The Rangers couldn’t muster enough offense to put the Flyers away in regulation, and they couldn’t get enough to win the shootout their season came down to either.
After three periods and an overtime, the Rangers and Flyers sat tied at 1-1, so they took things to a shootout.
Henrik Lundqvist allowed a pair of goals from Daniel Briere and Claude Giroux, and that was enough to put the Rangers away, as P.A. Parenteau was the only Ranger to score. Marian Gaborik didn’t even take a shot.
Notes
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 46 of 47 shots he faced.
The Rangers were out-shot each and every period, 47 to 25 overall.
After not scoring any goals all season, Jody Shelley scored two in each of the final games.
Ryan Callahan did not play today, but Brian Boyle started for the first time since hurting his ankle on March 21.
Thoughts
The Rangers finished their season 7-1-2. A large part of that was the emergence of their fourth line of Brandon Prust , Jody Shelley , and Artem Anisimov, who combined to score 18 points over those 10 games. The problem today was that the fourth line became their best line.
Who’d have guessed that when the ...
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The Rangers Miss the Playoffs
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