New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 24, 2021 · Wells Fargo Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 39–27.
Chris Kreider scored a hat trick. Erik Gustafsson, Shayne Gostisbehere, James van Riemsdyk and Kevin Hayes also scored.
Brian Elliott made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Erik Gustafsson (1)Shayne Gostisbehere (2), Claude Giroux (11)0–107:48 PHI
Chris Kreider (6)Mika Zibanejad (3), Adam Fox (7)1–109:32 NYR · 
Shayne Gostisbehere (1)Erik Gustafsson (8), Claude Giroux (12)1–215:31 PHI ·
2nd period
James van Riemsdyk (9)Joel Farabee (7), Sean Couturier (5)1–304:05 PHI · - Chris Kreider (7)Mika Zibanejad (4), Ryan Strome (5)2–308:03 NYR ·
Kevin Hayes (7)Claude Giroux (13), Philippe Myers (4)2–414:37 PHI
3rd period
- Chris Kreider (8)Ryan Lindgren (5), Colin Blackwell (3)3–403:27 NYR
Team stats
NYRPHI
2739
36%64%
2/52/8
1610
2125
1810
105
57
Penalties
- 5:31 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 9:28 into the first period
Sean Couturier · holding2 min - 14:13 into the first periodJonny Brodzinski · slashing2 min
- 16:20 into the first periodNicolas Aube-Kubel · holding2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodBrendan Smith · hooking2 min
- 4:11 into the second periodJulien Gauthier · high sticking2 min
- 4:33 into the second periodPavel Buchnevich · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 7:31 into the second periodConnor Bunnaman · interference2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodRyan Lindgren · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodCarsen Twarynski · boarding2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodJoel Farabee · hooking2 min
- 14:22 into the third periodAnthony Bitetto · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 20Chris KreiderC | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:20 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:04 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:44 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 76Jonny BrodzinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 22Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:59 |
| 27Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 20:54 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:48 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 21:49 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 86Joel FarabeeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:55 |
| 5Philippe MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 10Andy AndreoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:25 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 55Samuel MorinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:11 |
| 62Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 81Carsen TwarynskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:12 |
| 82Connor BunnamanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Brian ElliottG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 79Carter HartG | 0 | 0 | – |