Philadelphia, PA – Thanks to two goals from Danny Briere, the Philadelphia Flyers clinched a playoff spot with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
For the 16th time in the past 17 seasons, the Flyers will be participating in the postseason as the team has 96 points and sits in the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, two behind Pittsburgh for fourth and five behind the Rangers for first in the Atlantic Division and first overall in the Eastern Conference.
Kimmo Timonen scored the other goal while Ilya Bryzgalov posted 23 saves and added an assist for the Flyers, who have won five of their last seven games.
Tomas Plekanec scored the lone goal while Peter Budaj gave up all four goals on 33 shots for the Canadiens, who have dropped four of five and sit in last place in the Eastern Conference.
