Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

PhiladelphiaFlyersAway

3–2

Final/OT

SOG 24–24

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at Madison Square Garden.

Matvei Michkov scored twice. Sam Carrick, Alexis Lafrenière and Trevor Zegras also scored.

Samuel Ersson made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
PHI	0	1	1	1	3	24
NYR	1	1	0	0	2	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Sam Carrick (4)Taylor Raddysh (6), Will Borgen (4)0–109:56 NYR

2nd period

Alexis Lafrenière (13)Will Cuylle (15), Vincent Trocheck (25)0–201:23 NYR
Matvei Michkov (14)Noah Cates (17), Owen Tippett (17)1–210:25 PHI · PPG

3rd period

Trevor Zegras (21)Travis Konecny (33), Travis Sanheim (20)2–200:39 PHI

OT period

Matvei Michkov (15)Sean Couturier (22), Nick Seeler (6)Trocheck 2:10 into shift3–202:10 PHI

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:10

3–2 · OT 2:10 · Michkov. Trocheck was 2:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPHI on iceNYR on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 NYR

1st 9:56 · Carrick

Ristolainen 0:27

Fresh legsRistolainen 0:27

0–2 NYR

2nd 1:23 · Lafrenière

York 0:39

Fresh legsYork 0:39

1–2 PHI

2nd 10:25 · PP · Michkov

Borgen 0:42

NormalBorgen 0:42

2–2 PHI

3rd 0:39 · Zegras

Zibanejad 0:39

Fresh legsZibanejad 0:39

3–2 PHI

OT 2:10 · Michkov

Stuck out there: Trocheck 2:10

Stuck out thereTrocheck 2:10

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

PHINYR

24Shots on goal24

37%Faceoff %63%

1/5Power play0/3

11Penalty minutes15

23Hits23

11Blocked shots15

15Giveaways9

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 16:11Garnet Hathaway · boarding2 min
1st 16:11Sam Carrick · fighting5 min
1st 16:11Garnet Hathaway · fighting5 min
2nd 03:29Brennan Othmann · cross checking2 min
2nd 08:27Conor Sheary · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:53Trevor Zegras · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:17Vincent Trocheck · interference2 min
3rd 07:28Alexis Lafrenière · slashing2 min
3rd 14:40Vladislav Gavrikov · high sticking2 min
3rd 19:51Matvei Michkov · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

39Matvei MichkovR	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:02
11Travis KonecnyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:12
14Sean CouturierC	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	50	18:45
27Noah CatesL	0	1	1	-1	5	0	1	0	27	15:29
46Trevor ZegrasC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	2	–	20:17
74Owen TippettR	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	100	15:24
6Travis SanheimD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	23:39
24Nick SeelerD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	15:35
10Bobby BrinkR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:45
19Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	7	100	09:09
22Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	31	21:00
29Nikita GrebenkinR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	12:08
52Denver BarkeyC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	13:54
91Carl GrundstromR	0	0	0	-1	5	2	0	0	–	10:23
8Cam YorkD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	22:19
9Jamie DrysdaleD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	21:33
36Emil AndraeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	11:50
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:46

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Samuel ErssonG	W	24	22	2	.917	61:40
80Dan VladarG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Alexis LafrenièreL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	15:25
14Taylor RaddyshR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	09:49
16Vincent TrocheckC	0	1	1	0	1	6	0	2	60	21:36
39Sam CarrickC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	5	67	07:57
50Will CuylleL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	100	18:05
17Will BorgenD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	2	0	–	18:58
8J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	64	21:08
42Noah LabaC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	58	16:09
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	50	12:50
78Brennan OthmannL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	09:23
91Brendan BrissonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:21
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	70	21:34
94Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	14:52
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	3	0	–	22:34
6Vincent IorioD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:53
23Adam FoxD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	24:57
29Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	17:29
44Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	23:10

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	O	24	21	3	.875	61:42
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00