Both the Flyers and New York Rangers entered Thursday's game on points streaks. Something was going to have to give for one side. Unfortunately for the Flyers, the Rangers' Vezina-winning goalie was on point once again.

An early goal for the Flyers was all they could manage as the Rangers eventually took control of the game in a 6-1 loss on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.


The Flyers got on the board right away at 1:25. A 3-on-1 resulted in a centering pass from Travis Konecny that deflected off the skate of Owen Tippett and in for his 14th of the season to make it 1-0.

The Rangers pulled even at the nine-minute mark of the period. Braden Schneider's centering pass deflected off the stick of Egor Zamula and in to make it 1-1 on his third of the season. Just 1:24 later, the Rangers had the lead again on another deflected. Ryan Lindgren's point shot was deflected by Adam Edstrom to make it 2-1 at 10:24.

Through 20 minutes, shots were 15-11 Rangers.

The Rangers added to the lead at 4:44 of the second. A prolonged shift in the offensive zone eventually allowed K'Andre Miller to get the puck in the high slot and fire a shot past Sam Ersson to make it 3-1 on his third of the season.

The Flyers out-shot the Rangers, 17-8, in the second, but Igor Shesterkin turned aside all of them to keep the two-goal margin. Through two periods, shots were 28-23 Flyers.

The Rangers added to the lead further at 5:15 of the third. It was Filip Chytil getting a deflection this time, scoring his 11th goal of the season to make it 4-1.

Adam Fox iced the game into an empty net with a shorthanded goal at 16:53. Reilly Smith added a power-play goal at 18:15 to cap the scoring.

Shesterkin finished with 33 saves on 34 shots in the win. Ersson made 31 saves on 36 shots in the loss.

Miller, Fox, and Chytil each had a goal and an assist for the Rangers.

The Flyers are right back in action on Friday night, taking on the New York Islanders at 7:30 p.m.


Box Score

123T
Flyers1001
Rangers2136

Scoring Summary

1st Period

  • PHI Owen Tippett (14) (Travis Konecny, Morgan Frost) 1:25
  • NYR Braden Schneider (3) (Arthur Kaliyev, Reilly Smith) 9:00
  • NYR Adam Edstrom (5) (Ryan Lindgren, Adam Fox) 10:24

2nd Period

  • NYR K'Andre Miller (3) (Will Borgen, Artemi Panarin) 4:44

3rd Period

  • NYR Filip Chytil (11) (Urho Vaakanainen, Miller) 5:15
  • NYR Fox (3) SH-EN (Unassisted) 16:53
  • NYR Smith (10) PP (Alexis Lafreniere, Chytil) 18:15

Game Statistics

FlyersRangers
Shots3437
Power Play0/31/2
Hits1212
Faceoff %47.4%52.6%
Giveaways814
Takeaways06
Blocked Shots1618
Penalty Minutes46

Kevin Durso is Flyers insider for 97.3 ESPN. Follow him on social media @Kevin_Durso.

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