Say this for the Rangers: they’re not going down without fights.
The crowd of 18,006 had hardly settled in Sunday at the Garden before the Rangers and Flyers packed a game’s worth of action into a first period that included six goals and three fights.
“It started off old-time hockey, a lot of fights and a lot of goals,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said after his team lost 7-4.
By the time the horn sounded after 20 minutes, the teams ended right back where they started — tied up — and the Rangers failed to use it as a springboard for the rest of the game, sputtering out late on the second day of a back-to-back.