Flyers put their focus on trying to just get one win

PHILADELPHIA – It hasn’t happened since the 2011 Eastern Conference semifinals but the Flyers are facing the very real possibility of getting swept in a best-of-seven playoff series.
Fifteen years ago, the Flyers failed to win a game against the Boston Bruins and went home with a whimper.
Now the Flyers are in the same situation, having lost the first three games of their series with the powerhouse Carolina Hurricanes. They could be going home as early as Saturday night in Game 4.
Right now, it’s one game at a time and trying to save a little bit of dignity and pride.
The Hurricanes hold a 10-3 edge in goals and the Flyers have to find a way to break through Carolina’s frugal defense.
Christian Dvorak won’t be giving up without a fight. He wasn’t sure he was going to play in this game due to some injury issues but he wound up playing more than 14 minutes, which is just a few minutes short of his usual full load.
“We just can’t worry about anything else than just winning one hockey game,” he said after Thursday night’s 4-1 Game 3 loss at Xfinity Mobile Arena. “You win one. . .we know what we have in this room, we’re not going to quit. Bring our best effort and do what we can Saturday.”
Sean Couturier feels the same way.
“Focus on the next game, one game,” Couturier said. “We’ve got to find a way to get a win. Press on them a little bit and see what happens.”
Jamie Drysdale knows it’s very difficult to think about winning a series when one game hasn’t even been won yet. As Couturier said, just focus on the next game.
“We’ve got nothing to lose,” he said. “We were just in a series (up 3-0 on Pittsburgh) that was just the reverse. Pitt gave us a good run. This team in here won’t go down easy.”
Travis Sanheim isn’t looking at the big picture.
“We’ve got one more chance at this,” he said. “We’re going to put our best forward Saturday. Show up and play. I think just the last couple games, if we can continue the stuff that we did early on and get rewarded for it, get some confidence and feel good about ourselves.”
Coach Rick Tocchet has belief in his players. Things haven’t gone the Flyers’ way so far but his team made huge strides in winning 18 of its last 25 games to make the playoffs so there’s that work ethic to fall back on.
You can be sure at Friday’s practice that accomplishment will be revisited when the Flyers hit the ice at Voorhees, N.J.