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After taking Washington to the brink in overtime, the Orange and Black are looking to rebound against the Sabres, a team just two points behind them in the standings. The Flyers are three points out of the final wildcard spot as play begins on Tuesday night.

In this late winter matchup, just four words are needed to describe the powder keg that exploded late in the third period. Flyers. Senators. Fight Club.

While the result was not the desired one, the Flyers did demonstrate that they still have a fighting chance in the playoff race is the effort displayed on Saturday is reciprocated for the rest of the road trip and beyond. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Capitals.

On Saturday night, great goaltending for both the Flyers and Capitals helped keep the score tight the entire way through. Special teams proved to be the difference, as the Capitals scored on an overtime power play to get a 2-1 win at Verizon Center.

Just 10 days ago, the Flyers and Washington Capitals met in Philadelphia. Little has changed since then. Two wins in a row, even if scoring has remained hard to come by, is still a start. But the Capitals are the class of the NHL at the moment, and very difficult to contain. The opening face-off is set for 7:30 p.m. from Washington.

While the result wasn’t perfect, stringing together wins is the only way for the Flyers to have even the slightest chance of making the playoffs. Two in a row is a start. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Panthers.

2016 first-round pick German Rubtsov signed an entry-level contract with the Flyers on Thursday, GM Ron Hextall announced.

A busy afternoon for GM Ron Hextall didn’t go according to the drawing board of Flyers fans. But what Hextall did is focus on the short term, positioning the Flyers to add and build in the upcoming offseason and beyond.

As expected, the Flyers moved one of their pending free-agent defenseman, sending Mark Streit to Tampa Bay. for a fourth and seventh-round pick and forward Valtteri Filppula. The Flyers also re-signed goalie Michal Neuvirth and forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to two-year deals earlier in the day. GM Ron Hextall explained the moves shortly after the deadline expired.

Michael Raffl left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and did not return. GM Ron Hextall announced that Raffl will be out 6-to-8 weeks, essentially the remainder of the regular season.

The Flyers and goalie Michal Neuvirth have agreed to a two-year extension worth $5 million. In addition the Flyers also re-signed forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a two-year, $2.9 million deal.

The Flyers have several players who are pending free agents at the end of the season and all of them are viable trade candidates. Here is a look at the five most likely Flyers to be moved on Wednesday.

A 4-0 win over the lowly Avalanche showed that the Flyers aren’t the lowest of the low in the NHL this season. That said, a win like this is only worth two points in the standings, leaving the Flyers with a lot more work to do if they want to make a playoff run, as unlikely as it is.

On the eve of the NHL trade deadline, the Philadelphia Flyers were in need of a victory against the league’s worst team to keep their playoff hopes within reason. However faint those hopes may be, the Flyers kept their slim chances alive with a 4-0 thumping of the Colorado Avalanche.

With the trade deadline less than 24 hours away after the Flyers and Colorado Avalanche face off, both teams could look significantly different following the deadline. The opening face-off is set for 7 p.m.

As the playoffs start to draw closer for the minor leagues, both the Flyers AHL and ECHL affiliates took hits with unsuccessful weekends. Meanwhile, some of the junior prospects continue to show promise.

Flyers defenseman Brandon Manning was suspended for two games for a hit to the head on Pittsburgh forward Jake Guentzel in Saturday night’s Stadium Series loss.

The Flyers are not trending upward like they were at this time last season. They are also running out of time, with 21 games to go, the trade deadline just two days away and the Eastern Conference being as competitive as ever with five teams within four points of each other and three points of a playoff spot. The Flyers are not one of those teams. At this point, it seems inevitable that the Flyers will not make the playoffs. And that may be for the better.

In the inaugural season for the Philadelphia Flyers, the roster was full of NHL veterans selected from the 1967 NHL expansion draft. One of those would be the first Flyer to reach the 20-goal plateau wearing the Orange and Black, Leon Rochefort.

Even though it seemed like the Flyers had the game for the taking at times if they could manage an equalizer, it just was one of those games, like Wednesday’s, that just wasn’t meant to be. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Penguins.

Ahead of Saturday night’s festivities in Pittsburgh, here’s a look back at the two previous outdoor games for the Flyers and things to focus on in Saturday night’s game.

Typically Flyers GM Ron Hextall is tight-lipped about his plans regarding any potential roster moves, but there was more transparency in Hextall’s remarks on Friday.

The trade deadline is Wednesday. The Flyers have only two games remaining prior to that March 1 deadline. GM Ron Hextall will have to make up his mind with only two more opportunities for the team to show him if they could be a playoff team or if he should look to unload pending free agents or other players if the right opportunity arises.

Wednesday’s Flyers loss to the Capitals was brought to you by the word frustration. That was the common word being thrown around after another loss slipped the Flyers farther back in the playoff race. After a big win on Sunday kept their dwindling playoff hopes alive, a loss to the superior Washington Capitals looked like the beginning of the end. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Capitals.

The Capitals snapped a brief two-game losing streak while the Flyers fell farther in the playoff race, losing to Washington on Wednesday, 3-1, at Wells Fargo Center.

Fans may have to wait a little longer for the Flyers-Penguins Stadium Series game, at least if Mother Nature gets in the way of things. The forecast in Pittsburgh this weekend calls for warmer temperatures approaching 70 degrees and rain on Saturday.

Much like last season, the Washington Capitals are taking a competitive Eastern Conference by storm, leading the way with 85 points in the standings. The Flyers have their work cut out for them heading into this matchup, as they look to keep fighting for a playoff spot as the season’s final 20 games rapidly approach.

With the Flyers schedule now featuring longer breaks between games, there was more time to speculate on the Flyers situation heading into next week’s trade deadline. Yes, the NHL Trade Deadline is just one week away from today. So what do the Flyers do?

As February starts to wind down, the race for the playoffs in the minor leagues and juniors is starting to heat up. Here is the latest look at how the Flyers prospects are faring in their respective leagues.