Flyers-Rangers rivalry
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| First meeting | November 16, 1967 |
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| Latest meeting | April 2, 2017 |
| Next meeting | To be determined |
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| Meetings total | 289 |
| All-time series | 154–152–37 (NYR) |
| Regular season series | 130–122–37 (NYR) |
| Postseason results | 30–24 (PHI) |
| Longest win streak | PHI W14 |
| Current win streak | NYR W1 |
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The Flyers–Rangers rivalry (also commonly referred to as Broadway versus Broad Street) is one of the most storied and well known rivalries in the National Hockey League. The New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers have met eleven times in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with the Flyers winning six and the Rangers winning five of the series, and they have been division rivals since the 1974–75 season. The ferocity of the rivalry can also be attributed to the geographic New York-Philadelphia rivalry, which is mirrored in the National Football League's Eagles–Giants rivalry, the National Basketball Association's Knicks–76ers rivalry, and the Major League Baseball's Mets–Phillies rivalry.
In 1974, the Flyers eliminated the Rangers in the Semifinals. The series went seven games, with the Rangers sealing their own fate, taking a too many men penalty in the waning moments of the game while trying to replace the goaltender with an extra attacker. The home team won all 7 games of the series as a result, and it marked the first time that an expansion team had defeated an Original Six team in a playoff series.
The Flyers went on to win their first of back-to-back Stanley Cups. The day after the Flyers won the Cup, more than two million people —one of them, future Ranger goaltender Mike Richter — lined Broad Street for a ticker-tape parade. Richter grew up in Flourtown, Pa. near Philadelphia, idolizing Flyers goalie Bernie Parent.
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