The playoff shirts are here.

Porter Martone and the Flyers need no explanation. The belief is enough. Porter Martone keeps rising to the occasion, Owen Tippett keeps figuring out his best hockey, and the Flyers keep showing that they're a better team than the Penguins.

Porter Martone is a star.

Owen Tippett is a force.

And the Flyers just keep showing themselves to be the better team.

That might just be explanation enough to take care of the Penguins.

Belief can handle the rest.
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Flyers shut out Penguins in Game 2, bringing playoff series back to Philly with commanding 2-0 lead The Flyers are coming home for Game 3 holding all the cards, and with Philly, after years of waiting, ready to make all the noise.

The Flyers shut out the Pens, 3-0.

They're going home up, 2-0.

The next part has been a long time coming.

See you Wednesday night, Philadelphia.
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Sean Couturier bought in to a more physical role. Now it's set the tone for the Flyers' playoff run. Sean Couturier isn't an offensive star anymore, but the captain can still bring the Flyers some tough defense, and staple a guy into the boards, too.

You gotta be skilled and smart in the playoffs, but you gotta be just as tough, too.

Sean Couturier crushed a guy into the boards, and that set the tone for the Flyers to take Game 1.

The captain has a newfound physicality, and it's a difference-maker.
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Flyers showed up 'ready to fight' in playoffs, down Penguins in Game 1 The Flyers skated hard, suppressed a veteran and high-powered Penguins offense, and took Game 1, 3-2, with the style of play that has already carried them this far.

During an ESPN segment, PK Subban asked Trevor Zegras what the world was going to learn about the Flyers after Game 1.

"We're ready to fight, man," Zegras replied.

Then they went out and fought. They won, and now they lead, 1-0.

Here come the Flyers.
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Five things to watch as the puck drops on Flyers-Penguins playoff series Trevor Zegras, Matvei Michkov and a lot of young Flyers will finally arrive to the big stage, and will likely re-ignite a rivalry that's been dormant for quite a long time.

Almost time.

Here are five things to watch for the series before Game 1 gets going tonight:
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Porter Martone grew up a Flyers fan. Now he's leading their charge into the playoffs. Getting ready to be in a Flyers-Penguins playoff series would've been "very surreal" for a younger Porter Martone. It would've been a dream. Now it's the 19-year-old's reality.

A younger Porter Martone, who grew up a fan of the Giroux-Simmonds era Flyers, could only ever dream of battling the Pens in the playoffs.

Now, it's his reality.

On Martone and the Flyers' charge back into the postseason:
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The playoff backdrop is here. It's real.

It's Philly's turn to embrace the Flyers Travis Konecny saw how Philly rallied behind the other teams in their playoff runs over the years. He always wanted to see the Flyers be a part of it. Now, finally, it's their turn.

Travis Konecny saw the Super Bowls, the Phillies postseason runs, and the Sixers playoff breakouts.

He always wanted to see the Flyers be a part of it, and he knew it could happen this year.

Now, finally, it's their turn.
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Quick check of SeatGeek...

A Sixers play-in ticket tonight is going for $28.

The cheapest nosebleed for Flyers Game 3 right now is at $285.

Incredible.

The Flyers' future might be much closer than you'd think The Flyers let the kids play in the regular season finale, and they beat the Canadiens, signaling that there's still so much more to come.

On Monday, the Flyers clinched.

On Tuesday, they showed what's next.

Part of the future is already here, and the rest of it might be much closer than you'd realize.

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To be continued...

For the Flyers' veterans, the playoff return 'means everything' Sean Couturier, Nick Seeler, and the Flyers have been through a lot on a long and brutal road back to the playoffs.

There are a lot of young Flyers who will be going to the playoffs for the first time later this week.

It's an unknown world for them.

But for the vets who do know, it's been a long and brutal road back.

And actually seeing it again means everything.
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The rebuilding Flyers always heard the playoff stories. Now they can write their own. For years, this era of the Flyers could only ever hear about how great playoff hockey in Philadelphia can be. Now, finally, they can see it for themselves.

At a certain point, all that was left were the stories.

Owen Tippett's heard them for years now, of how great playoff hockey in Philly can be.

Now he can see it for himself, and after so long, the Flyers, finally, can start to write a new story.

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The Flyers made it: Philly clinches playoff spot with shootout win over Hurricanes It took everything the Flyers had, and of course, one more shootout. But finally, this team has taken the leap back into the playoffs.

They made it, in the most Philadelphia Flyers way possible.

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It's time.

Win and in: The Flyers are ready for the playoff leap The Flyers need just one more win to go to the playoffs ahead of Monday's matchup with Carolina. It's a moment that they might, finally, be ready for.

The Flyers have everything they need now.

The playoffs are just one win away.

They're ready for this.
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Matt Cord wanted to 'go out on top.' After a 28-year run as Sixers' public address announcer, he is doing just that. Matt Cord spoke with PhillyVoice about the end of his tenure with the Sixers ahead of his final regular-season game as public address announcer.

NEW: Tonight marks the final regular-season game of a legendary 28-year career.

Talked to Sixers PA announcer Matt Cord about his upcoming retirement, the reaction to his announcement, his favorite calls and so much more.

“Wow, I kind of mattered to this job."

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The state of the race as of Friday morning:
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The Flyers couldn't figure out Detroit again.

They're still in the playoff driver's seat, but they have three games left that are all gonna be "must-wins" now.

"So go out there and play the best three games of our year," Porter Martone said.

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And where everything stands in the race heading into tonight:
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The Flyers haven't won four in a row in a long time, but now sure would be the best time to finally do it.

On the playoff stakes, Martone, Coots, Michkov, and Philly's belief ahead of another big game tonight in Detroit:
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The most important names are leading the Flyers' late-season rally Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerster each scored twice in another big win, while Owen Tippett, Porter Martone, and Matvei Michkov helped set everything up. In the playoff push, the new core is clicking.

It's how, and it's who.

The Flyers won big again over the Devils. Zegras and Foerster each scored twice, and Tippett, Martone, and Michkov helped to set everything up.

The playoff push is happening, and it's because the new core is emerging.
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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.

Flyers playoff chase tracker (updated daily):
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