PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- When you have two teams among the worst in their respective leagues, and a third hitting the re-set button with a new coach and retread general manager, a playoff race is like finding water in a desert.

We need it. And that's what the Philadelphia Flyers are providing sports fans across the Delaware.

On Tuesday night, the Flyers will host the Red Wings at 7:30 p.m in the team's most critical game of the year. Here are eight reasons why we should be Flyer'd up for tonight's game.

• It's a potentially post-season relevant sporting event in Philadelphia.

• It's the Red Wings. And they're annoying.
  • They have made the playoffs for 24 straight years, the longest current streak of post-season appearances in North American pro sports.

• The standings:
  • No. 7 - Penguins: 68 games, 80 points
  • No. 8 - Red Wings: 69 games, 79 points
  • No. 9 - Flyers: 67 games, 76 points

• Shayne Gostisbehere, the No. 1 current attraction in Philadelphia sports.

• The Red Wings have an outstanding rookie, as well. His name? Dylan Larkin. Larkin, a 19-year-old center, has 20 goals and 20 assists in 67 games.

• Flyers' first-year coach Dave Hakstol continues an impressive season.

• Claude Giroux, impressive and quietly, continues to be an under-appreciated sport star in Philly. He now has 57 points (18 G, 39 A) in 64 games, t-19th in the NHL. That's just 12 points behind Penguins center Sidney Crosby, who has played three more games and is 5th in the NHL in scoring.

• What the heck else do we have to get excited about?
  • The Phillies are at the forefront of a rebuild amid Spring Training
  • The 76ers aren't relevant until the draft lottery
  • And the Eagles are in the middle of another tumultuous offseason