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Flyers-Capitals set for 4 p.m. Thursday in Toronto

The Flyers try to take another step to improve their Eastern Conference playoff seeding. They were 3-0-1 against Washington this season.

Jake Voracek and the Flyers already have reached the playoffs. They will try to improve their seeding when they face Alex Ovechkin (left) and the Capitals in a round-robin game at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Toronto.
Jake Voracek and the Flyers already have reached the playoffs. They will try to improve their seeding when they face Alex Ovechkin (left) and the Capitals in a round-robin game at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Toronto.Read moreYong Kim/Staff Photographer
    by Ed Barkowitz
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Nine-to-fivers don’t need to take a full day off on Thursday for the next Flyers game, but they will need to sneak out early.

The NHL announced on Tuesday afternoon that the Thursday’s Flyers-Capitals round-robin game will start at 4 p.m. in Toronto. Game 3 of the Maple Leafs-Blue Jackets qualifying series will follow. Broadcast information is pending.

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If the Rangers stay alive tonight (they are down 2-0 in their best of five series against Carolina), they would play that series’ Game 4 at noon on Thursday.

The Flyers went 3-0-1 this season against the Capitals this season. A win in regulation would guarantee they’d improve on the No. 4 seed they entered this unique format.

» READ MORE: Observations from the Capitals’ loss to Tampa Bay on Monday