The Philadelphia Flyers extended their season, or rather Michal Neuvirth extended it for them with an incredible, improbable win over the Washington Capitals. Despite just about every stat going against them, the Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 2-0, cutting the series deficit to 3-2.

The Flyers will now get another game in Philadelphia and a chance to force Game 7 after many probably wrote them off after an absolutely dreadful performance in Game 3. The biggest change the Flyers made to their lineup was inserting Neuvirth, who is now 2-0 in the series.

Neuvirth, as you may know, started his career in the Capitals organization. He was drafted in the second round by Washington in 2006 and played parts of six seasons with the team, becoming the starter in 2010-11. He never managed to lock down the No. 1 job, though, and is now on his fourth team since 2013-14.

The 28-year-old Czech netminder saw some solid action in Philly this year and often played extremely well. Had he not been injured late in the season, he may have had a shot at being the postseason starter following his .924 save percentage in 32 appearances. Steve Mason carried the team to the playoffs in Neuvirth's extended absence, though, and deservedly got the starts in Games 1, 2 and 3. However, perhaps fatigued from the heavy workload to end the season, Mason wasn’t as sharp.

That opened the door for Neuvirth to make his first playoff starts since he was with the Capitals in 2010-11. Now he just beat his old team with a historic postseason performance.

Here are five crazy stats from Philadelphia’s improbable win…

Michal Neuvirth was on his game Friday night. (USATSI)
Michal Neuvirth was on his game Friday night. (USATSI)

1. The Flyers’ -33 shot differential was the largest negative margin in a regulation win in 20 years

The Flyers earned the win despite being outshot 44-11, a staggering differential of minus-33

Going through hockey-reference.com’s Play Index which tracks shot stats going back to the 1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the last time a team had a minus-33 shot differential and won a game in regulation, the original Winnipeg Jets were still in the league.

Jets 1.0 beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on April 26, 1996 in their final postseason before relocating and becoming the Phoenix (now Arizona) Coyotes. Winnipeg was out-shot 52 to 19 in that game, also a minus-33 shot differential.

There were no other games where a team won in regulation with a larger negative shot margin on Hockey Reference’s database. There was an overtime game that the Colorado Avalanche ended up winning 1-0 with a minus-34 shot differential as Craig Anderson stopped all 51 shots he saw against the San Jose Sharks in the 2010 playoffs.

This has happened to the Capitals in recent years, however. If you were on social media at all during the game, you probably saw Jaroslav Halak’s name thrown around a lot. Then with the Montreal Canadiens, Halak stole a series from the Capitals in 2010 with a performance not unlike Neuvirth's.

In Game 6 of that first-round series, Halak helped the Habs win a game in which they were out-shot 54-22. Halak then made 41 saves in a Game 7 win to end the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Capitals' season.

That was a series the Capitals also led 3-1 at one point.

2. Neuvirth and the Flyers set a few franchise records in this win

Michal Neuvirth set Flyers records for saves in a playoff shutout with the 44 stops he made Friday night. That also marked the franchise record for saves in a regulation win. In an organization that has such greats of the game like Bernie Parent and Ron Hextall in their past, that is quite a feat for Neuvirth.

The Flyers, meanwhile, set a less impressive record. The 11 shots on goal that they managed to put on net represented the lowest total the team has accrued in a single game ever. Not just playoffs. Any NHL game in the franchise’s history. And they won.

Both stats via NHL Communications

3. The last team to win a playoff game with 11 shots or fewer? The Washington Capitals

With their miniscule 11 shots on goal, the Flyers became the first team since the 1998 Washington Capitals to win a game with a total that low.

The only other team that had fewer shots in a regulation victory appears to be the 1990 New Jersey Devils, who had 10 shots in a 2-1 playoff win over... the Washington Capitals. (via hockey-reference.com) Seriously, how does this keep happening to the Caps?

4. The Capitals’ possession advantage in this game was comical

As you already know, the Flyers only had 11 shots on goal in the game. They had 27 attempts in total. Only 17 of those 27 came at 5-on-5, though.

The Capitals attempted a staggering 82 shots in this game, 63 of which came at even strength. Washington’s Corsi for percentage was a remarkable 78.7 percent. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, this visual should help. Say hello to the Grand Canyon of shot-attempt differentials:

You control the puck like that and typically, you're going to win. Not this time because hockey is beautiful and unpredictable and weird sometimes. 

5. The Washington Capitals hadn’t lost back-to-back regulation games all year

For the first time in 2015-16, the Washington Capitals have lost back-to-back games in regulation. It’s a pretty remarkable feat and a sign of their dominance this season, but they picked a pretty bad time for that to happen.

The good news is that they lost three games in a row only one time all year. That came during their late-season lull after they already clinched the Presidents’ Trophy. They lost one in regulation and two in overtime earlier this month as they coasted to the end of the season.

The Flyers were probably lucky to come away with a win in Game 5, but it’s probably going to take something gargantuan to beat the Caps in three straight. That said, if Neuvirth keeps this up, we’ve seen it happen to Washington before.

What a remarkably weird result on such a big stage.