Flyers' scenarios tonight
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Flyers' scenarios tonight
Wednesday night’s lone Game 7 was a dramatic tease for the Flyers, who are salivating to learn their next opponent for the second round.
Washington’s surprising overtime road win, knocking off the defending Stanley Cup champs in Boston, gave the Flyers two valuable pieces of information:
1. Boston is no longer a possible opponent. (Duh)
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2. The Flyers cannot face the New York Rangers in the second round, even if they beat the Senators in Game 7 on Thursday night.
After breathing a small sigh of relief, not having to face the team they've lost 8 straight games to over the last two seasons until at least the Conference Final, there are still vast possibilities.
Even with one out of three Game 7’s in the books, the Flyers can still face four different opponents in the second round – and the earliest they will know their fate is 11 o’clock on Thursday night.
Only one scenario, in Florida, would require the Flyers to open on the road over the weekend. Amazingly, the Flyers – as a No. 5 seed - would host any of the other three remaining teams.
Here are the scenarios to watch:
If NYR & FLA win – Flyers face Florida (5 vs. 3)
If NYR & NJD win – Flyers face New Jersey (5 vs. 6)
If OTT & FLA win – Flyers face Washington (5 vs. 7)
If OTT & NJD win – Flyers face Ottawa (5 vs. 8)
If both the Devils and Senators win, the Flyers would have home-ice advantage in each of the next two rounds.
For the record, if the two favorites (Rangers -170, Devils -120) are to win, the Flyers would face the Devils in the second round. New Jersey finally broke a five-game losing streak when facing elimination on Tuesday night. Florida is the home underdog for Game 7.
Here are the game times:
Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers – 7:00 p.m. – Madison Square Garden – NBC Sports Network
New Jersey at Florida – 8:30 p.m. – Bank Atlantic Center – NHL Network, joined in-progress on NBC Sports Nework
For the latest updates, follow Frank Seravalli on Twitter: @DNFlyers
So VERY glad to see that Tim Thomas no longer has to worry about a trip to the White House this year.— former Mt.Airy Kid- Well I did have NYR vs NYJ and PHI vs BOS in my second round bracket, guess we'll start over now. I'll take any of the scenarios at this point now. I'm still hoping for a Flyers vs Blues Stanley Cup Final vs our old buddy Hitch.— MDbirdsfan89
- Nice work Frank!— Fabulous
- MDbirdsfan89 - what about a Flyers vs Kings Cup Final against our old buddies Carter and Richards and Justin Williams and Gagne???— macd41144
- We're still in it, we'll take who we get and love it! Just sayin'...— DJ
- Flyers can play with anyone. The Caps could be tough with their focus on defense but can be beat. Bryz needs to improve his play and do it consistently or may not matter who we play.— Ed Cornpropst
Go Ottawa. Go Florida.
Thanks Frank!
Yes, that's right. The "Thanks Frank" get the exclamation point and NOT the "Go (either team)". LOL!- what's up with all these wishy washy comments? bring on any team. right now, the flyers are the best team in the playoffs. no fear.— rbecker1963
- I'm liking Crazy Otto!!!!— bigdaddyG
I want the Devils and Rangers to win. That way we can beat the Devils in round 2, the Rangers in round 3 and then the LA Kings in the finals. Wouldn't that be a dream sequence!- IM WITH YOU RBecker.. you best believe LAVY is working those guys over on the defensive side... Bryz feeds off good defensive help and from the looks of game 6, I think the team finally understands that they must block more shots to be a complete team.. but on the other hand, we just finished playing one of highest scoring teams in NHL.. With the acception of the Blues there is no other offensively prolific team in the playoffs. Im not afraid to play the Rangers because they are going to face a much different young team than before. I truely believe this team can go all the way this year if they stay focused on the defensive side!!— nixman101
- the caps played absolutely smothering team defense last night. if their goalie doesn't give up a few gigantic rebounds, they easily shut out the bruins. i even saw ovechkin backchecking properly, as well as semin and backstrom. they look well coached, focused, and dangerous. my only hope is that the rookie goalie wilts under pressure. he showed some signs of it in the 2nd period last night.— tockeyhockey
- Thanks Caps is right. I didn't want to see the Rangers in the second round. I'll be hoping Ottawa can pull it off but........I got a feelin' those stinkin' Rangers are winning tonight.— Flimbis
- Home ice for the next two rounds sounds pretty amazing. But when, if ever, have the top four seeds from a conference all been knocked out in the same year? Crazy playoffs so far.— jklinger
- 2 years ago. — Penfold18
