{"id":507253,"date":"2026-03-17T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/507253\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:14:10","slug":"flyers-gain-in-draft-lottery-rankings-now-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/507253\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Gain in Draft-Lottery Rankings; Now No. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Hextall\u2019s Pittsburgh Penguins helped the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins were jolted by Montreal, 6-4, and the Flyers (59 points) fell below the Canadiens (60) in the overall standings.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers, who dropped a 5-3 decision to Vegas, also benefitted when Arizona (61) scored a 4-3 overtime win over Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>All three results dropped the Flyers to the fifth-worst record in the Great Lottery Race.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, besides the development of the young players, it is one of the most interesting things to watch in the last month of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The lower a team finishes, of course, the better their odds to land generational center Connor Bedard or one of the other outstanding players in the June draft.<\/p>\n<p>Around the NHL and National Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>Draft lottery: Tankathon\u2019s rankings of teams\u2019 chances for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. The Flyers are No. 5. They have an 8.5% chance. Columbus (25.5%), San Jose (13.5%), Chicago (11.5%), and Anaheim (9,5%) are ahead of them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankathon.com\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tankathon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philly Hockey Now: To their credit, the Flyers controlled the third period and got to within 4-3, but it wasn\u2019t enough as they lost to Vegas. <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2023\/03\/14\/philadelphia-flyers-vegas-golden-knights-recap-score-5-3-felix-sandstrom-5-takeaways-travis-sanheim-john-tortorella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philly Hockey Now: Coach John Tortorella isn\u2019t crazy about the idea, but antsy center Sean Couturier wants to play a couple games this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2023\/03\/14\/philadelphia-flyers-sean-couturier-aims-to-play-a-couple-games-this-season-john-tortorella-back-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Penguins self-destructed in a 6-4 defeat to Montreal and lost defensemen Jeff Petry and Jan Rutta to injuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-montreal-canadiens-guentzel-malkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colorado Hockey Now: With Artturi Lehkonen injured, the Avs need someone to step up. Who will it be? <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2023\/03\/14\/who-steps-up-in-the-absence-of-artturi-lehkonen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now: When needed, former Flyers goalie Alex Lyon is ready. He is currently backing up Sergei Bobrovsky, another ex-Flyer. <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/if-the-florida-panthers-need-him-alex-lyon-is-ready\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders Hockey Now: The Isles lost the special teams\u2019 battle and fell to the Los Angeles Kings.<a href=\"https:\/\/nyihockeynow.com\/new-york-islanders-los-angeles-kings-4-2-matt-martin-jean-gabriel-pageau-sorokin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Islanders.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Hockey Now: In the stunner of the night, the Bruins lost to the lowly Blackhawks in Chicago. <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2023\/03\/14\/talking-points-slumping-boston-bruins-fall-in-third-to-chicago\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ron Hextall\u2019s Pittsburgh Penguins helped the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. The Penguins were jolted by Montreal, 6-4,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462],"tags":[59494,1695,2626,26059,5,21,4,465,466,35936,100,5371,39],"class_list":["post-507253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl-draft","tag-5-3","tag-arizona-coyotes","tag-draft-lottery","tag-gain","tag-hockey","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-draft","tag-nhl-entry-draft","tag-philadelphia-flyers-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-score","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116242813287519402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}