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The Philadelphia Flyers are one of the NHL’s franchises who are currently strapped for cash, but also in desperate need of roster improvement.
The Philadelphia Flyers shocked all of Pennsylvania when they defeated their interstate rival Pittsburgh Penguins to avoid the season series sweep.
The Flyers, thanks in part to two goals from van Riemsdyk, avoided a series sweep against Montreal and broke their six-game losing streak in a 6-3 victory.
In the third and final meeting between these two teams, the Montreal Canadiens will host the Philadelphia Flyers at the Bell Centre.
The Flyers will face an Auston Matthews-less Toronto Maple Leafs as they look to break out of their current five game losing streak.
In the final game of the season series, it was the Buffalo Sabres who swept all three games as they defeated the Flyers in back to back nights.
After a loss in Buffalo on Saturday evening, the Flyers are right back at it against the Sabres on Easter Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center.
With six players out due to the injuries, the severely undermanned Flyers couldn't sustain much against a superior New York Rangers squad.
With six players out due to injury, the Flyers will have a lot more youth in their lineup as they welcome in the New York Rangers.
As the Flyers have often done this season, they could not hold an early lead and eventually fell 5-3 to the Anaheim Ducks.