The Flyers have never won a series in franchise history after dropping the first two games on the road.
The only two times they have rebounded from an 0-2 deficit came when they lost two in a row at home to start a series then won four straight: In a 1977 quarterfinal series against Toronto, and in the 2000 Eastern semis against Pittsburgh.
Should Philly go down 0-3, they have no shot to win. Only the 1942 Maple Leafs and 1975 Islanders have pulled off the feat. The Flyers have never even gotten a series to six games after losing three straight to begin a playoff matchup.
On the officiating thus far...
In a preview I wrote for my another website, I listed the NHL's obvious officiating slant towards the Penguins as a positive intangible for the club because they have two of the four top players in the league, and, were called a "model franchise" by commissioner Gary Bettman earlier this week.
It's not your father's or Ed Snider's old fashioned anti-Flyers bias so much as it is a pro-Penguins and pro-Crosby-and-Malkin bent.
Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen sheds some light into the workings so far in today's Inquirer...
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