Standings Update: One more win and the Flyers will be back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2020

The Flyers are right there. Two home games left, 94 points, third place in the Metropolitan Division, and an 80.5 percent chance of making the playoffs. Win either of the next two games and it is over. The five-year drought ends and the Flyers are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2020.

Carolina is at Xfinity Mobile Arena tonight at 7 PM. Montreal is there Tuesday at 7 PM for the Orange Out. Win one. That is all it takes.

Flyers Standings:

• Metro 1: Hurricanes: 110 pts, clinched
• Metro 2: Penguins: 98 pts, clinched
• Metro 3: Flyers: 94 pts, 80 GP
• WC1: Bruins: 98 pts, clinched
• WC2: Senators: 97 pts, clinched
• Capitals: 93 pts, 81 GP
• Blue Jackets: 92 pts, 81 GP
• Red Wings: 91 pts, 80 GP
• Islanders: 91 pts, 81 GP

The Bruins and Senators have clinched the wild card spots. The Red Wings and Islanders have been eliminated. The only remaining open playoff spot is the Metro third seed and the Flyers hold it with a two-point cushion over the Capitals and three over the Blue Jackets. Both of those teams have played 81 games. The Flyers have played 80. A win tonight clinches it outright. Done. Playoff hockey in Philadelphia.

Flyers Clinch Scenario

Beat Carolina tonight or beat Montreal Tuesday and it is checkmate. The Capitals and Blue Jackets cannot catch them. The Flyers could also clinch with a loser point in overtime across both remaining games but nobody wants to see that and it is not the way this team should punch their ticket. Win the game. Go home.

Tiebreaker Is Bad

If somehow they drop both remaining games get into tiebreaker territory, that’s a bad place to be. Their regulation wins total is 26, which is below the Capitals at 36 and the Blue Jackets at 28. Philly loses the first tiebreaker to both of those teams. This is why winning one of the next two games is not optional. The math gets ugly fast if they need a tiebreaker to decide anything.

First Round Matchup

Win tonight or Tuesday and the Flyers are locked into a first-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nothing better than packing Xfinity Mobile Arena with an Orange Out crowd and watching Philadelphia boo Sidney Crosby in a playoff series. That is exactly how this city wants to get reintroduced to postseason hockey.

Two games. One win. End the drought.

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