The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Philadelphia Flyers for three games in a row beginning Tuesday, and the teams enter the miniseries with differing mindsets.

With two originally scheduled games and one that is a makeup of an earlier postponement, the three games could alter the clubs' lot in the tight East. Approaching the midpoint of the season, the fourth-place Flyers are two points ahead of the Penguins with two games in hand.

Philadelphia is flying fairly high after back-to-back 3-0 shutouts of Buffalo over the weekend, while Pittsburgh is feeling chapped after a lackluster 2-0 loss Sunday on the road against the Islanders.