Goal Devils Salvage Name From Conference

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The Rangers have outscored the Flyers 19-6 over their current series winning streak, one that includes a pair of shutout wins in New York and, of course, a 3-2 win when the teams last met outdoors in the Winter Classic on Jan. 2. The Blueshirts got a pair of goals from Mike Rupp at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park and 34 saves by Henrik Lundqvist, including a huge stop on Danny Briere on a penalty shot with 19.6 seconds remaining.

 

Lundqvist was again the star in the Rangers' most recent trip to the ice, backstopping his club to a 1-0 shootout win at Buffalo. Lundqvist made 34 saves through overtime and stopped four of the five skaters he faced in the tiebreaker. Marian Gaborik and Ryan Callahan had shootout tallies on the Sabres' Ryan Miller.

 

The blueliner was cleared to return after missing 19 games in a row with a separated shoulder, though New York head coach John Tortorella said he isn't sure if Eminger will in fact play today.

 

The Flyers head to Madison Square Garden after a frustrating 6-4 defeat at the hands of the Devils on Saturday in which they fell behind early before battling back to make a game of it. Philadelphia gave up the game's first six goals, including two in the final minute of the first period, and seemed to lose its composure on the Devils' second goal.

 

The Flyers eventually got goals from Wayne Simmonds -- his career high-tying 16th of the season -- Jaromir Jagr, Giroux and Jakub Voracek in the third, but couldn't extend their five-game point streak (3-0-2). Philly outshot New Jersey 24-1 in the third frame, setting a new franchise mark for largest single-period shot differential according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

 

The Flyers, who will try to avoid losing two straight for the first time since Dec. 23-27, fell to 12-8-4 at home compared to a road mark of 18-7-2.

 

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, has won nine of its last 10 and has gotten within two points of Philadelphia for the conference's fourth seed.

 

The Devils stretched their winning streak on Saturday with a 6-4 win over the hosting Flyers, scoring the game's first six goals before getting outshot 24-1 in a third period that also featured all four of Philadelphia's goals. Still, two power-play goals from Kurtis Foster and a goal and two assists by Ilya Kovalchuk was enough to help the Devils sneak out a win.

 

New Jersey now looks to match its season-high four-game win streak from Dec. 12-17 despite still having a number of injured players out of action. That list includes Travis Zajac, Henrik Tallinder, Adam Henrique, Adam Larsson and Ryan Carter.

 

The Penguins, of course, remain without superstar Sidney Crosby as well as solid center Jordan Staal, but that hasn't stopped the club from playing well as of late. Pittsburgh rebounded from losing the opener of a four-game swing in Toronto 1-0 on Wednesday with yesterday's 2-1 victory over Boston.

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•    New York couldn't come any faster bro!

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•    Wow crazy azz pple #Philadelphia

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•    NEW NEW GOAL. If after all I spend V-Day alone, new deadline is spring break. So we could watch his fkJUT3

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•    Ohh lundqvist you look fancyy with your luscious locks

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•    whyd the lightning just get that goal? oh yea BECAUSE LUNDQVIST ISNT PLAYINGGGGGG #wheredhego #weneedtowin

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•    Henrik Lundqvist like a partner at the Swedish office of Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Price.

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•    Keep pushing toward your goal....even at the brick wall push till you crush it

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•    The fact that I ain't started in Cox Paper #ohwell I take them points I'm tired

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•    How do you feel about New York?

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