Claude Giroux

On a rain-soaked night, Claude Giroux marked a special occasion with his 800th NHL game, only the third Flyer to reach that mark in franchise history. He celebrated by capping off one of the Flyers most dramatic wins.

For the Flyers, this would be a great spot to announce their presence as a team that should content down the road.

The Flyers handled the struggling Ducks with four first-period goals and never looked back, picking up their 10th win in the last 12 games to keep the line moving.

In the end, the Flyers streak ends at eight, and they are left to regroup and find a way to get right back to the win column, because it is too crucial for their season not to.

Having won eight straight games already, the next six offer the Flyers a solid chance to continue to carve into the deficit for the final wildcard spot.

For all of the reasons that the Flyers have struggled this season, one area that has really been a primary reason for their lack of success has been an ongoing slump for the power play.

The Flyers did not have a good recent road trip by any stretch and they brought their poor play home with them in another loss to the Hurricanes.

A clean slate for the orange and black rings in a new era for the team, one where they can hopefully move on from the identity of inconsistency.

The night belonged to Carter Hart.

If you saw that Sean Couturier was out of the Flyers lineup and the Flyers fell behind 2-0 in the first 10 minutes of Saturday's game to the Sabres and wrote them off, you probably wouldn't be alone.