Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the New York Ranges and Philadelphia Flyers faceoff for Game 6 of their Round 1 best-of-seven series as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The game can be live streamed for free here. New York fans can hear all of the action on 98.7 WEPN while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 97.5 The Fanatic.
New York looks to wrap up the series with an elusive victory while leading the series and Philadelphia hopes to stave off elimination on home ice and force a Game 7 back in New York on Wednesday.
The Rangers took a 1-0 series lead with a 4-1 Game 1 win, but the Flyers bounced back with a 4-2 win at Madison Square Garden in Game 2. New York then won Game 3 4-1 in Philadelphia and once again had a chance to take a two-game series lead before Philadelphia scored a 2-1 Game 4 triumph. The Blueshirts took Game 5 4-2 and now look to once again win a game while leading a series, which they haven't done in 11 straight playoff games.
The Rangers hope that Rick Nash will come through as he is tied for third on the team in points with four all off of assists but in 17 playoff games with New York Nash has just one goal.
"He's due," coach Alain Vigneault said Monday via NHL.com. "He's had some great looks and is working really hard. I have, and his teammates have, a lot of confidence in Rick. He's doing a lot of the right things and sooner or later the puck is going to go in."
Nash's linemates have contributed as well as Derek Stepan is tied for him with four points off of two goals and two assists and Martin St. Louis leads the team with six points off of two tallies and four helpers. Brad Richards is second on the team with five points off of lighting the lamp twice and adding three assists.
The Flyers had early season struggles and mounted a turnaround to make the postseason and have come-from-behind all season. The team has already shown its knack for coming back by crawling out of 1-0 and 2-1 holes in this series and will look to nod things up to force Game 7 at Madison Square Garden, where they are 1-2 during this series.
"We have a lot of character in this room," captain Claude Giroux told NHL.com. "Guys hate losing. Lot of passion. That's one of our positives; we just don't quit. Some teams might be a little down that they just lost Game 5 and they're down 3-2. We look at it like we're playing at home [Tuesday] and we got a chance to play Game 7. Guys are confident. That's a good start."
Giroux is one of three players tied for the team lead with three points as he and defenseman Mark Streit each have a goal and two assists and Jakub Voracek also has three points off of a team-best two markers and one helper.
Steve Mason will start for the third time this series for Philadelphia after going 1-1 in three appearances and allowing four goals while stopping 58 shots. Henrik Lundqvist will man the crease for New York after yielding nine goals and turning aside 113 shots.
The Rangers look to end the series while Philadelphia tries to stave off elimination and force a Game 7 when the puck drops tonight at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
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