The Flyers got two straight wins by a combined 12 goals and having outshot their opponents by a margin of 70-42. At the start of February, they had limped into the month banged up, on a run of three straight shutout losses, and losses in seven of their last eight until they salvaged a 3-2 win over the Penguins and finally got a rest.

With 25 games left in the season, the stretch run for the Flyers is more about getting a better idea of what their roster has to offer.

Things started well, powered by rookie Matvei Michkov’s ability to score from the right ... But in the early hours of Jan. 31, the Flyers’ man advantage lost Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee. It came amid a 1-for-12 stretch into the 4 Nations Face-Off ...