By now they’ve become more than just some early season numbers. The Flyers’ heavily criticized – and justifiably so – power play has exceeded the expectations of even the most starry-eyed follower this season.

You know the ugly ranks in the past: 32nd, 32nd, 32nd, 30th. That’s where the Philadelphia man-advantage has finished over the last four seasons.

But 13 games into the current campaign, the numbers jump off the page: 14th in the NHL on the power play at 20.9 percent heading into Thursday night’s game at Nashville.

The Flyers have six power-play goals in their last six games, including a pair in Tuesday night’s come-from-behind win over the Canadiens.

After Wednesday afternoon’s practice at the Bell Centre in Montreal, coach Rick Tocchet took his usual matter-of-fact approach to t

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