PHILADELPHIA – James van Riemsdyk scored for the Flyers in the first period on Saturday night to give them a 1-0 lead over the New York Rangers.
The Flyers ended up chasing the game the rest of the way and lost, 6-3.
Artemi Panarin scored off a nifty pass from Barclay Goodrow to tie the match, 1-1, in the fist.
In the second period, the Rangers’ K’Andre Miller stole the puck in the New York defensive zone and raced in a on a breakaway; he was tripped to the ice, regained his skates and scored to give the Rangers a 2-1;lead.
“I think when everyone’s going, we just have that feeling in here and it’s fun coming to the rink,” Miller said. “You get that energy, and you just have that feeling coming to the rink and going into the game with a good attitude.”
Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves in the win, his second of the season for the Rangers.
“Kind of happened all so quick that I kind of blacked out for a little bit, and next thing I knew I was [celebrating],” Miller said. “I felt like I was moving as fast as I ever have. It was kind of a blur.”
New York improved to 17-10-5, they have won six straight.
“When he skates and gets up in the rush and he creates, that’s when he’s really good,” Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said. “He has all the tools obviously, the size (6-foot-5, 215 pounds), the strength, the reach. I think his reach is underrated. He makes a lot of plays with his stick. When he’s skating and getting up the ice, he’s fun to watch and fun to play with.”
The Rangers’ second goal of the middle frame came from Goodrow for a 3-1 advantage.
“I got caught puck watching, they go down, make a good play backdoor, and it’s in the back of your net,” the Flyers Scott Laughton said.
Laughton pulled the Flyers back to within one, at 3-2, with a shorthanded goal off an errant Panarin pass, the goal came at 17:55.
Jimmy Vesey extended the Rangers lead to 4-2 early in the third on a shot from the high the slot.
The Flyers had one last gasp with a marker from Morgan Frost to cut the deficit back to one at 4-3.
Jacob Trouba hit for an empty net, shorthanded goal for a 5-3 lead.
Kaapo Kakko was credited with a second empty net goal at 19:12 after touching the puck just short of the Flyers’ goal as he was slashed at the ankles by Philadelphia’s Tony De”Angelo.
“Thought we battled hard, but we gave them a little bit too much time and space,” Laughton said. “They can dice you up pretty easily, and it goes the other way. Regroup and get back at it, but pretty good compete level from our group, and there’s no quit late in the game.”
Kakko was awarded the goal on the penalty.
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Carter Hart made 29 saves in the Flyers loss.
“Obviously, it’s a game of inches and a game of bounces,” Hart said. “They get a few that go their way, we get a few that don’t. At the end of the day, I want to make one more save. For the most part, I thought we had a solid game.”
 
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