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Flyers Mount Comeback on Thankgiving




Nick Cousins celebrates his late third period goal

NHL.com -- The Flyers and Rangers played their Thanksgiving Hockey Game and fans were in for a treat. Rangers fans watched as their team shot out to a 3-0 lead by the midway point of the game with goals from Jooris, Nash and Holden, but Flyers fans got the last laugh as Claude Giroux willed his team to rally with two straight goals on "Claude Giroux Bobblehead Game." Sean Couturier would tie the game with a laser from the circle after a sweet dish from Wayne Simmonds. Simmonds would give the Flyers a 4-3 lead after Travis Konecny found a way to get him a pass with Dan Girardi hanging on him. Nick Cousins would give the Flyers breathing room with less than a minute left as he batted in a Raffl shot to give the Flyers a 5-3 lead. A late penalty by Scott Laughton would give the Rangers a chance to comeback and a D.Stepan goal with Lundqvist pulled gave them hope, but Steve Mason shut that down after the 4th goal.

New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers
Nov 25, 2016 1 2 3 F NYR (12-8-1) 2 1 1 4 PHI (14-6-1) 0 1 4 5 Three Stars Wayne Simmonds, PHI 1 Goal, 2 Assists Claude Giroux, PHI 2 Goals Sean Couturier, PHI 1 Goal	Team Stats Comparison NYR PHI Shots on Goal 31 30 Hits 13 28 Faceoffs Won-Lost 18-19 19-18 Penalty Minutes 14:00 20:00 Power Plays Converted 1 1 Power Play Opportunities 5 2 Time on Attack 5:47 5:20
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD NYR 9:58 J.Jooris(5)(B.Pirri) NYR 18:01 R.Nash(6)(M.Zuccarello) SECOND PERIOD NYR 4:57 N.Holden(2)(M.Staal) PHI 12:39 C.Giroux(11)(J.Voracek) THIRD PERIOD PHI 0:50 C.Giroux(12)(S.Gostisbehere) PP PHI 6:50 S.Couturier(8)(W.Simmonds) PHI 17:25 W.Simmonds(8)(T.Konecny) PHI 19:02 N.Cousins(8)(M.Raffl, W.Simmonds) NYR 19:32 D.Stepan(9)(J.Miller, C.Kreider) PP

SIMMED
11/27 - 5-3 W vs CGY
11/29 - 3-0 L vs BOS
12/1 - 2-0 L @ OTT
12/3 - 1-0 L vs CHI
12/4 - 3-1 W @ NSH
12/6 - 4-3 SOW vs FLA

Record: 18-9-1, 1st in Metro

Key Stats:
Giroux leads team with 13 Goals, 12 Assists, Wayne Simmonds (8/16) and Read(8/15) are close behind
Konecny leads ALL ROOKIES with 6-11-17(Laine is at 14, currently injured)
2nd Best GF(Tied with Tampa @ 88, Chicago has 89)
Bottom half on the PP(16.7%), but 6th in PK(85.3%)

Key Stories around the NHL
- Ovechkin leads the NHL with 19 Goals
- Erik Karlsson is 2nd in the NHL with 32 Points(Only Stamkos/Palat, both with 33 have more)
- Sidney Crosby is 6-11-17 with a -14
- Prior to his torn Groin, Ben Bishop was 6-1-1 with a 1.30GAA and 95.3SV%
-Ondrej Pavelec, before his injury was 11-6, 1.79GAA and 94.1SV%
- Top Five Team: Tampa Bay(18-6-3), PHILADELPHIA(18-9-1), Calgary(16-9-4), Winnipeg(16-10-3), Ottawa(16-9-2)
- Botom Five Teams: San Jose(10-12-4), Dallas(10-14-3), Montreal(11-15-0), Hartford(9-14-3), Toronto(5-18-2)

Key Injuries Around the NHL
CGY - Dougie Hamilton, Post-Concussion Syndrome, out till Feb
CBJ - Brandon Saad, Pending Evaluation, Out till Feb
DAL - Jaime Benn, Broken Hand, Out till Dec 31st
EDM - C.McDavid, Pending Evaluation, TBD
EDM - J.Puljujarvi, Post Concussion Syndrome, Out till mid-Jan
MTL - Carey Price, Pulled Groin, Mid-Dec
NYI - J.Boychuk, MCL Sprain, Early-Jan
NYR - C.Kreider, Broken Foot, Early-Jan
OTT - H.Zetterberg, Lacerated Arm, Mid-Jan
PHI - I.PROVOROV, BROKEN LEG, EARLY-FEB
SEA - L.Schenn, Fractured Collarbone, Early Jan
TBL - B.Bishop, Torn Groin, Late Dec
WPG - P.Laine, Back Spasms, Mid-Dec