The Flyers vs. The Rangers

Dan Carcillo's "lucky" goal



On Sunday, February 20th, the Flyers faced off with the New York Rangers, a team who holds seventh in the Eastern Conference, a not so comfortable spot in the playoffs. The Ranger's main goal was to earn points to keep themselves in the run for the Stanley Cup. The Flyers, on the other hand, hold a comfortable first place in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference, but are still looking for points to beat out the Vancouver Canucks for first place in the NHL.

New York struck first, with a goal that was scored by Wojtek Wolski at 12:43 in the 1st, a goal that just barley slipped by Flyer's goaltender Brian Boucher. The Flyers, looking to gain some momentum, scored a redirected goal by Jeff Carter at 16:42 in the 1st. More than halfway through the second, the Flyers took advantage of a power play and scored a goal by Claude Giroux at 12:52 of the second that New York Ranger's Henrik Lundqvist had no chance of stopping. The Flyers scored once again; with a goal from Dan Carcillo at 16:26 in the 2nd that barley trickled by the Ranger's goaltender. Thus, putting the Ranger's in a 3-1 deficit. The Rangers, looking for some type of momentum boost, had an empty side net goal scored by Derek Stepan at 5:28 in the 3rd. The Flyers looking to finish off the Rangers, took advantage of a wide open empty net and scored with a goal from Kris Versteeg.

Luckily for the Flyers, but unfortunately for the Rangers, the Flyers capitalized on opportunities that put them ultimately up on the Rangers 4-2 giving them the win and two-points that they wanted.