It's now official: the No. 5 Philadelphia Flyers will meet the No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Pittsburgh's 5-2 win over the New York Rangers has secured the Pens home-ice.
The series will start in Pittsburgh and potentially head back for Games 5 and 7, if necessary. Likewise, the Wells Fargo Center will go all orange for 3, 4 and -- again, if necessary -- 6.
The fact that absolutely nothing will be on the line makes the teams' season finale this Saturday all the more...honestly, how do you expect that dynamic to play out?
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