The Philadelphia Flyers handled their business over the weekend, sweeping a home-and-home series with the Pittsburgh Penguins to move into second place in the Metropolitan Division.
The victories gave the Flyers some breathing room in the chase for a playoff spot in the East, pushing them three points ahead of the ninth-place Washington Capitals, who have played two more games than the Flyers.
Yet there's a chance those victories against the Metropolitan-leading Penguins by a combined 8-3 score will be the beginning of the end, the final happy moments for the Flyers, who are about to embark on a 10-game stretch that could leave them watching from home when the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin.
It's important to realize the Flyers didn't so much sweep the Penguins as they did sweep Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and a collection of hockey players who are better suited for the AHL or the press box as healthy scratches. The Penguins were without James Neal, Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang, Pascal Dupuis and Paul Martin, leaving them at something far less than full strength.
Any wins are always welcome, but these wi ...
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