Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 4: Flyers @ Rangers

In a pivotal swing game that will put the winner one victory away from advancing to the next round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia Flyers are in Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Game time is noon EDT. The match will be televised nationally in the U.S. on NBC and acr

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The Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers is now a best-of-three. Riding a stellar 37-save performance by Steve Mason, the Flyers overcame an early deficit and an extremely shaky first period to capture a 2-1 regulation victory in Game Four at the Wells Fargo Center.

Dominic Moore opened the scoring with a wraparound goal at the 4:38 mark o

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 4: Flyers vs. Rangers

Needing a win to even their first-round playoff series at two games apiece and ensure a return trip home for Game 6, the Philadelphia Flyers host the New York in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EDT. The match will be televised locally on CSN Philly, nationally in the U.S. on CNBC and across Canada

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During the 2013-14 regular season, one of the more underrated aspects about the Flyers offensive depth was the frequency in which the Flyers got offensive contributions from the defensemen. Led by Mark Streit’s 10 goals, the Philadelphia blueline corps contributed a healthy 33 goals to a Flyers’ attack that scored 236 goals as team.

The trend has carried over to the postseason. Andrew MacDonald

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For the first time in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the New York Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers had a territorial advantage for the decided majority of a game. Philadelphia outshot New York by a 32-23 margin in Game Three and generated some of their best forechecking pressure of the series. The breakouts also continued to improve. For the first time in the series, the Flyers

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 3: Flyers vs. Rangers

Needing a home win to forge ahead in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series after splitting the first two games at Madison Square Garden, the Philadelphia Flyers will host the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 8:00 p.m. EDT. The match will be televised locally on CSN Philly, nationally in th

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No one who watched the Philadelphia Flyers throughout the 2013-14 regular season would question the team’s resiliency in the face off adversity. Therefore, it was not surprising that the Flyers found a way to battle from an early 2-0 deficit yesterday at Madison Square Garden and won the game, 4-2, to knot their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the New York Rangers at one game apiece.

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 2: Flyers @ Rangers

Needing a win to achieve a split of two games at Madison Square Garden, the Philadelphia Flyers will take on the New York Rangers in Game Two of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series. Game time is noon eastern. The match will be televised nationally in the United States on NBC and across Canada on TSN.

On Thursday, the Flyers ha

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Key Adjustments for Game Two: It Starts with Skating and Puck Pursuit

Throughout the 2013-14 season, the Philadelphia Flyers were a Jekyll and Hyde team. Much of the root cause of the difference between the team that knocked off a series of top contenders and the struggling version could be found in the game’s three most fundamental elements: skating, puck pursuit and possession.

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The Philadelphia Flyers dropped the first game of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the New York Rangers, losing 4-1 at Madison Square Garden. Special teams failures and discipline lapses proved to be the Flyers’ undoing, along with Philly’s inability to get pucks behind the New York defense and set up a forecheck.

The game entered the third period tied at 1-1 before the Rangers

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