PHILADELPHIA — There has been little to no stopping the Rangers since the All-Star break. This isn’t the Avalanche that won the Stanley Cup two years ago.
This isn’t the Lightning, who won the previous two Stanley Cups.
Not even the Devils, who ended their quest for a postseason berth before advancing to the second round last year.
And that was no different on Saturday, as the Rangers defeated the Flyers 2-1 at Wells Fargo Center for a franchise-record 10-game winning streak.
The Blueshirts play the Blue Jackets on Sunday with a chance to set a franchise record that has stood since 1926 (held by the 1972-1993 and 1939-40 teams) with Matt Lempe’s first NHL goal. There is. The third period sealed their latest victory.
Lempe’s night started with a classic brawl with Nicolas Deslauriers in the first period, with both men dropping their gloves and exchanging punches for nearly 40 seconds.
This will be Rempe’s second game in four since being called up.
And once again, his presence was a spark in both the first and third periods, deflecting Braden Schneider’s shot into the Flyers’ net.
Concerns over a sub-.500 hockey record in the middle of the season, when the Rangers’ win after win, and the winning streaks they combined, amounted to nothing more than a reassuring encore to a 24-8-1 loss. reduced. At the beginning of the year.
Shesterkin has been at the heart of the Rangers’ winning streak, and he entered the All-Star break with near-career worst performance.
So the Rangers ended up giving him a reset after the break.
Jonathan Quick was the best goaltender, purely based on numbers and results, and he kept winning.
But the Blueshirts’ support for Shesterkin never wavered, and his save percentage was .900 (.900) in wins in his past five starts until head coach Peter Laviolette turned to him again on Saturday. 907) little by little.
He made his sixth consecutive start and made 40 saves, including 17 in the first period.
