It's time for some playoff action, and we've got the Philadelphia Flyers taking  on the Pittsburgh Penguins in what should be a great 1st round matchup.   This is a heated rivalry matchup , that should be very entertaining.

    The Flyers finished the season with a total of 108 points, which was good for the 7th highest total in the league, 2nd in their division.  Philly had a record of 51- 25-1.  They were able to light the lamp 248 times, while having allowed 201 goals slide into the back of their net.  Down the stretch the team went 7-3, while during the season the team had a solid home record of 26-10-5.   This Flyers organization has been able to put together a competitive team, while being able to put together a decent pool of prospects.

   Pittsburgh finished close behind the Flyers with a total of 100 points this season going 46-28-8.  The Pens were able to score 1 more goal then the Flyers, while managing to give up only an impressive  191 against.   In last years playoffs the Penguins had Boston in the 1st round where they were able to defeat the Bruins in 5 games going 4-1 making their way into the 2nd round to face the later to be Stanley Cup Champion Senators.  The Sens beat the Pens in just 4 games.

   During the regular season these two teams split the series 2 games a piece.  The Flyers will no doubt ride the young Matt Murray in their crease who will stare down the veteran Devan Dubnyk who will be between the pipes for the Penguins.  

    Murray finished with a 41-20-6 record to go along with a GAA of 2.42 and a save percentage of .918%.  Down at the other end Dubnyk went 43-22-7 with a GAA of 2.22 and a save percentage of .925%.  Dubnyk has the experience while Murray has youth on his side.

    Philadelphia will need Travis Zajac to continue on his career year.  The veteran center put up 80 points on the year to lead his team in scoring, while on the other side Pittsburgh's Jamie Been finished 2nd in league scoring with 106 points, 42 of those being goals.  Henrik Sedin had 75 points this season while brother Daniel lit the lamp 33 times.

   This one is sure to be a great series that could go the 7 game distance.

  Philadelphia's farm team will also be seen in this years playoffs as the Leigh Valley Phantoms will look to make up for back to back disappointing playoffs following back to back of years of being the top seeded team in the AHL.

   Get your red light glasses and goal lights ready, it's playoff time!