The Philadelphia Flyers dropped the first game of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the New York Rangers, losing 4-1 at Madison Square Garden. Special teams failures and discipline lapses proved to be the Flyers’ undoing, along with Philly’s inability to get pucks behind the New York defense and set up a forecheck.

The game entered the third period tied at 1-1 before the Rangers

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