Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Filip Chytil each scored one goal to lift the New York Rangers past the host Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday.
Artemi Panarin and Adam Fox contributed two assists apiece for the Rangers.
Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves.
Oskar Lindblom and Cam York scored one goal each for the slumping Flyers, who lost their seventh in a row.
Flyers goaltender Carter Hart stopped 24 shots.
The Rangers went ahead 1-0 when Zibanejad connected on the power play at 5:54 of the first period. It was Zibanejad’s 14th goal of the season.
The Flyers equalized at 11:45 when Lindblom took advantage of a bouncing puck and sent a backhand past Shesterkin.
New York earned another power play early in the second after Kevin Hayes was whistled for tripping. Hart helped the Flyers kill off the minor, highlighted by a stellar save against Kreider at 5:55.
The pace opened up in the final few minutes of the second as both teams had solid scoring chances. Kreider took a shot wide on a 2-on-1 break while Joel Farabee fired a shot just high for Philadelphia.
Cam Atkinson nearly gave the Flyers a one-goal lead 41 seconds into the third. But Shesterkin was in place to deny Atkinson’s nasty wrist shot with his blocker.
Braden Schneider, who scored his first career goal in Thursday’s 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks, almost had his second at 7:26. Schneider skated in from the point and ripped a slap shot slightly wide.
The Flyers took a 2-1 lead at 10:11 when York recorded his first career goal. York’s slap shot went through K’Andre Miller and then Shesterkin.
New York didn’t take long to tie the game at 2 just 37 seconds later when Chytil scored.
Kreider redirected a shot from Fox at 13:30 for a 3-2 Rangers advantage.
Travis Sanheim’s long shot was deflected by Farabee and off the post at 15:54 and into Shesterkin’s grip.
Hart was pulled for an extra skater with 2:25 remaining, but the Flyers were unable to capitalize.
–Field Level Media