It was extinguished Friday We all remember that last year, the injuries worked out. Simon Gagne made it back in time. Jeff Carter made it back in time. This year, the Flyers stars are leaving the ice. There's no Pronger, no Carter, no hope. It was extinguished Friday. The Flyers returned from a loss in Game 4 in which they came so close to scoring but were denied at every turn, again, by Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller. Game 5 was in their building. The stakes, already high, were raised with Sabres Coach Lindy Ruff's calling the Flyers "whiners" afterward. There was no way around it. Philadelphia had to win.(From philadelphia flyers jerseys ) It really was a great comeback. James van Riemsdyk, Andrej Meszaros and Danny Briere scored consecutive goals to breathe life back into a lifeless game.But ultimately, it doesn't matter. It's still a loss, and it hurts as much as a 9-0 slaughtering would have. There's too much for the Flyers to do. They have to hope they don't run into red-hot, Olympic Ryan Miller 2.0 either one of those games. They have to hope the goalie that has two shutouts on them in five games doesn't catch fire one of those two matchups. It's not happening. The Flyers had two windows. They had Game 4, in which a win would have buried Buffalo 3-1, and they had Game 5, in which a win would have given them series control. They blew them both. The Flyers could make it back to the Wells Fargo Center (after all, they won in Buffalo in Game 3), but they won't make it out. There are a maximum of two games left in Philadelphia's season. Enjoy it while you can. Whatever the Flyers choose to work on in the offseason, they had better decide fast.