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The Philadelphia Flyers Enhance Their Hold On A Playoff Spot

03/29/2018 at 8:57am EDT

from Sam Carchidi of Philly.com,

In perhaps their grittiest win of the season, the Flyers gained some much-needed breathing room in the playoff race Wednesday night, but they lost goalie Michal Neuvirth to another injury.

Neuvirth was outstanding in his first game in more than five weeks before suffering an injury in the second period of the Flyers’ 2-1 win over desperate Colorado at the Pepsi Center.

Claude Giroux and Ivan Provorov scored goals, and Petr Mrazek stopped 17-of-17 shots in relief as the Flyers completed a 1-0-2 road trip.

The Flyers, who started the night as the conference’s top wild-card team, moved into a tie in points with the second-place Penguins in the Metro. Pittsburgh has played one fewer game.

They also climbed seven points ahead of Florida, which lost in Toronto, 4-3, and has three games in hand on the Flyers. Florida is trying to inch into the second and final wild-card spot.

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