Kevin Hayes
The Flyers hit the road and face the New York Rangers, who make their return from the All-Star break on Tuesday night.
Michal Neuvirth kept the Flyers in the game, helping them get to overtime. After a scoreless overtime, Neuvirth made three saves in the shootout, Nolan Patrick scored in the fourth round and Kevin Hayes missed on his attempt as the Flyers came away with a 3-2 shootout win over the Rangers to head into holiday break on a high note.
The Flyers have one game left before getting a three-day break for the holidays. They travel to take on the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
The Flyers enter the Black Friday matinee against the Rangers on a four-game losing streak, last in the Metro, 15th in the conference and 28th in the league standings. And the road doesn’t get easier. The Rangers come into Friday’s game on a 9-1-1 stretch over their last 11 games.
Some old familiar flaws showed up in the Flyers 4-2 loss to the Rangers, which is certainly concerning in the penultimate preseason tilt. More from the Flyers loss to the Rangers in our Postgame Review.
A pair of quick goals got the Flyers right back into it midway through the period, but just like Monday, the Flyers couldn’t completely recover and fell short, dropping the final preseason game at home to the Rangers, 4-2, on Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center.
A lot of the bubble players will get a look in Thursday’s preseason game against the New York Rangers, the final one on home ice in the preseason. Game time from Wells Fargo Center is set for 7 p.m.
(Kate Frese/ Sports Talk Philly) By: Bill Minchin, Sports Talk Philly Writer It was the Henrik Lundqvist show on full display at the Wells Fargo Center. The New York netminder turned aside 40 of 42 Philadelphia Flyers shots. Derek Stepan, Matt Puempel and Kevin Hayes all scored as the New York Rangers defeated the Philadelphia […]
