Standings Update: The Flyers are now just three points of a Wild Card spot
The Flyers beat the Red Wings 5-3 in Detroit on Saturday night with Owen Tippett’s second hat trick of the season and climbed to within two points of Detroit and three points of the second wild card spot.
They have a game in hand on Columbus. Win that game and they are two back. The Blue Jackets have dropped their last two in regulation. The Flyers are 11-3-1 in their last 15 games. The momentum is pointing in exactly the right direction at exactly the right time. The question remains if they will have enough time to squeak into the playoffs.
Ten games left. Here is how it breaks down.
Tonight: Dallas at home is the hardest game remaining on the schedule. The Stars are 44-18-11 and one of the best teams in the Western Conference.
The Flyers are playing the second night of a back-to-back. Last season this team was 1-10-2 in that situation. This year they are 5-5-1.
That is not a small improvement. You are not walking into this game with dread anymore. You are walking in asking questions and expecting to compete.
March 31 vs Washington is a game the Flyers need to win. The Capitals are sitting at 83 points and fading. That is a winnable home game that can open real separation between Philadelphia and the teams below them.
April 2 and April 9 vs Detroit are the two games that define this entire run. The Red Wings are at 86 points, same as Ottawa, and the Flyers just took one from them in their own building. Win the next two meetings and you take a massive chunk of Detroit’s runway and potentially leapfrog them entirely.
April 5 at Boston is probably a loss you absorb and move on from. The Bruins are a tough out at home. Stealing a point there would be enormous but it is not something you build your projection around.
The rest of the schedule sets up favorably for the Flyers
The Flyers do not need Columbus to fall apart. They just need to win the games they are supposed to win and steal one or two they are not supposed to.
At 2.27 goals allowed per game over the last 15, the goaltending and defensive structure are both there. This is not a team running on luck right now. It is a team that has genuinely changed from the one that started this season.
Three points. A game in hand. Ten games left. The path is clear.
Shoutout Phans of Philly
One more thing worth noting. The Flyers have won eight consecutive road games, tying a franchise record. And for the Phans of Philly crew specifically, the Flyers went 5-0-0 in road takeover trip games this season. Perfect record. The road has been this team’s best friend all year and they are leaning into it at exactly the right moment.
Phans of Philly goes 5-0 on the road with the Flyers this season
The Liberty Line has traveled with Phans of Philly to multiple events on the road and every damn time, they are somehow better than the last.
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