Rangers rout Flyers in rare all-around effort as new top line shines
NY Post
PHILADELPHIA — Wins like this have been a rarity for the Rangers as of late.
The kind where the team leaves little doubt about how it’s going to go. A complete 60-minute effort has not been the norm for this Blueshirts team over the past couple of seasons, but this 6-2 win over the Flyers on Monday night was a reminder that it is, in fact, still possible.
The Flyers were seven points out of the second wild-card spot entering the game, but this loss to the Rangers may have put their playoff aspirations out of reach.
“We wanted to have a good start,” said Gabe Perreault, who posted a goal and an assist in the win for his second multipoint game in the past four. “I think, couple of the games recently, we’ve been getting scored on early. That’s kind of what we focused on. We got a couple early on and kept going.”
In their third game skating together since J.T. Miller was placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, the Rangers top line of Perreault, Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafrenière has meshed nicely.
On Monday, the trio was a force.
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