Third-period passiveness dooms the Flyers

BOSTON - Despite having to climb past at least three teams to get into the Eastern Conference's final wild-card spot, the Flyers keep saying they control their own destiny.

If that was the case, if they really believed that, they would have gone out and played the third period Saturday with bravado, with the intent of taking two points in their own personal house of horrors, TD Garden.

Instead, they sat back for much of the final 20 minutes and played not to lose.

So even though the way the game ended was downright shocking, it wasn't surprising that the Flyers were on the short end of the final score.

Boston 2, Flyers 1.

Drew Stafford's long lob shot to the net deflected off defenseman Brandon…