(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly)
By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Two games remain on the Flyers season as the final weekend begins.
It will start for the Orange and Black on Saturday afternoon against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have locked up their playoff spot in third place in the Metropolitan Division.
The opening face-off is set for 12:30 p.m.
| Flyers Leaders | GP | G | A | P | Blue Jackets Leaders | GP | G | A | P |
| Jake Voracek | 80 | 19 | 41 | 60 | Cam Atkinson | 80 | 34 | 27 | 61 |
| Claude Giroux | 80 | 14 | 43 | 57 | Alexander Wennberg | 79 | 13 | 45 | 58 |
| Brayden Schenn | 80 | 25 | 29 | 54 | Brandon Saad | 80 | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 80 | 30 | 22 | 52 | Nick Foligno | 77 | 26 | 24 | 50 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 80 | 12 | 30 | 42 | Sam Gagner | 79 | 18 | 31 | 49 |
| Player to Watch | |
| 10 Brayden Schenn | Brandon Saad |
| Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, +4 | Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, +3 |
| Goalie Matchup | |
| 35 Steve Mason | 72 Sergei Bobrovsky |
| 25-21-8, 2.67 GAA, .908 SV% | 41-16-5, 2.02 GAA, .933 SV% |
Three days after missing the game completely and two days after serving as backup while dealing with an illness, Steve Mason turned in a strong game on Tuesday, allowing one goal on 27 shots in a 1-0 overtime loss to the Devils. Mason is back between the pipes on Saturday afternoon.
Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start the front end of the back-to-back to close Columbus' regular season. Bobrovsky has surged in the second half of the season to become a favorite in the Vezina race this season. Of course, Flyers fans don't need to be reminded that the Russian was once wearing the Orange and Black.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Scratches: Mike Vecchione, Nick Cousins
Injuries: Michal Neuvirth (upper-body injury, day-to-day), Radko Gudas (upper-body injury, day-to-day), Michael Raffl (lower-body injury, out 6-8 weeks), Matt Read (upper-body injury, out 6-8 weeks)
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 11 Travis Konecny | 28 Claude Giroux | 93 Jake Voracek |
| 40 Jordan Weal | 51 Valtteri Filppula | 17 Wayne Simmonds |
| 22 Dale Weise | 14 Sean Couturier | 10 Brayden Schenn |
| 76 Chris VandeVelde | 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 13 Roman Lyubimov |
| Defense | ||
| 9 Ivan Provorov | 47 Andrew MacDonald | |
| 23 Brandon Manning | 53 Shayne Gostisbehere | |
| 15 Michael Del Zotto | 55 Nick Schultz | |
| Goalie | ||
| 35 Steve Mason |
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (T-13th, 10th at home), Blue Jackets (12th, T-11th on road)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-19th, T-10th on road), Blue Jackets (10th, 13th on road)
- Recent History vs. Blue Jackets
- March 25, 2017 - The Flyers were shut out by the Blue Jackets, 1-0, in Columbus. After a scoreless first period, Alexander Wennberg finally broke the ice with a goal at 13:11 to give Columbus the lead. Sergei Bobrovsky made the goal stand up, stopping all 36 Flyers shots in the shutout win, including 12 in the final period. Michal Neuvirth had a strong game, making 20 saves on 21 shots.
- March 13, 2017 – The Flyers fell to the Blue Jackets, 5-3, at home. Columbus opened up a 2-0 lead in the first with goals by Sam Gagner and Cam Atkinson separated by one minute. Travis Konecny got the Flyers on the board at 14:10 of the first to cut the lead to one. A power-play goal by Brayden Schenn and a second goal from Konecny gave the Flyers the lead at 11:03 of the second, but was quickly answered by a goal from Zach Werenski to tie the game at three just over three minutes later. Brandon Dubinsky's power-play goal at 8:46 of the third proved to be the game-winner, as Atkinson iced the game with an empty-netter in the final seconds to seal the win.
- Jan. 8, 2017 - The Flyers fell to the Blue Jackets, 2-1, in overtime in Columbus. Columbus took the lead in the second on a goal by David Savard at 7:08. That goal held up until the final minute of regulation, when Brayden Schenn scored to tie the game with 16.5 seconds left to force overtime. But in overtime, Columbus claimed the win as Nick Foligno at 2:33. Steve Mason made 23 saves in the loss.
- Milestone Watch
- Claude Giroux needs two goals to move into 15th all-time in Flyers history. Giroux also needs two assists to move into fourth all-time in Flyers history, and six assists to reach 400 for his career.
- Wayne Simmonds needs four points to reach 400 in his career and five assists to reach 200 in his career.
- With one more win, Steve Mason will reach 200 for his career.
Where to Watch
TV: CSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
