NEW YORK — After bending and breaking in the third period the night before at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Flyers nearly bent and broke again, this time against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
But Sunday night, the story ended differently — a 4-3 shootout victory for the Flyers as Kevin Hayes scored the shootout’s only goal.
The Flyers were up, 3-0, through the first 45 minutes of the game, thanks to goals from Cam York, Owen Tippett, and Joel Farabee. However, the Flyers relinquished their lead and the Rangers clawed their way back as Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, and Andrew Copp scored three straight within the final 15 minutes of the third period to tie the game, 3-3. The Zibanejad and Copp goals came within 12 seconds of each other.
