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Philadelphia Flyers' Steve Mason in action during an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars, Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo | Matt Slocum)

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PHILADELPHIA — Flyers goalie Steve Mason didn't yell or curse or even raise his voice.

He didn't need to do any of that to shred his teammates for a performance that sunk the dying Flyers deeper into their grave.

"I'm embarrassed," Mason said following a 2-1 Flyers loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. "I hope everybody else is embarrassed, too, because we had an effort like that at home where you have situations where we have to come up big and we come up empty like that. We have to be a lot better."

Mason threw his darts after easily being the best player on the ice with a 37-save night that included enough great ones that this could have been a 7-1 blowout for Dallas, which broke a 1-1 tie with a 6:10 remaining on a goal by Vernon Fiddler.

"I don't know what to say" Mason said. "There's no desperation. It's ah ... it's tough to come into the room after games like that where we needed a much better effort. It just wasn't there."

The Flyers scored first 1:13 into the game on a shot from the point by Luke Schenn that went in and they were up 11-4 in shots in the first 10:11 of the game. In the final 49:49, they were outshot 35-15.

"We have to improve in a lot of areas," Mason said. "Right where we're at right now, we're not cutting it obviously. We're not in the playoff picture and we gotta be a lot better."

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Mason was candid talking to reporters in the Flyers dressing room, but he says he had no plans to deliver his message to teammates.

"No," he said. "It's a team game. I have to take care of my end. That's all I really focus on. Everybody else has their own jobs and they have to worry about theirs as well."

The Flyers, 15 seconds away from getting to within two points of a playoff spot last Saturday, now are nine points out with 14 to play. The Boston Bruins, who hold the final wild card spot in the East, also has two games in hand.

Mason knows the Flyers are as good as dead, yet it was just last Thursday they were sky high after beating the St. Louis, a Western Conference power. The Flyers played well Saturday in Boston before blowing their last lead and losing in overtime, but since have lost to two other teams not holding playoff spots, the Devils and Stars.

"We've had the inconsistency all year and that's what costs us," Mason said. "Tonight again it cost us. We had a pretty decent first period, and then our second and third periods they were the better team."

The Flyers' season, baring a prolonged hot streak and a lot of help, will end after they play the Ottawa Senators at Wells Fargo Center in their regular-season finale on April 11.

After that, management inevitably will look to make changes in an attempt to fix what's broken.

"The summer roster ... things always happen," Mason said. "We'll see what happens."

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