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Postgame: Rangers 2 Flyers 1

by Adam Rotter on December 19th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

For a recap and stats, visit SNY.tv

Scoring Summary

First Period

5:16: Chris Drury (4) spun around and fired the puck past Brian Boucher to give the Rangers 1-0 lead. His second consecutive game with a goal.

8:13: Chris Pronger tied the game, on the powerplay, with plenty of traffic in front of Henrik Lundqvist. Assists to Simon Gagne and Claude Giroux

Second Period

4:46: Artem Anisimov (7) fired a backhand toward the net that went off a Flyer’s defenseman Ryan Parent and gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead. Ryan Callahan (8) and Dan Girardi (8) picked up assists

Third Period

No Scoring

Stats

Lundqvist was outstanding and stopped 36 shots

Boucher made 22 saves on 24 Rangers shots

The Rangers were outshot 16-5 in the third period

Marc Staal played a whopping 30:45

Jeff Carter and Scott Hartnell combined for 15 of the Flyers shots

Brandon Dubinsky, Michal Rozsival and Christopher Higgins all had three shots to lead the Rangers

Rozi played 25:17, including 2:25 on the powerplay

Marian Gaborik only had one shot on goal

The Rangers outhit the Flyers 21 to 15

The Flyers won 26 faceoffs to the Rangers 23

Special Teams

The Rangers were 0-2 on the powerplay

The Flyers were 1-5 on the powerplay

The Rangers next game is Monday against Carolina