A few weeks ago, the Eastern Conference Playoff race seemed as crowded as possible. Only a handful of points separated teams in the last few spots from those at the bottom of the conference.

I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for old school hockey players like Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Laughton. You know what I’m talking about. The kind of player who will take two punches to ...

Rookie Maxim Tsyplakov faced the Flyers for the first time – and vice versa – since being suspended three games for a high hit on Ryan Poehling.