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The Philadelphia Flyers (7th in the Metropolitan Division), who have won just three of their last 19 games, will face the New York Rangers (4th in the Metropolitan), who are on a five-game winning streak, as they look to win consecutive games for the first time in five weeks.
The New York Rangers (16-10-5) defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday at Madison Square Garden to earn their fifth straight victory, a season-high. After the Leafs tied the game at 1-1 with six minutes remaining in the first period following Filip Chytil’s (7 goals, 15 points) first-period power-play goal, Jimmy Vesey (5 goals, 11 points this year) scored a snipe in each of the last two periods. Meanwhile, Vincent Trocheck, who has 10 goals and 22 points, picked up two assists to surpass 400 NHL points. Next, New York, which is presently riding a three-game winning streak away from home, will go on a three-game road trip.
The Philadelphia Flyers (10-14-7) snapped a four-game losing run (0-2-2) with a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Thursday, capping out their most recent four-game road trip with a 1-1-2 record. Scott Laughton (5 goals, 11 points) tied the game for Philadelphia during the man advantage in the second period after the hosts took the lead with a power-play goal at 4:20 of the first period. Travis Konecny (12 goals, 26 points) eventually put the game away on a breakaway halfway through the third period. The Flyers, who had only won three times in their previous 19 games, received an assist on both goals from Noah Cates (3 goals, 11 points) (3-11-5).
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Patrick Brown – Kieffer Bellows – Noah Cates
Jackson Cates – Nicolas Deslauriers – Morgan Frost
Kevin Hayes – Joel Farabee – Olle Lycksell
Scott Laughton – Zack MacEwen – Owen Tippett
Justin Braun – Tony DeAngelo
Ivan Provorov – Rasmus Ristolainen
Nick Seeler – Egor Zamula
Carter Hart
Felix Sandstrom
Jonny Brodzinski – Filip Chytil – Barclay Goodrow
Vincent Trocheck – Mika Zibanejad – Sammy Blais
Kaapo Kakko – Vitali Kravtsov – Chris Kreider
Alexis Lafreniere – Artemi Panarin – Jimmy Vesey
Adam Fox – Libor Hajek
Ryan Lindgren – K’Andre Miller
Braden Schneider – Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Philadelphia Flyers: Maxwell Willman, Patrick Brown, Cam Atkinson, Wade Allison, Tanner Laczynski, Bobby Brink, Sean Couturier, Ryan Ellis
New York Rangers: No Injuries reported
The game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers will take place at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia on Saturday, December 17 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers will be telecast live on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Philadelphia | December 17 (7:00 PM ET) |
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