After another painful loss to the Boston Bruins in Sunday’s Lake Tahoe game, the Flyers returned home to look for a win against the rival Rangers. With Captain Claude Giroux returning from the COVID list and a struggling team in town, Philly looked to get things back on track and break the “curse” of the reverse-retro uniforms. What happened in the game, what were the overarching themes, and who did all the scoring? Read on to find out.
First Period
The Flyers kicked off the game with a bang with a wide-open Ivan Provorov one-timer that went wide of the net, closely followed by a Shayne Gostisbehere chance from in close.