WASHINGTON — Connor McMichael scored twice in a 3:12 span in the second period, and the Washington Capitals held off the Philadelphia Flyers for their fifth straight win, 6-3 at Capital One Arena on Wednesday.

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists, and Alex Ovechkin scored for the Capitals (5-1-0), who also defeated the Flyers 4-1 in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Rasmus Sandin and Dylan McIlrath each had two assists, and Logan Thompson made 26 saves for Washington, which led 4-0 in the second.

Matvei Michkov and Owen Tippett each had a goal and an assist, and Jamie Drysdale had two assists for the Flyers (1-5-1), who have lost six straight. Ivan Fedotov made 19 saves.

Michkov cut it to 4-3 at 6:36 of the third period, scoring on a wrist shot through traffic from the center point on a 4-on-3 power play.

Dubois scored into an empty net at 17:48 to make it 5-3, and Ovechkin also scored an empty-net goal at 18:50 for the 6-3 final.

Taylor Raddysh gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead at 4:50 of the first period when he redirected McIlrath’s shot from the right point past Fedotov.

Nic Dowd made it 2-0 at 2:49 of the second, receiving a pass from Sandin and scoring with a wrist shot from the slot.

McMichael extended it to 3-0 at 4:04, lifting a backhand shot over Fedotov’s left pad on a breakaway set up by Dubois.

McMichael pushed it to 4-0 at 7:16 on a redirection of Trevor van Riemsdyk’s shot.

Travis Konecny made it 4-1 at 12:04 on the power play when he lifted a shot over Thompson’s left shoulder from below the right circle.

Tippett cut it to 4-2 at 16:16, going five-hole with a wrist shot from the left circle.