The Philadelphia Flyers concocted the perfect recipe for beating the New York Rangers.
If the Flyers can carry over that blueprint that led to a 5-2 victory Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center in Game 6 of their first-round series into Game 7, they'll find themselves in a second-round showdown with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The five-on-five numbers from Game 6 don't reflect well on the Flyers—whether the situation was close, tied or neither, the Rangers held about a 60/40 shot-attempts edge across the board—but they didn't allow much in the way of glorious chances when they were fumbling away the puck at an alarming rate in the first period. Steve Mason's toughest and most meaningful save came against Benoit Pouliot with the Flyers ahead 2-0 in the second period, and seconds later, Erik Gustafsson scored on a breakaway after exiting the penalty box to make it 3-0.
Mason was very good, to be sure, as he made 34 saves and only lost his shutout late in the third period when the outcome was no longer in doubt. But it was nothing like his 37-save performance in Game 4, when he had to stand on his hand ju ...
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Flyers Find the Formula to Dominate Rangers: Will It Work Again in Game 7?
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