The record now reads: 4-0-1.
Whenever the Flyers have gotten blown out by 4 goals or more ... the next game, they bounce back and gain a point.
Saturday's crucial 4-2 win over the Rangers that drew them to within a single point of 2nd place New York in the Metro Division, was the fourth win in the scenario where they lost by 4 or more goals the previous game.
This was a character win, too, because let's be honest, the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist have owned the Flyers for three years now.
“Like you said, I think we’re a resilient bunch," said Wayne Simmonds, who scored the game-winner in a terrible second period for the Flyers.
"We should never give up that many goals in a game to begin with. I think we talked about things after that. We kind of start from scratch. We start doing the simple things right and it results in wins.”
Steve Mason outplayed Lundqvist with 33 saves. I know he wanted to steal a point and I asked him about his personal feelings in such an important game. To me, this game has playoff implications. Both these teams could meet in April.
“It feels good but I wasn’t going out there Steve Mason versus Lundqvist,” Mason told me. “I wanted to help the Flyers beat the Rangers which is what we did. He’s a great goaltender and if I can come out on top against him more often than not, that’s a pat on the back, I guess.”
Scott Hartnell had another one of those bizarre games that only he can provide, taking back to back penalties on his first, 2 shifts all of which lasted 37 seconds.
The Flyers penalty kill units handled both Ranger power plays, built momentum, and then scored twice after the kills for a 2-0.
BTW: The Flyers 2 goals on their first 4 shots against Lundqvist is a team best, head to head against him.
“Those were tough [to kill] but we built momentum off that,” said Sean Couturier, who had the second goal on a breakaway where he embarrassed King Henrik before going top shelf.
“That first period was a big period for us. Since the start of the year, our special teams have been pretty good and can make the difference down the road.”
Too many times this season, the Flyers had early penalties and it resulted in early opposition leads or early opposition momentum. This time, the PK slammed the door shut.
“It would have been a different story if they scored right away,” said Kimmo Timonen, playing in his first NHL game since the end of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
“Those two kills were good and it always builds up confidence when you kill back to back penalties.”
Another thing I liked. The Rangers made a strong push to tie the game in the second period 2-2 as the Flyers' legs looked tired. Third period? Flyers were skating and hitting and protecting a 3-2 lead.
“We had a real solid third period where we were able to hem them into their own zone and come up with a huge goal toward the end of the period there, with [Luke Schenn] Schenner dropping down and making a good shot," Mason said.
"If we don’t get that goal, it makes the end of the game that much more intense. This was one of the more intense games of the season so far for a full 60 minutes. There have been games that have had spurts of intensity like this, but this seemed like it was for the entire game from start to finish.
"This is a great game to come out on top of. At the end of the day we still have another game tomorrow to get prepared for, so we’ll put this one right behind us.”
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