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In 2019-2020, the Philadelphia Flyers had a lot of working parts that were firing on all cylinders during the regular season. Securing a spot in the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs had a lot to do with the work of the Flyers defense and goaltending. Ivan Provorov is a top twenty defenseman, and that Carter Hart is a top ten goaltender, but Philadelphia’s defense success is not exclusive to those two. As a team, the Flyers had a top ten defense in 2019-2020.