Both teams accept four amateur larboard and are advancing off back-to-back adjustment losses. “We accumulate talking about actuality the top aggregation in the alliance but we haven’t played that way,” defenseman Kimmo Timonen said. Going into the playoffs, we accept to get our bold aback on track.”
Philadelphia almost fabricated the 2010 playoffs, condoning with a shootout achievement over the visiting Rangers on the final day of the approved season. That accident kept New York out of the postseason.
The Rangers (41-32-5) are eighth in the East but accept affluence of assignment to do to defended a playoff berth.
They’re wrapping up a four-game alley trip, accepting baffled Boston afore accident to Buffalo and the New York Islanders.
The Rangers accept denticulate aloof bristles goals in their aftermost bristles amateur and Ryan Callahan, the aggregation baton with 23 goals, has none in that span.
This aggregation has been acceptable bouncing aback from some adamantine games. Callahan had four goals in the best contempo antagonism with the Flyers, a 7-0 home win March 6. New York totaled six goals in the aboriginal four affairs and absent them all.
The Rangers accept absent four beeline in Philadelphia, managing aloof three goals, but the Flyers are 0-2-3 in their aftermost bristles at home for their longest drift there back bottomward six beeline in February 2008.
“We got a big bold on Sunday adjoin the team that has absent two (straight) as well, so it’s gonna be an athirst bold on both sides,” Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher said.
Boucher has absent four beeline starts, and he exited in the additional aeon of aftermost month’s accident to New York afterwards acceptance four goals. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>
