The Flyers, trying to make up ground in the wild-card race, will be fortunate to play in Montreal on Friday night and not face standout goalie Carey Price.
Again.
This is the third time the Flyers are meeting the Canadiens, all without Price, the league's reigning MVP. He got off to a 10-2 start this season with a 2.06 goals-against average and .934 save percentage.
When Price went down with a suspected knee injury in late November, the Canadiens were 17-4-2.
Since then, they are 10-23-2.
The Flyers entered Thursday four points out of a playoff spot and two points ahead of Montreal.