The Philadelphia Flyers faced the New York Rangers, trailing 2-0 after the first period and 3-1 after the second. Sean Couturier's late second-period goal brought the Flyers within striking distance. The Rangers won 3-1, with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scoring for the Rangers and Couturier for the Flyers. The Flyers struggled on the power play, going 0 for 2. The Rangers were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play. The Flyers had 1:19 minutes of power play time at the start of the third period. The shots on goal were 23-16 in favor of the Flyers. The Rangers won 21-of-32 faceoffs. The Flyers' effort improved in the latter part of the game, but they allowed too many odd-man rushes in the first half. The game ended with a 3-1 victory for the Rangers.
Flyers and Islanders are still scoreless at second intermission. New York will have 1:58 of a power play to open the third period. Ilya Sorokin is doing what he does. Samuel Ersson has also been very good for Flyers.
Flyers and Islanders are scoreless at first intermission. Ilya Sorokin, who entered 9-2-1 with a 1.63 GAA and .944 SV% lifetime vs. Flyers, made 12 saves in first period.
#Isles Ilya Sorokin (5-3-4, 3.21 GAA, .909 save pct.) and #Flyers Samuel Ersson (3-3-1, 3.22, .862) lead the teams onto the ice for warmups here at UBS Arena. Rematch of Wednesday, when Isles won 3-2.
An eventful first period, and #NYR lead 3-2. Kreider (PPG, SHG) has 2, Bonino has his first, BOS gets two, 22 seconds apart, from Coyle and Geekie. BOS still has 26 seconds left on its PP to start the second. SOG 11-9, Rangers. Rangers have won 21-of-32 FOs (66%).
And now, #NYR take their first penalty. Gustafsson called for hooking Pavel Zacha with 1:34. And Kreider takes advantage - SHG. His second goal of the game, and the Rangers re-take the lead, 3-2.
Flyers' longest losing streak this season is three games. They'll try to avoid matching that tonight when they meet Islanders (8-6-5) at UBS Arena again (7:30 ET/@NBCSPhilly+). Flyers (10-9-1) are expected to see Ilya Sorokin for second time in four days.
Flyers' longest losing steak this season is three games. They'll try to avoid matching that tonight when they meet Islanders (8-6-5) at UBS Arena again (7:30 ET/@NBCSPhilly+). Flyers (10-9-1) are expected to see Ilya Sorokin for second time in four days.
#Isles Semyon Varlamov (2-3-1, 2.18 GAA, .934 save pct.) and #Senators Anton Forsberg (3-3-0, 3.21, .860) lead the teams onto the ice here at Canadian Tire Centre for warmups -First game in six days for Sens after returning from Sweden -Isles have won 2 in a row, 2-0-2 spurt
Flyers fall on Black Friday to the Rangers by a 3-1 final score. The effort was there, but just too many odd-man rushes allowed in the first half of the game, and absolutely nothing from the PP throughout.
3-1 #NYR after two. Miller and PHI's Walker get roughing minors at the end of the period. Two 5-on-5 goals for Mika, Kreider 1, Couturier for PHI. Ranger PK is 3-for-3, but PHI has 1:19 of PP time remaining to start the third. SOG are 23-16, Flyers.
Flyers trail Rangers 3-1 at second intermission. Sean Couturier got one late in second period to get Flyers within striking distance. Flyers will have 1:19 minutes of a power play to open third period.
Flyers do have some life now. Couple strong shifts after that Couturier goal, and now with 41.8 seconds left in the second period, they'll have a PP that will carry over into the third.
Sean Couturier with a deflection goal. Getting something going, 3-1 Rangers now. #NYRvsPHI | #LetsGoFlyers
Flyers get on the board with 2:21 remaining in the second. Looked like Sean Couturier with a tip on a shot from Nick Seeler. #NYR lead is now 3-1.
Flyers on the board. Couturier gets the tip-in. 3-1 #NYR
Flyers finally get on the board, Sean Couturier with the deflection goal. 3-1 Rangers now.
So, #NYR lead 2-0 after one. Mika and Kreider the goals (first 5-on-5 goal for Mika). SOG are 12-7, Flyers. Faceoffs 8-8. Rangers 2-for-2 on PK, 0-for-1 on PP. Goodrow and Cuylle both fought Garnet Hathaway. Cuylle got the instigator and still needs to serve 14 more minutes.
Flyers gathered themselves a bit after that sloppy start, but are still down 2-0 at first intermission. Power play went 0 for 2.
Flyers down 2-0 to the Rangers after 20 minutes. They did mostly stabilize after the first few minutes, but those first few minutes were truly ugly.