Before the NHL goes on its Olympic break, the Flyers are trying to win consecutive games for the first time in a month.<\/p>\n
Rick Tocchet’s club hosts the Senators on Thursday (7 p.m. ET\/NBCSP). Then, as the league participates in the Olympics for the first time since 2014, the Flyers will go 19 days without a game.<\/p>\n
At the halfway mark of the season a month ago, the Flyers were in playoff position, taking over third place after dominating the Ducks, 5-2<\/a>. That was the last time the Flyers won consecutive games. Prior to beating the Capitals, 4-2, Tuesday night<\/a>, the Flyers had dropped 11 of their last 13 games (2-8-3).<\/p>\n Flyers at the Olympics:<\/p>\n Rick Tocchet (Team Canada assistant), Travis Sanheim (Team Canada), Dan Vladar (Team Czechia) and Rasmus Ristolainen (Team Finland).<\/p>\n Rodrigo Abols (Team Latvia) will miss Olympics because of injury. pic.twitter.com\/S4AID5VN78<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n “A little bit of a rocky patch that we’ve hit lately,” general manager Danny Briere said before the win over Washington. “I know it has upset a lot of people, but it’s just the reality of a team growing.<\/p>\n “Earlier in the season, when we were fighting for one of the top positions in the division, we realized that was probably a little ahead of schedule, probably getting better results that were warranted at the time. What has happened now, the way we’ve been playing lately and what’s happening, I also know that it’s not as bad as the way we’ve been playing. So we’re somewhere in between all of that.”<\/p>\n The Flyers are 25-20-10 entering Thursday and in sixth place of a tight Metropolitan Division<\/a>. They’re seven points back of the third-place Islanders and have played two fewer games. They didn’t come into the season with a playoffs-or-bust mindset. In October, Tocchet talked about “maximizing the player”<\/a> as an expectation.<\/p>\n The Flyers’ head coach was asked Thursday morning if he ever keeps an eye on the standings or if he’s more of a game-to-game guy.<\/p>\n “A little more day to day, trying to stack good days,” Tocchet said. “For our team, there’s a lot of stuff \u2014 off-ice stuff, game stuff, stacking good days together, that’s how you kind of grow as a group, so I’ve been looking at that. But, sure, you look at the standings.”<\/p>\n Tocchet noted how it’s not all bad for the Flyers right now. He mentioned that they’re one point back of the two-time defending champion Panthers and four back of Connor McDavid’s Oilers. He also highlighted the young Sharks, who the Flyers are ahead of by two points.<\/p>\n “We’re a couple of points away from Edmonton and Florida; like, everything’s not a disaster,” Tocchet said. “Everybody’s saying San Jose, how great they’re doing; I think we have the same amount of points. There are a lot of positives here that we’ve got to start to build on and I think that’s the approach we’re trying to do.”<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t