Here's some more pre-series buildup:
Ed Snider, the Flyers' patriarch and chairman, made a rare visit to the team's practice facility in Voorhees, N.J. on Monday to congratulate each player for advancing to the conference finals. He wasn't surprised the Flyers have come this far a year after posting the worst record in the NHL because every game down the stretch for the franchise was like a mini Game 7. A mid-season slump briefly knocked the Flyers out of the top eight in the post-season standings and they didn't qualify until the penultimate game of the season.
"We've been in the playoffs now longer than you would normally think because of what we had to go through to get in," Snider said. "Every game was a must-win game toward the end of the season. That's when these guys came together and did it."