Then, with Phil Myers committed up the boards and Shayne Gostisbehere sagging back to defend a potential pass, Buchnevich had time and space to step out in front and, with Lyon on all fours, scored at 7:56. Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafreniere earned the helpers.
3) Much of the second period was sloppy for both teams, with bouncing pucks on bad ice, players falling down, overskated pucks and errant passes. Scott Laughton took exception to a Kevin Rooney check on Couturier that was close to a knee-to-knee hit and dropped the gloves with the New York player.
4) With 4:26 remaining in the second period, the Flyers went on a lengthy 5-on-3 power play. Philly was unable to capitalize then averted disaster on a shorthanded breakaway for Filip Chytil as play moved to 5-on-4.
5) Couturier had multiple scoring chances during the game; none better than a point blank look early in the third period that Georgiev got with the blocker while deep in his net. With 10:34 left 9n in the third period, Lafreniere gave New York an insurance goal on a broken play around the Flyers' net. The assists went to Buchnevich and Zibanejad.
With 7:33 left, the Flyers had a would-be Justin Braun rebound goal on a Travis Konecny breakaway disallowed for goalie interference by James van Riemsdyk. Replays appeared to show that K'Andre Miller pushed JVR into Georgiev. Play was already being blown dead as Braun put the puck in the vacant net.
Lyon allowed a bad goal by Chytil from a severe angle along or just behind the goal line. The Rangers took a 4-1 lead at 13:40.