As reported Saturday, the Flyers begin the playoffs Wednesday night at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

The Flyers, the fifth seeded team in the East, visit the fourth-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 1 of the first-round series Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised locally by Comcast SportsNet. Game 2 of the series is Friday night at Consol, again a 7:30 start.

After that, the Penguins visit for Game 3 Sunday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center in a 3 o'clock start, televised on NBC-10. Because of a scheduled Sixers game there Tuesday, Game 4 will be held Wednesday at 7:30, shown on Comcast SportsNet.

If necessary, Game 5 will be Friday nignt at 7:30 at Consol Energy Center, and Game 6 would be Sunday, April 22 back in Philly at a time to be determined. If it gets to a seventh inning, the game would be Tuesday, April 24, at a time to be determined back in Pittsburgh.

Limited tickets for the first two home games of the series are available.

-- ROB PARENT