The Flyers have won five straight games, and with that they have vaulted back into the NHL playoff conversation, and entering action this evening they sit in that final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
It’ll take another win this evening against the chasing Florida Panthers to keep pace.
These teams have faced off once this season, a 3-1 win for the Flyers in South Florida on November 22. Steve Mason — the NHL’s first star of the week who will again start tonight for the Flyers, his fifth straight -- made 28 saves in that win.