The Flyers are now just three points back of the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot.
The Flyers were 16-23-6 on Jan. 12 and seemingly had lost hope for a playoff appearance, playing out the string under new general manager Chuck Fletcher and interim coach Scott Gordon., the Flyers reeled off an eight-game winning streak over late January-February to climb out of the NHL cellar and have now won four of five games to inch toward the eighth seed.
The Flyers have 76 points with 13 games remaining and what once was a lost season instead has the team thinking playoffs.Chris Tierney beat Brian Elliott, subbing for the injured Hart, for his eighth goal of the season in the first period in front of a listless crowd.in a scoring frenzy that had Gritty dancing. The Flyers tied it on a bit of a pinball play — Shayne Gostisbehere fired a slapper off Sean Couturier’s knee and the puck pinged off Lindblom’s skate for the quirky goal.
The Flyers are 6-1-1 over their last eight and are as close to a wild-card spot as they’ve been since November, before they fired general manager Ron Hextall and coach Dave Hakstol.
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