Rangers leading Flyers 1-0 after first period

Philadelphia, Pa. - Dan Boyle lit the lamp for the visiting Rangers on the power-play as New York leads the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 after the first period Friday.

Boyle raced a slap shot past Steve Mason after taking a cross-ice pass from Derek Stepan when the Rangers took the advantage over the Flyers' 30th-ranked penalty-kill.

Martin St. Louis also featured on the assist, notching his 999th-career point.

Zac Rinaldo sat for two minutes at 5:22, 48 seconds earlier, after roughing New York's Dominic Moore, throwing a punch to the center's face in the Flyers' offensive zone.

New York went 1-for-2 on the power-play, the second coming after the Flyers were called for too many men at 10:38. Jakub Voracek sat for the two minutes. Boyle tried Mason again from afar, but the goalie pushed the shot away from his chest. Rick Nash tried that deflection seconds later from close range, but Mason was there with his glove.

Mason stopped 9-of-10 in twenty minutes and Cam Talbot all 7 he faced for the Rangers in relief of Henrik Lundqvist.

Moore would sit for two minutes after interfering with Flyers captain Claude Giroux at 7:20.

Which put Philadelphia's 6th-best power-play unit on the ice. Claude Giroux tried Talbot early on, but went wide. New York's Carl Hagelin ventured a short-handed goal on Mason after a turnover in the Flyers zone, being pushed aside by the goalie's pad.

Vincent Lecavalier fired on Talbot with 30 seconds left in the advantage when Andrew Macdonald found him alone in the right circle, but the center's shot went wide.

After being outshot 10-3 early, Philadelphia brought greater offensive pressure with four minutes left in the first session. Andrew Macdonald fired a one-timer for Cam Talbot that deflected wide to the right circle, where Michael Del Zotto, former Ranger, was waiting. He fired for Talbot's left, a shot that went high. Del Zotto tried again two minutes later, but hit the glass.

The defenseman featured a third time, with a minute-ten remaining, sneaking a pass near the crease to Wayne Simmonds, who fired wide on Talbot.

For the Flyers, Brayden Schenn flicked a pass to Nick Schultz, alone and wide open in the left circle, whose chance on Cam Talbot went high and wide at 16:20.

Philadelphia (8-10-3, 19 pts) will visit the Garden tomorrow to finish a home-and-home with the Rangers (9-8-4, 22 pts), though fell to their arch-rival 2-0 in their last trip there Nov. 19th.