While the Flyers haven’t been eliminated from playoff contention just yet, they are inching closer and closer.
And Tuesday’s clunker at home against Montreal did a boatload of damage. The Flyers never got rolling and always seemed a step behind in the 3-1 loss that dropped them to a full six points behind Columbus for the second and final wild card spot. Carolina occupies the first wild card spot, but has a three point cushion on the Blue Jackets with a game in hand. That figures to leave the final wild card spot for either the Blue Jackets, Canadiens, or Flyers.