Rangers’ Valiquette Earns Third Win Against Flyers
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Welcome to the NHL version of a windy day at Wrigley Field.
Pucks flew into the net at such a dizzying pace that the starting goalies for the Philadelphia Flyers and Rangers were gone before two minutes elapsed in the second period.
The backups fared much better, and when it was over Steve Valiquette had his third win over the Flyers this season.
Coming on in relief of ineffective Henrik Lundqvist, Valiquette stopped 17 of 18 shots through overtime and was perfect in the shootout for the Rangers, who beat the Flyers 5–4 yesterday.
After Jeff Carter’s second goal of the game got the Flyers even at 4 with 8:11 left in regulation, Brendan Shanahan and Nigel Dawes scored in the shootout. Valiquette, who has five wins this season including a pair of shutouts over Philadelphia, stopped defenseman Kimmo Timonen in the first round of the tiebreaker and kept out Carter’s drive after it hit the left post.
That snapped Philadelphia’s three-game winning streak and extended the Rangers’ surge to 7–0–2. The Flyers scored four goals for the second straight game, following a 4–1 win at the Islanders on Saturday, and have rebounded since an 0–8–2 skid.
Lundqvist didn’t come out for the second period after allowing three goals on eight shots.
