The Flyers, a team that was among the NHL’s worst after a 10-game losing streak earlier in the season, punched their ticket into the Stanley Cup playoffs Saturday afternoon at the charged-up Wells Fargo Center.
Captain Claude Giroux scored his first career hat trick and went over the 100-point mark as the Flyers trounced the New York Rangers, 5-0, and earned a playoff berth in their regular-season finale.
“MVP….MVP….MVP,” fans chanted late in the second period after Giroux’s second goal of the game and 33rd of the season, put the Flyers ahead, 4-0.
The chants became louder after Giroux scored on a breakaway to complete his hat trick with 9:49 left in the third.