What do the Philadelphia Flyers need to make the playoffs?

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Long shot Playoff Probability

The Philadelphia Flyers are currently in the 0–10% band to make the 2026-27 NHL playoffs. Get the exact live probability, rooting guide, and push alerts when the race moves in the Clinch app.

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What do the Philadelphia Flyers need to make the playoffs?

The Philadelphia Flyers are 3-7-4 (10 pts) through 14 games this season. They sit 8th in the Metropolitan Division, 12 points back of the leader. Most recently, they lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 at home on Oct 27. The Columbus Blue Jackets (5-5-0) and Pittsburgh Penguins (5-6-1) are the closest Metropolitan Division comparisons. They're 3-5-2 in their last 10. Next three: at the Washington Capitals Oct 28, home against the Utah Mammoth Nov 1, and home against the Minnesota Wild Nov 3. Joseph Woll leads the crease with 7 starts, the team owns a .902 save percentage, and their team goals-against average is 3.08. Clinch recalculates Flyers' postseason path after every final and identifies which Metropolitan Division and wider race results help. Their number has trended down this week.

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Philadelphia Flyers race dossier

Recent results and the next puck drops

Next on the ice

These are the next scheduled matchups currently attached to the Flyers race.

  • Oct 28visits Washington Capitals
  • Nov 1hosts Utah Mammoth
  • Nov 3hosts Minnesota Wild
Live race snapshotFlyers
Record3-7-4 (10 pts)
StreakOT1
Last 103-5-2
Metropolitan8th · 12 GB
Goal diff-19
Home · Away2-3-3 · 1-4-1
Playoff odds0–10%
Win division0–10%
Win Stanley Cup0–10%
7-day momentum NHL · Flyers
Flyers playoff odds — last 8 daily snapshots Trend line showing daily model-projected playoff probability. Exact numbers available in the Clinch app.
Sparkline of Flyers daily playoff probability over the last 8 days.
Last 8 days−5 pts
7-day range10–30%

Flyers playoff odds are trending down over the last week. Clinch Pro shows the full-season journey chart and pushes an alert when the race shifts.

Tonight's rooting board

Root for these results to help the Flyers

2 games
  1. NJD at COL
    COL regulation win
    If it happens small bump
    NJD loss (reg) → +0.2%
  2. TOR at SEA
    SEA regulation win
    If it happens small bump
    Either outcome → +0.1%

The Clinch app pushes an alert the moment any of these games finishes so you don't have to check.

The model-implied playoff line

A concrete benchmark based on projected final totals across the conference.

Projected cut line95 pointsPosition 8
Flyers projection81 points-14.0 vs line
Current total10 points70 games left
To reach projected line85 points61% of available points
What this means

Reaching roughly 95 points would put Flyers around the model's current final qualifying position. The actual clinching requirement can move with rival results and tiebreakers.

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This is a projected race benchmark, not an official magic number. Clinching rules, head-to-head results, and the remaining schedule can move the final line.

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