The Flyers finally got their offensive plays working in an epic showdown at the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. There were some highs and lows thro0ughout this performance, but their perseverance really paid off which led to them taking a 5-4 win in overtime with a thriller Jakub Voracek goal.
Just 3:47 in to the opening period, the Flyers had an electrifying offensive possession where James van Reimsdyk gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with a sweet backhand shot to beat Keith Kinkaid.
A few minutes later, the Flyers Ivan Provorov had a great wrist shot to the right edge of the net (assisted by Sean Couturier) to put the Flyers on top 2-0.
Unfortunately, Flyers Nolan Patrick went down with under seven minutes left to go when he got twisted with a defender and had to go to the bench and took some time off the ice, but he did return.
Minutes later Flyers Joel Farabee went down after trying to defend a shot that was trying to go past him. It ended up getting him in the inside part of the ankle and he had to limp back to the bench. He returned later in the game.
The Flyers dominated the first period, but the Rangers took control of the second period by scoring three straight goals.
Artemi Panarin had a beautiful one timer goal off a great pass from Ryan Strome. It was a wicked slap shot that beat Carter Hart to the right side. Panarin couldn’t balance himself through the shot and he landed on his stomach.
A few minutes later, the Rangers got another goal when Colin Blackwell shot a one timer slap shot from an Artemi Panarin pass to tie the game at two.
15:16 into the third period, the Rangers went up 3-2 as speedy Julien Gauthier blew by Flyers Shayne Gostisbehere and walked in and beat Carter Hart.
With less than two minutes left in the period, the Flyers Joel Farabee let go a spectacular slap shot that hit the top left hand corner of the goal and tied the game up going into the third period.
The Rangers jumped on the Flyers quickly in the third period as they got a goal by Kevin Rooney. Rooney took a pass in the left face off circle from Brendon Lemieux and ripped in it into the net to give the Rangers the lead.
Captain Claude Giroux caught a high stick and his nose was bloodied, so the Flyers went to the Power Play for four minutes. Giroux capitalized on the ensuing power play by sitting at the back door and knocking in a pass from Voracek and the games was tied.
The game went to overtime and Carter Hart kept the games tied with a number of strong saves. Near the end of overtime, the Flyers Jakub Voracek stole a weak pass from Rangers goalie Keith Kincaid and came in on a breakaway. Vorachek was at the end of a 1 minute and 51 second shift, but was able to deke around Kincade and flip the puck into the net for a 5-4 Flyer win.
Fortunately, the Flyers are now 13-9-3 on the season after tonight’s spectacular 5-4 win at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers, “I’ve got to make some more saves,” Carter Hart said following the game. Well, the defense has to play better too.
NEXT UP: The Flyers are back to business in a re-match against the 11-12-3 Rangers on Wednesday night. Puck drop will be at 7:30 PM EST on NBCSN and NBC Sports Philadelphia.
