Some how the Fly Guys remain in the field despite winning just three of their last 10 games.
The up-and-down Flyers season could end this weekend, unless they pick up two points against the New York Rangers.
With a spot in the playoffs on the line, the Atlantic Division rivals are set to face off in a home-and-away series that starts Friday night in Madison Square Garden.
The Flyers are hoping to get into the Eastern Conference playoffs and possibly out of a first-round match up with Alex Oveckhin’s Capitals.
They are hoping for at least a seventh or eighth seed and possibly even the sixth seed -- with some help from other teams and a couple wins.
All the Flyers need to do to get in is to tie both games in regulation or win just one of the two games.
They could get a needed boost if top-scorer Jeff Carter is able to play in either game. Carter was cleared to practice earlier this week and could play Friday, according to the Flyers.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins, who went on to win the Stanley Cup, eliminated the Flyers last year in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
