Back on Oct. 23, the Flyers were 0-3-3 and 10 points behind the torrid 6-2-1 New York Rangers in the Atlantic Division standings. Since then the Flyers have gone 21-7-5 and now stand alone in first place in the division as they enter Tuesday night’s game in Washington, the final stop on their six-game road trip. “It’s been a long hill to climb, and it doesn’t get any easier to try and stay there,” Flyers coach John Stevens said.

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