Six-game skids collide as Flyers visit Canadiens

The Philadelphia Flyers and Canadiens both take six-game losing skids into Thursday's game in Montreal.

The Flyers (23-43-11, 57 points) dropped their sixth in a row with a 5-2 setback Tuesday against the host Toronto Maple Leafs.

There are only five games left in a lost season for Philadelphia that has also included separate losing streaks of 13 and 10 games.

"There were a lot of positives in the game for me tonight,"