New York Rangers’ Alexis Lafreniere, center, celebrates his goal with K’Andre Miller (79) and Erik Gustafsson (56) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alexis Lafrenière scored, Matt Rempe tallied his first career goal and got the Rangers going with another first-period fight and New York beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Saturday to tie a franchise record with its 10th straight victory.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 39 shots for the Rangers, who previously won 10 in a row during the 1972-73 and 1939-40 seasons. They can set a club mark for consecutive victories on Sunday at Columbus. The Metropolitan Division-leading Rangers have not lost since Jan. 26.
“It was good,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “It had a little bit of everything.”
Tyson Foerster scored for Philadelphia, which lost for just the third time in its last eight games. The Flyers entered in third place in the Metropolitan, 13 points behind New York. Samuel Ersson finished with 22 saves.
“We came out hard, we finished hard, needed a bounce here or there,” Philadelphia’s Scott Laughton said. “Take a lot of positives out of it.”
Rempe, a 6-foot-7 rookie sixth-round pick playing in his fourth career game, scored the game-winner when Barclay Goodrow’s shot deflected off his right skate and past Ersson with 13:29 to play.
“He did exactly what he’s supposed to do, which is go to the front of the net and stand in front of the goaltender,” Laviolette said.
Just three minutes in, Philadelphia’s Nicolas Deslauriers and Rempe dropped the gloves in a heavyweight duel.
Both players landed heavy punches, with Deslauriers getting cut on the forehead by one of Rempe’s hard right hands. The fight ended with Deslauriers tackling Rempe to the ice.
“That’s a good, old-fashioned hockey fight,” Philadelphia coach John Tortorella…
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