Protecting leads really hasn’t been a problem for the Flyers this season. But it was on Saturday in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers.

Denver Barkey didn’t look out of place Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, but the Flyers coughed up a lead and lost to the Rangers, 5-4, in a shootout.

NEW YORK -- Mika Zibanejad scored a game-tying power-play goal with 2:34 left in the third period and had an assist, helping the New York Rangers rally for a 5-4 shootout win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

The Rangers played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday and did something they have not done often enough there this season: They won, 5-4 in a shootout over the Flyers after coming back from a 4-2 third-period deficit. The Rangers now are 5-10-3 at home and 18-15-4 overall.

The hot-mic has caught another victim. The Philadelphia Flyers announced Friday that longtime radio play-by-play voice Tim Saunders has been suspended for two games. It follows an inappropriate comment caught during Wednesday’s broadcast.

Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist, and Carl Grundstrom and Bobby Brink also scored for Philadelphia (17-9-6), which is on a five-game point streak despite losing its previous three games (2-0-3). Dan Vladar made 21 saves, and Sean Couturier had two assists.

In their final game of a six-game homestand, and the first of a home-and-home, the Philadelphia Flyers put on a show in the first 20 minutes against the Carolin

All NHL games are not equal; some are more equal than others; specifically today's matinee at The Garden – Rangers vs. Flyers.