The Philadelphia Flyers will visit the New York Rangers in a game that begins at 7 p.m. ET, which if you have cut the cable you can watch on ESPN+ (plans start at $11.99). Both teams have been playing well.

The breakneck pace of the NHL season has left little downtime and no time to breathe, especially in the jumbled and mushy middle of the Eastern Conference.

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings square off in Eastern Conference action. Philadelphia has a 10-11-1 record at home and a 21-20-6 record overall. The Flyers have a 5 ...

Lengthy point streaks by the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers are helping the Metropolitan rivals ascend in a crowded Eastern Conference playoff race where eight teams are separated by five points.

Looking to build upon their six-game point streak, John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (22-20-6) begin an Empire State back-to-back on Thursday against Peter Laviolette's New York Rangers (23-20-4).

The six players voted to each First Team will be on the ballot for the NHL All Quarter-Century Team that will be chosen via a fan vote that will start in February. Today, the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the Philadelphia Flyers. Players are listed in alphabetical order.

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings square off in Eastern Conference action. Philadelphia has a 10-11-1 record at home and a 21-20-6 record overall. The Flyers have a 5-9-1 record in games they have more penalties than their opponent.

But as a blockbuster trade Friday indicated, the Hurricanes are getting tired of coming up short of the ultimate prize -- and they are willing to do just about anything to hoist the Stanley Cup again.

One of the teams to deny the Rangers a win in the past 10 games is the Avalanche, who rallied for a 3-2 overtime win on Jan. 14 during New York’s successful three-game road trip. Artturi Lehkonen scored the tying goal with 1:13 left In regulation and Devon Toews scored the game-winner 4:23 into overtime.

DeAngelo had six goals and 26 assists in 34 games with the SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL before a mutual termination of his contract earlier this month to allow him to return to North America.

On the first day Josh Harris stepped behind the microphone to celebrate buying the 76ers, he promised fans the new ownership group cared deeply about the distressed franchise and vowed a holding that included Fanatics founder Michael Rubin and rapper Will Smith would return the team to greatness.

The Griffins swept a two-game series against the Manitoba Moose, 2-1, on Saturday at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.