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    Let`s Go Rangers!

    .....Let`s Go Rangers!


    Rangers lead series...........1-0



    Brad Richards and Derek Stepan scored power-play goals 47 seconds apart in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 4-1 in the playoff opener on Thursday night to stretch their home-winning streak over the rival Flyers to nine games.

    The teams were locked in a 1-1 tie when Jason Akeson - playing in just his third career NHL game - was given a double high-sticking penalty for clipping Rangers forward Carl Hagelin with 7:35 remaining.

    New York quickly took advantage.

    Richards gave the Rangers their first lead of the night when a rebound of Martin St. Louis' shot came to him, and he fired it in from the right circle, punctuating the moment with an emphatic fist pump at 8:22.

    Richards and St. Louis hooked up again to help set up Stepan's insurance goal. New York worked the puck around the Philadelphia end, and Richards faked a drive. He instead sent a hard pass to Stepan for a shot into the open left side.

    Defenseman Andrew MacDonald had given the Flyers a 1-0 lead in the first, but the Rangers answered with Mats Zuccarello's goal.

    Hagelin pushed New York's edge to 4-1 with 4:08 left in the game.

    Henrik Lundqvist made 14 saves for the win. Ray Emery, subbing for injured No. 1 goalie Steve Mason, stopped 32 shots in the loss. The Flyers had one shot in the third period.

    The Rangers haven't lost to Philadelphia at Madison Square Garden since March 6, 2011, outscoring the Flyers 35-10 in that span.

    Game 2 is Sunday in New York.

    The Flyers took the lead on their first shot of the series, after allowing four to New York, following a big hit by Scott Hartnell on Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh to free the puck in the offensive zone.

    MacDonald, a trade deadline acquisition from the New York Islanders, wound up for a slap shot on the playoffs logo and sent the puck sailing past Lundqvist after it hit St. Louis in flight at 7:28.

    As the shot flew past him, McDonagh - who struggled with the puck several times in the opening period in his first game in April 1 - hit Claude Giroux in the side with his stick, sending the Flyers captain to the ice. Giroux was down on all fours before gingerly skating to the bench. He returned to action.

    The Rangers got even with 9:07 left on a strong, determined effort by Zuccarello. Benoit Pouliot skated in search of space and lost the puck off his stick in the left circle. Zuccarello swooped in, got the puck and fired a hard shot that Emery blocked away. While in stride, Zuccarello got the puck back and deftly slipped in a backhand for his second career NHL playoff goal.

    Rick Nash had five of New York's 14 shots in the first, mostly from long range, and nearly matched Philadelphia's total of six in the frame.

    Both teams generated chances in the second period, but no goals. The Rangers again led in shots, but by a slight 9-8 margin.

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    What is the chance that the Flyer's regular goaltender can make it for Game 2?

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    Quote Originally Posted by slick15 View Post
    .....Let`s Go Rangers!


    Rangers lead series...........1-0



    Brad Richards and Derek Stepan scored power-play goals 47 seconds apart in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 4-1 in the playoff opener on Thursday night to stretch their home-winning streak over the rival Flyers to nine games.

    The teams were locked in a 1-1 tie when Jason Akeson - playing in just his third career NHL game - was given a double high-sticking penalty for clipping Rangers forward Carl Hagelin with 7:35 remaining.

    New York quickly took advantage.

    Richards gave the Rangers their first lead of the night when a rebound of Martin St. Louis' shot came to him, and he fired it in from the right circle, punctuating the moment with an emphatic fist pump at 8:22.

    Richards and St. Louis hooked up again to help set up Stepan's insurance goal. New York worked the puck around the Philadelphia end, and Richards faked a drive. He instead sent a hard pass to Stepan for a shot into the open left side.

    Defenseman Andrew MacDonald had given the Flyers a 1-0 lead in the first, but the Rangers answered with Mats Zuccarello's goal.

    Hagelin pushed New York's edge to 4-1 with 4:08 left in the game.

    Henrik Lundqvist made 14 saves for the win. Ray Emery, subbing for injured No. 1 goalie Steve Mason, stopped 32 shots in the loss. The Flyers had one shot in the third period.

    The Rangers haven't lost to Philadelphia at Madison Square Garden since March 6, 2011, outscoring the Flyers 35-10 in that span.

    Game 2 is Sunday in New York.

    The Flyers took the lead on their first shot of the series, after allowing four to New York, following a big hit by Scott Hartnell on Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh to free the puck in the offensive zone.

    MacDonald, a trade deadline acquisition from the New York Islanders, wound up for a slap shot on the playoffs logo and sent the puck sailing past Lundqvist after it hit St. Louis in flight at 7:28.

    As the shot flew past him, McDonagh - who struggled with the puck several times in the opening period in his first game in April 1 - hit Claude Giroux in the side with his stick, sending the Flyers captain to the ice. Giroux was down on all fours before gingerly skating to the bench. He returned to action.

    The Rangers got even with 9:07 left on a strong, determined effort by Zuccarello. Benoit Pouliot skated in search of space and lost the puck off his stick in the left circle. Zuccarello swooped in, got the puck and fired a hard shot that Emery blocked away. While in stride, Zuccarello got the puck back and deftly slipped in a backhand for his second career NHL playoff goal.

    Rick Nash had five of New York's 14 shots in the first, mostly from long range, and nearly matched Philadelphia's total of six in the frame.

    Both teams generated chances in the second period, but no goals. The Rangers again led in shots, but by a slight 9-8 margin.
    Please give credit to the Ap Writer Ira Podell who wrote the article you lifted....

    http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...key&id=9507817

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    Quote Originally Posted by mighty maron View Post
    Please give credit to the Ap Writer Ira Podell who wrote the article you lifted....

    http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...key&id=9507817
    You give them credit

    Dude you are a IDIOT

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    Quote Originally Posted by mighty maron View Post
    What is the chance that the Flyer's regular goaltender can make it for Game 2?
    Change your name to MIGHTY MORON

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    Quote Originally Posted by slick15 View Post
    You give them credit

    Dude you are a IDIOT
    People that attempt to pass off content as their own that they just cut and paste are stiffs...

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    ...Let`s Go Rangers!

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    ...Let`s Go Rangers!

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    ...Rangers goal scored by # 26 Martin St. Louis

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    .....Let`s Go Rangers!

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    Embellishment, what a shit call.

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    Ouch

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    Lundqvist is such a shell of what he used to be

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    Refs are a joke, on Philly's nuts. Game got me fired up.

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    Making Ray look good, need to bury these chances.

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    Not looking like the Rangers day, still think they outplayed 'em. Gonna make it all the sweeter when they win in 7.

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    Yeah, winning in 7 will be fun - that way they're exhausted for Round 2 and they can lose that one like the last 2 years. Have fun with that.

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    oops game2 4-2 flyers with rented goalie- we all eagerly await another play-by-play analysis

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon Gruber View Post
    Yeah, winning in 7 will be fun - that way they're exhausted for Round 2 and they can lose that one like the last 2 years. Have fun with that.
    Yeah, I'm sure they'll be exhausted and the last 2 years have so much to do with this year. Not to mention Pitt/Columbus might go 7 as well and they just had a double OT game so your logic is flawed pal.

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    used to love nyr..now i could care less...had premium tickets game 1..gave them to 2 friends. looks like 1940 all over again..lol

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    flyer4s will win series

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    NYR still have a chance, Emery sucks imo if he's still playing next game and Lundqvist is very good. NYR is good offense but not a huge scoring team, It's rare to see them go over 3 goals

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    might be 2-0 heading back to philly had they not taken that 4 minute double minor in game 1...

    looks like some false bravado from the OP re: a team that literally hasn't won squat since 1994.

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    Series is tied 1-1

    NEW YORK -- This win was three years in the making for backup goalie Ray Emery and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers.
    Emery stood in again for injured No. 1 netminder Steve Mason and made 31 saves to help the Flyers rally from an early two-goal deficit and beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Sunday to even the first-round playoff series.
    The Flyers had lost nine straight at Madison Square Garden, including 4-1 in the series opener on Thursday, since their last win there on Feb. 20, 2011. Emery hadn't won a postseason game anywhere in exactly three years, getting the victory for Anaheim at Nashville on April 20, 2011.
    Stanley Cup Playoffs Flyers play nearly perfect road game to top Rangers "I try to stay even-keeled, whether it's going well or you don't get off to the start you want," the 31-year-old Emery said. "I play with a system in there, and I just kind of rely on that. I've had leads before and I've been down before so it's just kind of a consistent approach."
    Luke Schenn scored the go-ahead goal in the second period after Jakub Voracek and Jason Akeson got the Flyers even at 2. Wayne Simmonds sealed the win with a power-play, empty-net goal.
    Now the Flyers head home, where they went 2-0 against the Rangers in the regular season. Game 3 is on Tuesday.
    Philadelphia no longer has to hear about its skid in New York in which the Flyers were outscored 35-10 and never had more than two goals in any game.
    "That's a huge weight off our shoulders, to come in here and get the split," Schenn said. "Going back home, we feel a bit better about ourselves."
    Voracek brought the Flyers within 2-1 in the first after Martin St. Louis and Benoit Pouliot staked New York to its lead. Emery did the rest, looking especially sharp in the second and third periods.
    Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots after a 14-save winning effort in the opener.
    "They came back pretty strong late in the first, and then in the second period a lot better," Lundqvist said. "Going into the third we felt confident we could tie it.
    The tide turned in the second when the Flyers caught up and went ahead despite being outshot 17-9.
    Rangers coach Alain Vigneault called that period his team's best of the day.
    "The game can be funny sometimes," he said. "We had some Grade A chances. Our power play had some great looks. They scored two and we didn't."
    Akeson tied it with a power-play goal 5:45 in off a rebound of Brayden Schenn's shot for his second career NHL tally.
    It was a day of redemption for the 23-year-old Akeson, playing his fourth NHL game. His high-sticking double minor in Game 1 led to two Rangers goals that turned a 1-1 game into a 3-1 deficit in the third.
    Flyers coach Craig Berube didn't consider benching him for Game 2.
    "Should I sit out everybody that takes a penalty?" Berube asked. "I understand he took a four-minute penalty, but he played well. It was a mistake, and you have to learn from them. He's a good player."
    Philadelphia grabbed its second lead of the series with 8:42 left in the second during a delayed penalty. Michael Raffl brought the puck in on the right side and got it to Adam Hall for a shot. Luke Schenn then put in the rebound.
    The Rangers' chance for a comeback was thwarted by a penalty for too many men with 1:18 left that led to Simmonds' goal with 25.4 seconds remaining.
    Unlike in Game 1, the Flyers had the puck much more often and did a better job of closing off the Rangers' passing lanes after the early deficit.
    However, they continued their undisciplined ways that cost them in the opener. The Flyers killed their first penalty after Simmonds held Ryan McDonagh in the offensive zone at 1:04, but they allowed one power-play goal and were short-handed three times in the first.
    Overall, the Flyers killed five of six power plays.
    New York took a 1-0 lead at 4:08 after a crisp passing sequence. Rick Nash came in with speed on the left side and moved the puck into the middle to Derek Stepan, who sent a pass into the right circle to St. Louis for a one-timer he punctuated with a fist pump.
    St. Louis, who had only one goal and seven assists with the Rangers in 19 regular-season games after being acquired from Tampa Bay, scored at the Garden for the first time since the trade for former captain Ryan Callahan. St. Louis has a goal and two assists in this series.
    The Rangers made it 2-0 at 8:22 with their third power-play goal in two games.
    More precision passing in the Philadelphia end by Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard set up another one-timer from the right side, this time by Pouliot, who got enough of the puck to put it past Emery.
    The Flyers got one back on a strong move by Voracek, who skated around defenseman McDonagh on the backhand and tucked in a forehand with 5:46 left.

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    .....Let`s Go Rangers!

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    they're not blowing this again

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    No embellishment penalty for the Philly flop but Rangers get two called in game 2.

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    That last one wasn't a penalty

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    RANGERS LEAD THE SERIES 2-1



    PHILADELPHIA -- Never afraid to raise his fists, Daniel Carcillo made his mark in the league as a puncher more than a postseason star.

    Carcillo was a little of both for New York in Game 3.

    Derek Stepan, Martin St. Louis, Dan Girardi and Carcillo scored goals, leading the Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
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    Henrik Lundqvist stopped 31 shots to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Friday in Philadelphia.

    Carcillo, a former Flyer, went eye to eye with a taunting fan after he scored an insurance goal in the third period. He had 100 penalty minutes and only four goals in the regular season -- and wanted to prove he could do more than camp out in the penalty box.

    "When you get pigeonholed into a role, it's hard to change people's minds in this league," he said. "When you get in and you get an opportunity like this, you've got to make the most of it."

    Lundqvist was backed by a defense that blocked 28 shots to stymie the Flyers. The Rangers took an early 2-0 lead and that was enough of a cushion for a team that led the Eastern Conference with 25 road victories.

    "You need to be strong in the middle," Lundqvist said. "It was part of our defense tonight. That's why we played so well. We got involved all over the ice."

    Mark Streit scored for the Flyers. Ray Emery struggled in net in his third straight start of the postseason for Steve Mason, and was lifted late in the third period.

    While all signs point to Mason for Game 4, coach Craig Berube said he has not made a decision.

    "I'll be ready to go," Mason said.
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    Mason hadn't played since he suffered an upper-body injury in a collision on April 12. He got in this game with 7:15 left and the Flyers down 4-1.

    Berube said Mason was healthy but went with Emery because of his strong first two games. Emery had 31 saves in a Game 2 win.

    "Ray just came off a big win. It's not a difficult decision," Berube said.

    After a rough outing, it seemed liked the wrong one -- right from the start.

    Rick Nash's shot wide of the net deflected off the bottom of Emery's glove, and Stepan shoveled the puck in for a 1-0 lead only 3:54 into the game.

    St. Louis made it 2-0 midway through the period with a sharp deflection off Girardi's shot from the blue line. The Rangers had two goals on eight shots.

    Emery settled down and the Flyers finally generated some offensive pressure, even as leading scorer Claude Giroux failed to get going.

    Giroux, third in the NHL with 86 points, had no shots on goal in the first two games and didn't get one in the first period. He did rush the net late in the first, creating space for Streit to score over Lundqvist's stick on a 4-on-4 chance.

    Giroux finally attempted a shot about 6 minutes into the second period and the Flyers down 3-1. The captain clearly needs to start scoring for the Flyers to win the series. He's not alone.

    "We have to get the pucks through, even move it sideways," Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen said. "We have to watch tape and find a way to get them through. We have to find a way to move it around quicker."

    Girardi fired a clean slapper high from the point over Emery's left shoulder for that 3-1 lead early in the second.

    Down two goals, Jakub Voracek took out some pent-up frustration on Carl Hagelin with a flurry of punches that sent both players to the penalty box and sent the crowd into a frenzy.

    Carcillo went after Giroux in the scrum, giving the Flyers the added bonus of a power play. But the Rangers blocked two shots on the power play.

    The Rangers closed off the shooting lanes with 20 blocked shots through the first two periods. Lundqvist took care of the rest.

    "It's just a matter if the D is getting involved in the play, and it doesn't matter if it's me or anyone else," Girardi said.

    Carcillo sealed the win with a goal soon after he left the penalty box in the third.

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