Well, what a game that was. The Flyers wrapped up their sort of road trip tonight in New York, and in a game wild in ways we would not have predicted, they got to play spoiler for the Rangers, picking up a commanding win and pushing them to the very brink of elimination from playoff contention. Let’s get into it.
The Basics
First period: 11:33- Vincent Trocheck (Zibanejad, Quick) SHG
Second period: 9:03- Tyson Foerster (Cates), 16:43- Garnet Hathaway (Poehling) SHG, 18:32- Artemi Panarin (Zibanejad, Vaakanainen)
Third period: 3:05- Travis Sanheim (Cates, Brink), 5:38- Jonny Brodzinski (Vaakanainen, Schneider), 7:01- JT Miller (Zibanejad, Cuylle), 8:01- Jakob Pelletier (Tippett, Poehling), 11:55- Sean Couturier (Michkov, Konecny), 15:33- Tyson Foerster (Sanheim, Seeler), 18:10- Chris Krieder (Zibanejad, Fox), 19:05- Tyson Foerster (Brink, Seeler) EN, 19:48- Owen Tippett (Couturier) EN
SOG: 30 (PHI) – 29 (NYR)
Some Takeaways
Starting with a bang
This game certainly began in exciting fashion, and with what very well could have played out as something of a heat check.