Blueshirt Breakdown: NYR 4 vs. PHI 0 - 04.13.22

WINNING TIME - The Rangers improved to 4-1-0 over their last five games, earning a point in five of their last six games (4-1-1) and nine of their last 11 contests (8-2-1). Tonight was New York's 40th regulation win of the season, tied for the third most in the NHL and eighth most in franchise history. The Blueshirts' 102 points are their most since 2016-17 and tied for the seventh most in team history.
EAST COAST LIVING - The Rangers improved to 32-10-2 against Eastern Conference opponents and 14-8-1 against teams in the Metropolitan Division. This is the ninth time since conference play was introduced in 1974-75 in which the Blueshirts have won 32+ games against teams in their own conference. The last time was 2014-15 (35 wins vs. EC).
AWAY WINS - New York won its fourth-straight road contest, its third streak of four or more road wins this season, and has won seven of its last eight on the road dating back to Mar. 12. With tonight's win, the Rangers earned their 50th road point, tied for the fifth most in club history. Their 24 road wins are tied for the fourth most in franchise history.
CREASE CLOSED - The Blueshirts collected their seventh shutout of the season and second in their last four games. New York has allowed one or fewer goals in four of their last five contests.
SQUAD GOALS - For the 10th time in their last 12 games, the Blueshirts scored three or more goals in a game. New York has averaged 3.50 goals per game in that span.
KILLING IT - New York was perfect on the penalty kill (2-for-2) for a seventh-straight game (17-for-17), establishing their longest streak of the season and longest since Feb. 26-Mar. 9, 2021 (7 GP). Since April 1, the Blueshirts are one of three teams in the league to not have allowed a power play goal (St. Louis, San Jose). New York iced the game with their seventh shorthanded goal of the season, tied for the 10th most in the league.
PHILLY SPECIAL- The Rangers finished the season series with Philadelphia with a 3-0-1 record, marking the fifth time in history of this matchup that the Rangers have not suffered a regulation loss over the course of the season against the Flyers. The last time was 2011-12 when New York went 6-0-0. The Rangers have earned a point in eight of their last 10 games against the Flyers (6-2-2) and three of their last four games at Wells Fargo Center.
OTHER SIDE OF THINGS - The Rangers finished off their 13th back-to-back set of the season with a win, improving to 8-4-1 in the second half of back-to-backs this year. Those eight wins are tied for the third most in the NHL.
BOUNCING BACK - The Blueshirts responded from last night's loss with tonight's victory, improving to 18-6-3 following a loss of any kind this season.
SCORING FIRST- New York improved to 30-5-2 when scoring the first goal of the game, 22-4-0 when leading after the first period and 28-1-3 when leading heading into the third frame.
PUCKS ON NET- The Rangers collected 34 shots on goal, their third-straight game reaching the 30+ shot plateau and eighth time in their last 12 games.

• Kaapo Kakko registered his sixth-career multi-goal game and second of the season (Dec. 15 at ARI). Only six players have posted more with the Rangers before age 22: Don Murdoch (11), Wayne Dillon (8), Niklas Sundstrom (7), Tony Amonte (7), Tomas Sandstrom (7) and Steve Vickers (7). Kakko, who missed 31 games from Jan. 22-Apr. 7, recorded his last point on January 15 against the Flyers. Tonight was Kakko's second game-winning goal and fifth of his career.
  - Artemi Panarin scored his 22nd goal of the season, has points in five of his last six games (4G-5A) and has notched a point in 10 of his last 12 contests (6G-11A). Panarin has 27 points (7G-20A) in his last 18 games. Panarin has tallied a point in 12 of his last 13 games against Philadelphia (6G-14A) and 18 of his last 20 games (9G-23A) against them. Panarin has 47 points on the road (13G-34A), tied for the seventh most in the NHL, and tied for the most road points in his career (2018-19 w/CBJ). He is one point from accumulating his second career 90-plus point season (2019-20 w/NYR).
  - Alexandar Georgiev earned a win in a sixth-straight start, a career-long, and posted his eighth career shutout. Georgiev's shutout was his second of the season and second in his last five starts. With Igor Shesterkin winning seven-straight starts earlier this season (Dec. 31-Jan. 24), this is the first time in franchise history the Rangers have had multiple goalies record a win streak of 6 or more starts in the same season. New York is the fourth team to complete the feat this season (BOS, WSH, ANA).
  - Barclay Goodrow established his single-season career high in points, recording two assists to give him 28 points on the season (13G-15A). Goodrow has assists in two of his last six games. Tonight was his fourth multi-point game of the season and first since Jan. 3 vs. Edmonton.
  - Andrew Copp scored his 18th goal of the season and second in his last three games. Copp extended his point streak to six-straight games, tied for his longest of his career (Mar. 20-30, 2022). Copp has points in 12 of his last 13 games (5G-11A) and 11 of his 12 contests (5G-8A) with New York. Copp's goal was the second shorthanded goal of his season (Oct. 16 at SJS) and sixth of his career.
  - Jacob Trouba tallied his eighth multi-point game of the season (2A), first since March 6 at Winnipeg, and his third multi-assist contest this year. Trouba has four assists in his last six games.
  - K'Andre Miller extended his point streak to three games (1G-2A) with an assist, tying his career-long streak from Jan. 19-22, 2022 (3A). Miller has points in four of his last six games (1G-3A).