The road has been kind to the Flyers this season, which could explain why they feel confident going into Saturday\u2019s almost-must-win game in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
Coming off a 6-3 defeat in Detroit Thursday night, the Flyers have not lost consecutive games away from home since Jan. 28-29 when they fell to Columbus and Boston. Overall, the Flyers are 22-14-4 on the road against just 18-13-8 at Xfinity Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n
The Flyers find themselves one point up on the New York Islanders for the third and final playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division. Each team has three games to play. The Flyers are trying to end a franchise-record-tying five straight seasons out of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Winnipeg is 19-14-6 at home. The Jets remain mathematically alive for a playoff spot in the Western Conference but would need to run the table and get help.<\/p>\n
Following the Jets tussle, the Flyers finish with two home games \u2013 Monday vs. Carolina and Tuesday vs. Montreal.<\/p>\n
Flyers captain Sean Couturier wants his team to get back to what it was doing on the road when it ran off eight straight victories from Feb. 26 to March 28, tying a franchise record.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven a few weeks ago there were teams ahead of us,\u201d he said after Friday\u2019s practice in Winnipeg. \u201cWe still control our destiny. All year long we\u2019ve believed in this group and we still do.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are the kinds of games where teams rely on leadership. Couturier, with alternate captains Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny, will play big roles in three games over a four-day span.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tell games are starting to change, it\u2019s a lot tighter out there,\u201d Couturier said. \u201cScoring chances are harder to get. Less room out there. Every play can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aside from the Detroit loss, the Flyers\u2019 defense has improved greatly over the past month. They\u2019re among the league leaders in fewest goals allowed as well as limiting shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how we want to play,\u201d Couturier said. \u201cWe believe in the way we play. We\u2019ve got to get back to it. On five-on-five we\u2019re a really good team. We have to be a little more disciplined, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing the Flyers have to guard against is any more subpar penalty killing. The PK was off against the Red Wings, surrendering three goals.<\/p>\n
Coach Rick Tocchet indicated corrections have to be made.<\/p>\n
\u201c(We\u2019re) not pressuring hard enough,\u201d he said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get it out a couple times. Those are the killers in the PK. It\u2019s no different when you\u2019re in the playoffs. You lose a game, it\u2019s a war of attrition. You have to be ready for the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n
NOTES >> Trevor Zegras recorded his 66th point of the season against Detroit, a career high. He had 65 while playing for Anaheim in 2022-23. Since March 31, Zegras and rookie Porter Martone are one-two in Flyers\u2019 scoring with seven and six points, respectively. \u2026 Also from the Zegras files: His two goals in the first 3:38 of the win over New Jersey Tuesday night were the second-fastest in team history. The fastest pair was scored by Brian Propp in just 1:58 on Feb. 27, 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The road has been kind to the Flyers this season, which could explain why they feel confident going…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5112],"tags":[1468,5,4,1467,56,5205,43,8487],"class_list":{"0":"post-550000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-flyers","8":"tag-flyers","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","13":"tag-philadelphiaflyers","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-top-stories-lan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116383879621827848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550000","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=550000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}