 can be a scoring chance and some crazy bounce,'' Georgiev said. Pavel Buchnevich, and Brady Skjei also scored for the Rangers and Brett Howden had two assists. Strome scored late in the first period to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead when he went top shelf on Flyers goalie Carter Hart, who had only one defenseman helping him defend an odd-man rush. The goal was Strome's 17th of the season for the Rangers and 18th overall. He leads the NHL in goals for his new team after being traded this season. He was acquired from Edmonton in November. The second player on this list is Strome's brother, Dylan, who has 14 goals since being acquired by Chicago in a trade with Arizona in November. A third Strome brother, Matthew, was assigned by the Flyers to their AHL affiliate in Lehigh Valley after the 20-year-old's junior team, the Hamilton Bulldogs, was eliminated from the OHL playoffs.''Obviously when you get rid of a lot of veteran guys it's tough,'' Ryan Strome said of the rebuilding Rangers. ''For our young group, the losing can wear on you a little bit. When we had that stretch there (of five straight losses earlier in March) it wasn't too much fun.''Good to get a couple wins here. It's a tough building. They got a bunch of older guys that know how to win. Good to come in here and play a pretty solid road game. Good for the group to have a little more confidence moving forward.''The shutout was Georgiev's second of the season to keep the Flyers from winning all four games between the teams this season. The Flyers hadn't swept the season series against the Rangers since 1984-85. Going back to last season, the Flyers had taken six straight games against the Rangers. It was the Flyers' first game since being eliminated from playoff contention.''Obviously I think everybody is frustrated that the season is ending on Saturday,'' Flyers interim coach Scott Gordon said. ''And we've got to find a way to generate energy in the last three games.''Buchnevich opened the scoring with his 20th of the season at 16:25 of the first period. Brady Skjei scored his seventh of the season in the third period when his shot went off two Flyers and behind Hart, who finished with 22 saves. The Flyers' best chance to score was when James van Riemsdyk had a breakaway late in the second period.''I think I played a pretty good positional game,'' Georgiev said. ''I tried to be square to the puck and be patient on my feet.''NOTES: The victory marked the first time the Rangers have won consecutive games since mid-January. ... Buchnevich collided with Flyers center Nolan Patrick early in the third period. Both players didn't see the other coming and Buchnevich left the game and did not return. ''He's fine. He cleared,'' Rangers coach David Quinn said. ''He should be fine for tomorrow.''UP NEXT:Flyers: Start a two-game road trip in Dallas on Tuesday night. Rangers: At the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Time: 12:30 PM EDT Venue: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa., 19148 / With the playoffs are no longer an option, the Philadelphia Flyers can turn their attention toward maintaining their recent mastery of the New York Rangers. The Flyers (37-33-8) will look to do precisely that on Sunday afternoon as they vie for a four-game season sweep and their seventh straight victory overall over the visiting New York Rangers (30-34-13). Philadelphia's season, which featured an NHL-record eight starting goaltenders, appeared headed for disaster as the club fell into the league basement in mid-January. The Flyers answered that stretch with a scintillating 18-4-2 run to move within three points of a wild-card spot before dropping six of their last nine." The poor start is the reason we're in this position. Every year, it feels like it's the same story. We need to figure it out," captain Claude Giroux said after Saturday afternoon's 5-2 setback at Carolina. Giroux opened the scoring in the first period against the Hurricanes for his 235th career goal to tie Rod Brind'Amour for 10th place on the franchise list. The 31-year-old Giroux has three of his club-best 60 assists in the season series versus the Rangers. Oskar Lindblom also tallied on Saturday to end an eight-game goal drought. The 22-year-old Swede burned the Rangers in their last encounter, scoring 1:40 into the first period for the lone goal in Philadelphia's 1-0 win on Jan. 29. Sean Couturier wasn't in the mood to talk about the reasons for the Flyers falling short of the postseason for the fourth time in seven years." You can sit here and talk about different reasons, but at the end of the day, we didn't get the job done," said the 26-year-old Couturier (career-high 32 goals), who has two goals and three assists in the season series with New York. Jimmy Vesey scored the go-ahead goal in the third period on Friday as the Rangers recorded their third win in 16 outings (3-8-5) with a 4-2 victory over St. Louis." Regardless of the situation, everything feels better when you are winning, the mood is light and everyone is having fun," said the 25-year-old Vesey, who matched last season's career-high total with his 17th goal." I don't think that's the prettiest game we have played all year, but that's a good team and will take the win." Pavel Buchnevich extended his career-high point streak to six games (three goals, four assists) with a goal and an assist against the Blues. The 23-year-old Russian pushed his career-high goal total to 19 this season and moved within one point of 100. Mika Zibanejad set up Buchnevich's second-period goal on Friday to give him career-high totals in both assists (41) and points (71), although he has been held off the scoresheet in all three meetings against Philadelphia this season. Ryan Strome scored his fourth goal in five games and 16th with the Rangers since being acquired from Edmonton on Nov. 16 in a straight trade for fellow forward Ryan Spooner. The 25-year-old Strome tied his career high for goals in a season set during the 2014-15 season with the New York Islanders. Strome, however, has yet to dent the scoresheet in three meetings with the Flyers this season.--Field Level Media
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