Rather soft slashing call on Philippe Myers less than two minutes in gave the Rangers the first power play of the night. Chris Kreider drew the call and then had a nice chance but was turned away awkwardly by Brian Elliott as the Flyers killed off the remainder.
On the heels of the Flyers generating their first shot on goal after about five minutes, the Rangers would generate the first goal of the evening with Brendan Lemieux of all people hammering one home a little over seven minutes in to make it 1-0. Adam Fox put it on a tee for Lemieux with a pretty cross-crease dish.