NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Brink scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period, Samuel Ersson made 24 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
Cam York, Travis Konecny and Noah Cates also scored for the Flyers, who were 0-6-2 since defeating Boston at home on March 23. Ryan Poehling added two assists as Philadelphia stayed alive in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race.
The Rangers had won seven in a row against the Flyers and were 10-0-1 in their last 11 meetings with Philadelphia.
Ersson improved to 22-18-7 while allowing only a goal to Artemi Panarin.
The Rangers remained at 53 wins, one shy of a franchise record.
York opened the scoring at 4:21 of the first, rifling the puck past Jonathan Quick for his 10th goal.
Panarin tied it with his 47th goal on the power-play goal at 18:19 of the first. Panarin has 117 points, six shy of the franchise record set by Jaromir Jagr in 2005-06. He also set a Rangers record with points in 65 of New York’s 80 games this season. The 32-year-old forward has points in 11 consecutive games, with nine goals and 14 assists.
Brink put the Flyers ahead with his 11th goal at 3:29 of the second when his shot toward the net deflected off Rangers defenseman K’Andre Miller’s stick and past Quick.
Konecny made it 3-1 with his team-leading 32nd goal with 47 seconds remaining in the second.
Cates increased the Flyers’ lead to 4-1 with his sixth goal at 5:56 of the third.
