The Flyers are expecting to see an angry team when they take the ice. "I think they'll probably be [upset]," goaltender Steve Mason said after Philadelphia's optional morning skate. "We're going to have to be ready for the start. They're the type of team that when they're on, they're tough to beat. We have to make sure we're the team dictating the play." The Flyers have lost four straight (0-3-1) and have one win in seven games (1-4-2) since their 10-game winning streak ended at the Dallas Stars on Dec. 17. However coach Dave Hakstol said he saw positive signs in their past two games, a 2-0 loss at the San Jose Sharks on Friday and a 4-3 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday, when they had 55 shots on goal. "The San Jose game, while maybe it wasn't all that apparent, the effort and the compete level and the energy level came back to where we had been previously," Hakstol said. "Whereas the few games, the game before the break [4-0 loss at New Jersey Devils on Dec. 22] and the game in St. Louis [6-3 loss Dec. 28], we just didn't have a real complete effort in terms of our compete level. I would say more so if you start looking at some of the little things, the indicators were there in the San Jose game more than the Anaheim game."
