April 10, 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*	51-22-6	108	.684	79	37	46	7-3-0
M2) Penguins*	41-22-16	98	.620	79	34	38	6-4-0
M3) FLYERS	40-27-12	92	.582	79	25	31	6-4-0
–	–	–	–	–		–	–
WC1) Bruins	43-26-10	96	.608	79	31	39	5-3-2
WC2) Senators	42-27-10	94	.595	79	36	39	6-3-1
–	–	–	–	–		–	–
3) Red Wings	41-29-9	91	.576	79	30	39	3-6-1
4) Islanders	43-31-5	91	.571	79	29	39	4-6-0
5) Blue Jackets	39-28-12	90	.570	79	27	32	2-7-1
6) Capitals	40-30-9	89	.563	79	34	38	6-3-1

*Clinched Playoffs

With whistles and penalties aplenty Thursday night in Detroit, the Flyers fell into a special teams battle and fell behind, losing their last four-point swing game against the Red Wings, 6-3.

The Flyers left Detroit still holding the 3-seed in the Metro and still with control over their playoff destiny if they can bounce back and keep winning, beginning with Saturday in Winnipeg.

However, the Senators also won Thursday night to tighten their grip over the second Wild Card, and the Islanders beat Toronto to stay a point behind the Flyers.

The margin for error is gone.

Flyers' remaining schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
Tue., 4/7	@Devils	W, 5-1
Thu., 4/9	@Red Wings	L, 6-3
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 night's loss to Detroit ensures, at minimum, that Saturday in Winnipeg to face the Jets will be yet another "must-win."

More than likely, all three remaining games for the Flyers will be.

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 updated 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

• Red Wings 6, Flyers 3
• Islanders 5, Maple Leafs 3
• Sabres 5, Blue Jackets 0
• Senators 5, Panthers 1
• Penguins 5, Devils 2

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 40-27-12 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 requires them to win and stay 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