Though a 6-1 home loss to the Washington Capitals was embarrassing enough, the most disappointed member of the Philadelphia Flyers organization may have been longtime PA announcer Lou Nolan.

Related: Flyers' White after fans throw bracelets: 'I'd have done it too'

As fans began littering the ice with commemorative bracelets, Nolan warned the Wells Fargo Center crowd to stop, by pleading:

"Hold those wristbands in your hands, show some class. This is Philly, not somewhere else in the NHL."

Eventually, the Flyers were given a delay of game penalty due to their fans' efforts, and Nolan couldn't help but voice his displeasure with the crowd as he announced the penalty, giving a sarcastic "Way to go!"

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The Los Angeles Kings have life thanks to Tanner Pearson.

The 23-year-old scored the overtime-winner just 3:47 into the extra period Monday. Pearson collected the puck at the Sharks' blue line and walked in, snapping a shot five-hole on San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones to give the Kings a 2-1 victory in Game 3 and cut the Sharks' series lead to 2-1.

The win guarantees the Kings will have a chance at redemption at home in Game 5 after dropping Games 1 and 2 at Staples Center.

The Kings will have the chance to even the series Wednesday.

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Few people were as pumped for Game 3 between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings than Ronnie Lott.

The former San Francisco 49ers great kicked off Monday's contest by getting the crowd fired up and then letting his beloved Sharks out from the dressing room.

The send-off seemed to get the Sharks going as the team would open the scoring just 30 seconds into the contest.

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The Dallas Stars watched as a 2-0 lead evaporated before their eyes Monday.

The club seemingly squandered an opportunity to bring the Minnesota Wild to the brink of elimination, instead watching as the Wild rallied with four straight goals to take a 5-3 victory in one of the worst performances coach Lindy Ruff has seen in some time.

"That's probably as bad as I've seen us play in maybe five weeks," Ruff said, according to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune.

The Stars conceded five goals after allowing just one in the previous two games. It was also the first time in 14 games that the Stars had given five goals in a game.

The team still owns a 2-1 series lead, but Ruff understands that one poor performance can quickly snowball.

"You look at some of the one-on-one battles we lost, you lose enough of those, you're gonna lose the big battle too," said Ruff.

The Stars will look to get things back on track when they continue the series Wednesday.

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Less than five minutes into Game 3, the Minnesota Wild faced two separate 2-0 deficits.

The scenario unfolded after the Dallas Stars - who won the first two games of the series on home ice - jumped out to an early lead in Game 3 thanks to goals off the stick of Patrick Sharp.

It would have been very easy, then, to allow doubt to creep in, as admitted by winger Jason Pominville.

That the Wild did not do, thanks in part to a pair of goals for Pominville.

For Erik Haula, who also recorded a goal, it speaks to the character the roster, or what's left of it in light of injuries to Zach Parise and Thomas Vanek.

Whether the Wild can feed off this momentum or are just delaying the inevitable remains to be seen.

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Amid a disastrous performance from their hometown team, Philadelphia Flyers' fans showered the ice late in the game with commemorative wristbands in an effort to showcase their frustrations.

Related: Simmonds, Ovechkin beg Flyers' fans to stop throwing bracelets

While players and coaches alike pleaded for the fans to stop, Flyers grinder Ryan White had no problem with the display:

The Flyers were given a delay of game penalty for the fans' actions, adding salt in the wound of a 6-1 loss, and a 3-0 series deficit.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Braden Holtby had 31 saves and the Washington Capitals moved one game closer to a sweep in their first-round playoff series with a 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

The Capitals lead a series 3-0 for the first time in franchise history. Game 4 is Wednesday night in Philadelphia.

Ovechkin snapped a tie game with his 38th postseason goal and Holtby made the lead stand with his third straight sensational effort in the series. The Capitals scored five power-play goals, including four in the third period.

Related: Flyers honor Ed Snider with emotional tribute before Game 3

The Flyers lost in their first home game since founder Ed Snider's death last week. Michael Raffl scored 57 seconds into the game and sent a crowd already rocking after an emotional pregame tribute into a frenzy.

But passion alone wasn't enough to fuel the Flyers.

Philadelphia fans showed the wrong kind of spirit late in the game when they tossed wristbands used as part of a pregame lights show on the ice as Washington turned this one into a rout.

Related: Simmonds, Ovechkin plead with Flyers fans to stop throwing bracelets

Flyers public address announcer Lou Nolan urged fans to ''show some class'' during the first wave of band tossing. He later told fans the Flyers would be hit with a penalty if they kept throwing the objects on the ice. Sure enough, the wristbands kept coming, and the Flyers were hit with a bench minor for delay of game. Nolan said, ''way to go,'' and the fans cheered as if they were proud of the penalty.

The Flyers dedicated their postseason run to Snider, who died last week after a two-year battle with cancer.

The Flyers hanged a banner outside the arena with Snider's picture and the caption ''A Flyer Forever.'' His silhouette was inside the Flyers logo for the customary playoff T-shirt giveaway, and some fans left flowers and cards at a makeshift memorial next to the team flag.

''EMS'' - initials for Edward Malcolm Snider - were painted on the ice behind each net.

Lauren Hart, the team's longtime anthem singer, sang ''God Bless America'' with Snider's name and ''67'' on the back of her team jersey. The Flyers' first season was 1967-68. Hart's eyes watered and her hands were shaking throughout her performance.

Raffl knocked in the first shot of the game off Brandon Manning's attempt from the point and a packed arena went wild.

The Flyers had motivation, home ice and a bit of history on their side - Washington had been 0-7 in Game 3s of best-of-seven playoff series when leading 2-0.

But this season's Capitals had the best record in the NHL and thoroughly outplayed the Flyers in the first two games. Once the crowd and the Flyers settled down, the Capitals got going and looked every bit as dominant as they had all season.

Marcus Johansson tied the game at 1-all in the first, beating a beleaguered Steve Mason for his first career postseason goal. Mason was back in net following his Game 2 gaffe that has been replayed on an endless loop in Philly - Jason Chimera's 101-foot tip-in on a play that would have been icing had it not gone on net.

Mason had a pair of easy goals scored against him that hushed the Philly crowd.

Ovechkin bounced over the boards and snapped a long-distance wrist shot from above the circle past Mason. That gave Ovechkin 38 goals and 34 assists to match Dale Hunter for first on Washington's career playoff points list with 72.

Related: Ovechkin claims 1st place on Capitals all-time playoff scoring list

Mason was befuddled again in the third. Justin Williams' shot off the boards settled near Mason, who pawed at the puck and it trickled away. Evgeny Kuznetsov pounced and pounded in the goal for a 3-1 lead on just 18 shots.

John Carlson, Ovechkin and Jay Beagle made it 6-1 with power-play goals in the third. The Capitals have eight in the series.

The Flyers are 0 for 13 in the series.

Claude Giroux, who led the Flyers with 67 points, has none this series.

Notes: Capitals D Brooks Orpik left in the second period with an undisclosed injury. Ryan White hit Orpik into the boards and he went down. Orpik needed help walking to the locker room. ... Washington had never led a series 3-0 in 35 best-of-seven playoff series.

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Things turned ugly in Philadelphia during Game 3.

On a night where the Flyers and their fans paid tribute to late owner Ed Snider, some in the crowd expressed frustration over a slew of penalties called against the home team by throwing commemorative wristbands onto the ice, prompting this announcement:

That pleading failed.

As a last-ditch effort, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin and Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds teamed up, asking fans to knock it off, but to no avail.

The Flyers were assessed a delay of game penalty shortly thereafter.

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