Flyers' closeness, resiliency lead to playoffs: 'We believed right from the start'

PHILADELPHIA — What set the table for the Philadelphia Flyers’ remarkable late-season surge to a Stanley Cup playoff berth? Rewind to four weeks ago, when, two days after a home shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets left them six points behind a team they were almost certainly going to have to catch, the Flyers boarded a cross-country flight.Advertisement