NEW YORK — The line separating the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers is almost indistinguishable. Let them play each other seven times in a postseason series, and it's quite likely all seven games will be required to decide the victor.
The Rangers showed Wednesday night why if these teams meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in a few weeks, it won't be the Flyers winning that seventh game.
Playoff series are usually won by teams with superior depth and goaltending, two areas in which the Rangers hold the edge on the Flyers. Both were on display in the Rangers' 3-1 victory against the Flyers that moved them three points ahead of their rivals for second place in the Metropolitan Division and home-ice advantage in that possible postseason series.
How important is that home-ice advantage? The Rangers have won the last eight meetings with the Flyers at Madison Square Garden by a combined 31-9 score. The Flyers' last win here came on Feb. 20, 2011.
Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist on Wednesday made the difficult saves—all the saves, for that matter—over the ...
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