The Rangers' Alexandar Georgiev and Pavel Buchnevich celebrate after winning an NHL game against the Flyers on Thursday in Philadelphia. Credit: AP/Matt Slocum
Artemi Panarin was back, and boy, was he a sight for sore eyes for the Rangers.
Panarin, who missed two games with a lower-body injury, returned to the lineup Thursday when the Rangers played their first road game of the month, in Philadelphia, against the Flyers. And Panarin delivered in a big way for the goal-starved Rangers, setting up a goal by defenseman Brendan Smith, and then scoring the winner in the shootout as the Rangers beat the Flyers, 3-2, to snap a four-game losing streak.