April 09, 2026

Flyers rooting guide: A look at everything they need, and face, in the playoff chase

The Flyers are fighting to bring playoff hockey back to Philly. Here's a full look at their path to it.

By Nick Tricome
PhillyVoice Staff

Kyle Ross/Imagn Images

Porter Martone and the Flyers hope to leave Alex DeBrincat and the Detroit Red Wings behind in the final stretch of the playoff race.

The Philadelphia Flyers are trying to chase down their first playoff spot in six years, and all with a city that's tuning back in and rallying behind them again after a young and emerging roster broke out into a stretch of great hockey.

But the regular-season schedule is dwindling down quickly, several other competing teams on the bubble are scratching and clawing after one of the last spots, too, and none of them – the Flyers included – are close to safe yet.

As the Flyers try to make that last push into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, here's a guide on the standings, the remaining schedule, where and when to scoreboard watch, and the team's overall odds to make it into the postseason.

Bookmark this post, as it will be updated daily with the latest.

Current Standings

Here are the Metropolitan Division standings, along with the Eastern Conference Wild Card race, as of Thursday morning:

Rk) Team	W-L-OTL	PTS	P%	GP	RW	ROW	L10
M1) Hurricanes	50-22-6	106	.679	78	36	45	7-3-0
M2) Penguins	40-22-16	96	.615	78	33	37	6-4-0
M3) FLYERS	40-26-12	92	.590	78	25	31	7-3-0
–	–	–	–	–		–	–
WC1) Bruins	43-26-10	96	.608	79	31	39	5-3-2
WC2) Senators	41-27-10	92	.590	78	35	38	6-3-1
–	–	–	–	–		–	–
3) Blue Jackets	39-27-12	90	.577	78	27	32	3-6-1
4) Red Wings	40-29-9	89	.571	78	29	38	3-6-1
5) Islanders	42-31-5	89	.571	78	28	38	3-7-0
6) Capitals	40-30-9	89	.563	79	34	38	6-3-1

Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerster scored twice each to send the Flyers coasting to a 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on the road Tuesday night, helping the team to keep a hold of the 3-seed in the Metro. Philly has 92 points in the standings.

The Islanders will remain idle until Thursday, but the Blue Jackets did take a shootout win over the Red Wings to stay right behind the Flyers at 90 points, and on Wednesday, the Capitals shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-0, to stay alive for maybe just a day longer.

The Senators also beat the Lightning, 6-2, to get a stronger grip on the second Wild Card spot with 92 points themselves.

Flyers' remaining schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
Tue., 4/7	@Devils	W, 5-1
Thu., 4/9	@Red Wings	7:00 p.m.
Sat., 4/11	@Jets	7:00 p.m.
Mon., 4/13	Hurricanes	7:00 p.m.
Tues., 4/14	Canadiens	7:00 p.m.

*All times ET

Thursday's game against the Red Wings represents the last meeting between the two for the season, and one last major four-point swing in the race.

The Flyers beat the Red Wings in Detroit, 5-3, on March 28.

The Red Wings followed up last Thursday, April 2, with a 4-2 win in Philly.

The Flyers have won three straight since, and are 7-3-0 in their last 10.

Detroit lost its next two in regulation and then fell in the shootout Tuesday night to Columbus, and has gone 3-6-1 in its last 10, trying to fight off the looming fear of yet another late-season collapse for the club.

Scoreboard watching

Here are the games to keep an eye on day by day in the East playoff race as it concerns the Flyers, with results getting update as the schedule proceeds:

Tuesday

• Flyers 5, Devils 1
• Senators 6, Lightning 2
• Blue Jackets 4, Red Wings 3 (SO)
• Hurricanes 6, Bruins 5 (OT)

Wednesday

• Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 0

Thursday

• Flyers at Red Wings, 7:00 p.m.
• Maple Leafs at Islanders, 6:45 p.m.
• Blue Jackets at Sabres, 7:00 p.m.
• Panthers at Senators, 7:00 p.m.
• Penguins at Devils, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday

• Flyers at Jets, 7:00 p.m.
• Lightning at Bruins, 12:30 p.m.
• Senators at Islanders, 1:00 p.m.
• Capitals at Penguins, 3:00 p.m.
• Devils at Red Wings, 5:00 p.m.
• Blue Jackets at Canadiens, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday

• Penguins at Capitals, 3:00 p.m.
• Canadiens at Islanders, 6:00 p.m.
• Bruins at Blue Jackets, 6:00 p.m.
• Senators at Devils, 7:00 p.m.

Monday

• Hurricanes at Flyers, 7:00 p.m.
• Red Wings at Lightning, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, 4/14

• Canadiens at Flyers, 7:00 p.m.
• Devils at Bruins, 7:00 p.m.
• Hurricanes at Islanders, 7:00 p.m.
• Capitals at Blue Jackets, 7:00 p.m.
• Penguins at Blues, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 4/15

• Red Wings at Panthers, 7:00 p.m.
• Maple Leafs at Senators, 7:30 p.m.

What tiebreakers do the Flyers have?

In short, not many, if at all.

If the Flyers get caught in a tiebreaker scenario with any of the other teams in the running, the immediate decider will come down to regulation wins, which puts the Flyers, who went into overtime and the shootout a lot this season, at a disadvantage.

Of the Flyers' current 40-26-12 record, 25 of those wins were done in regulation, and 31 of them before the shootout.

Everyone else in the race right now has at least 27 regulation wins and 32 before the shootout.

See the "RW" column for regulation wins and the "ROW" column for wins before the shootout in the standings table above for reference. You can also read the NHL's full list of playoff tiebreaker scenarios HERE.

At the end of the day, the Flyers' path into the playoffs will require them to just keep winning and staying ahead in points total.

*Note: The original breakdown of the Flyers' potential tiebreakers was incorrect and has been updated accordingly. Apologies. That one's on me – Nick