Here are 10 reasons the Flyers were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs:
1. Special teams’ failure
Before the series, much was made about the Penguins’ best-in-the NHL power play (26.2 percent success rate) and how it figured to exploit the Flyers’ weak penalty kill (29th in the league). Well, the Pens did go 5 for 25 (20 percent) in the series, but the Flyers’ biggest downfall was their own power play, which was an awful 2 for 21 (9.5 percent) and failed to click on a four-on-three that could have tied Game 6 midway through the third period.