Slumping Flyers Fall To Rangers, 4-1
Philadelphia was 11-4-3 after beating Buffalo on Feb. 28 but have gone 10-15-4 since to fall nearly out of the playoff race under former Rangers coach Alain Vigneault.
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Philadelphia was 11-4-3 after beating Buffalo on Feb. 28 but have gone 10-15-4 since to fall nearly out of the playoff race under former Rangers coach Alain Vigneault.
Jakub Voracek scored the deciding goal for Philadelphia, and Brian Elliott made 33 saves.
Hart stopped 31 shots for his first win in eight starts.
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The Flyers moved within three points of Boston for the final playoff spot in the NHL's East division.
It doesn't get much worse for the Flyers.
At 17-13-4, the Flyers began Tuesday in fifth place in the East standings, a point behind Boston in the race for the division's final playoff spot.
The Flyers scored three times in the third period to overcome a 3-0 deficit.
It wasn't 9-0 but Thursday night wasn't much better as the Flyers were crushed by the Rangers again.
Trying to make a push at jumping back into the playoff race, the Flyers pinned yet another loss on shaky defense and goalie Carter Hart.
Oskar Lindblom scored for the slumping Flyers, who lost for the eighth time in 12 games.
One night earlier, the Flyers were trounced 9-0 by the Rangers at Madison Square Garden — the most lopsided road shutout loss in franchise history.
Brian Elliott started in goal for Philadelphia and allowed five goals on 13 shots before being replaced midway through the second period as the Flyers lost for the third time in four games.
Claude Giroux, Joel Farabee and Ivan Provorov each had a goal and an assist, and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Flyers, who won for the third time in eight games.
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Travis Konecny scored his seventh goal of the season, and Ivan Provorov and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers.
The Flyers rallied from a 3-1 hole to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season.
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The Flyers trailed by three following a 71-second first-period onslaught by Pittsburgh but kept chipping away and finally moving in front on Giroux's easy flip into an open net late in the third.
Philadelphia entered Tuesday's game coming off consecutive shutouts at Buffalo, but a series of defensive lapses helped Pittsburgh gain control in the second period.
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