NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Rangers maintained their season-long mastery of the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon.Derick Brassard scored two goals to lead the Rangers to a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.Were playing the right way, Brassard said. Hopefully were on the right path and looking ahead.Jesper Fast, J.T. Miller and Lee Stempniak also scored for New York, which swept the Flyers in a home-and home matchup on consecutive days.The Rangers have also won the first three matchups of the season against Philadelphia. The teams will play once more this season, Feb. 28 in Philadelphia.(Philadelphia is) a team that is struggling a little bit right now, said Henrik Lundqvist, who made 21 saves for New York.When you get going against a team like Philly I think you put yourself in a good spot by just working really hard and making it really tough for them.Nicklas Grossmann and Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia, which has lost four in a row and eight of nine.Its mental, Flyers coach Craig Berube said. Every guy has to man up and do their job.My job is to get these guys going in the right direction.The Flyers players dismissed any notion that the team needs a trade or a coaching change. Berube replaced Peter Laviolette after the third game of the 2013-14 season and guided Philadelphia to a playoff berth where they were eliminated in the first round by New York.Its on us, Wayne Simmonds said. This has nothing to do with the coach, nothing to do with systems.Brassards second goal of the game broke a 2-2 tie at 3:06 of the third. The play began with a 3-on-2 break from New Yorks defensive zone. As the Rangers entered the offensive zone, Kevin Hayes found Brassard with a cross-ice pass and the New York centre fired a shot over a sliding Luke Schenn and past Flyers goalie Ray Emery.I felt (my line) needed to step up a little bit, Brassard said. I needed to shoot the puck more to get those scoring chances and thats (whats) happening.Miller made it 4-2 at 9:54 with a wraparound that beat Emery. Millers goal was his first of the season. Stempniak added an empty-netter with 23.9 seconds left.Fasts goal was the first of his career.Its great, Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh said of Fasts and Millers offensive contributions. Its nice to see that.Brassard opened the scoring at 2:50 of the first by sending Rick Nashs pass past Emery. The goal came on a four-minute power play, as Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux was assessed a double-minor for high-sticking John Moore.Grossmann tied it at 13:46 of the first, with a shot that beat Lundqvist high. The goal ended New Yorks shutout streak against Philadelphia this season at 135:39.Philadelphia went ahead 2-1 on Voraceks power-play shot from the right circle 8:45 into the second. But the lead didnt last long as Fast got New York even at 2-2 at 11:38, and set the stage for the Rangers three-goal third period.The Flyers lamented their third-period collapse as they believed they could have left New York with at least one point.Going into the third 2-2 we thought it was a good position, Emery said. I have to make the saves in the third. Its all I can do.New York was 1 for 4 on the power play. Philadelphia went 1 for 1 on the man advantage. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 35-23.NOTES: The Rangers did not have Tanner Glass and Dan Boyle due to illness. During his pregame news conference, New York coach Alain Vigneault reported Glass has a case of the mumps while Boyle has the flu. Glass joins Anaheim Ducks players Francois Beauchemin and Corey Perry, and Minnesota Wild players Jonas Brodin and Marco Scandella to have mumps this season. ... Miller dressed in place of Chris Kreider, who learned of his grandfathers death following New Yorks 3-0 win over Philadelphia Friday afternoon. ... Philadelphia scratched defenceman Carlo Colaiacovo and Andrew MacDonald, and left wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. Max Scharping Womens Jersey . "For the past several weeks, Logan has been dealing and playing with an upper body injury," said general manager Doug Wilson in a statement. "Despite his efforts to play through it, the injury has not responded as we had hoped and Logan has made the decision to undergo a surgical procedure to repair the problem. Arian Foster Jersey . 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Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist as the Kings stretched their streak to seven wins in a row with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England offensive line, maligned through the early weeks of the season, has rebounded to do a terrific job protecting the teams 37-year-old prime asset.Quarterback Tom Brady contributed to the teams highlight film with a 17-yard scramble that ended in a hard hit instead of a slide last week against Miami. On Nov. 2, some Brady footwork led to a circus catch by tight end Rob Gronkowski, another highlight-reel play.Overall, Brady has been mostly upright over the last 10 games, nine of them wins.I think it was just a matter of time, tackle Cameron Fleming said Friday as the Patriots finished preparation for Sundays game at the New York Jets. There were a lot of changes coming in and I think we all just needed time to shore up our technique and mould together as a unit — and realize that were interchangeable, that if one man goes down then another man can come in and help and get the job done.I think it was time that got us better and we focused on what we needed to do to improve, because we knew there was something wrong that needed to change and we just made it happen.Changes? Start with long-time line coach Dante Scarnecchia retiring and being replaced by Dave DeGuglielmo. Then, just before the start of the season, Pro Bowl guard and team leader Logan Mankins was traded to Tampa Bay.The result: four sacks in the opening game, nine in the first four, with Brady getting hit way too much and the team going 2-2.Now, with two games left in the regular seasonn and the Patriots on the verge of clinching home-field advantage for the entire AFC playoffs, the team is second in the league (behind Denver) in fewest sacks per passing play.dddddddddddd. New England is third in total sacks allowed (behind Denver and Baltimore).So the team that yielded nine sacks in the first four games has surrendered nine in 10 games since. The continued health of tight end Rob Gronkowski has helped, but the line has been good.We dont look back too far, said left tackle Nate Solder. Our goal right now is the Jets and I think thats been our approach all season. One week at a time you improve, you get a little bit incrementally better, and by the time you get to this point in the season, you see some big improvements.I think its incrementally because I think each guy improves a little bit each week and that gets you to where youve improved a lot over the course of the season.Added guard Ryan Wendell: I would expect every year to get better throughout the season. We work hard to try and get better every week, so if we werent doing that, we wouldnt be doing our jobs.As far as the coaching change affecting the group, Wendell added, Its still the same system. Players and coaches change every year and weve been real fortunate around here to have one coach at that position for a long time. But across the NFL coaches and players are moving all the time, so its not that out of the ordinary.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '
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