking about...

Jeff Carter notched the game-winner as Philadelphia used a three-goal third-period burst to take down Washington, 4-2, at Verizon Center.

Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell and Arron Asham also lit the lamp for the Flyers, who have won four of their last five games.

Antero Niittymaki was stellar between the pipes, making 33 saves.

Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin picked up a goal each for the Capitals, who had won four of five coming in.

Jose Theodore made 33 stops but faltered over the final 20 minutes to take the loss.

Early in the third, Theodore made a spectacular short-handed save on Mike Knuble, as the veteran winger had all the time he needed to lift a shot into an open net but was foiled by the Caps' netminder's stacked pads.

The Flyers kept digging, however, and Hartnell tied the game with 10:49 left in regulation, hitting the top-right corner of the net from the left wing after Joffrey Lupul hit him in stride with a perfect drop pass.

Carter put the Flyers ahead with 9:24 left in the contest, taking a loose puck off a Lupul shot from the right side of the crease and slipping the disc under the crossbar. In the process, he snapped a five-game goal drought, the longest stretch without a score this season.

Asham then made a move around two Caps defensemen and a great cut in front of Theodore to beat him with 7:30 to play and Philly was up by two.

Niittymaki was strong down the stretch and the Flyers emerged with the key road victory.

On the power play, Backstrom converted an Ovechkin feed for a 1-0 Caps lead 1:48 into the contest. The advantage grew to a pair of goals 4:19 into the second period as Ovechkin converted a turnover by Carter and unloaded a one- timer.

Giroux brought Philly within one, one-timing a Mike Richards feed for a 5-on-3 score at 9:22 of the second.

Game Notes

Carter's goal was his 35th of the season, tying him with Zach Parise of New Jersey for second-most in the NHL. Ovechkin leads with 44...Washington has won seven of the last 11 meetings, but Philadelphia has taken two of three this season...Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen missed the game with the flu, the latest player to be struck down by the bug which has troubled the team for a month...The clubs meet one final time this season, in Philadelphia, on March 12.