Schedule and 2013-14 Results
Regular Season Records: New York Rangers 45-31-6=96pts, Philadelphia 42-30-10=94pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 17 April: Philadelphia loses at New York Rangers, 4-goals-1
Game 2 on Sunday, 20 April: Philadelphia wins at New York Rangers, 4-goals-2
Game 3 on Tuesday, 22 April: New York Rangers win at Philadelphia, 4-goals-1
Game 4 on Friday, 25 April: New York Rangers lose at Philadelphia, 2-goals-1
Game 5 on Sunday, 27 April: Philadelphia loses at New York Rangers, 4-goals-2
Game 6 on Tuesday, 29 April: New York Rangers lose at Philadelphia, 5-goals-2
Game 7 on Wednesday, 30 April: Philadelphia loses at New York Rangers, 2-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The New York Rangers hosted and bested the Philadelphia Flyers 2-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 victory. With the series 1224 win, the New York Rangers improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 28-37 overall and 11-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1224 loss, the Philadelphia Flyers see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 38-31 overall and 12-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious New York Rangers in series 1224 was WLWLWLW: Series 1224 thus becomes the first NHL Preliminary-round series, the seventh NHL series (all rounds), and the 24th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 6: The Philadelphia Flyers hosted and defeated the New York Rangers 5-goals-2 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the New York Rangers have a Game 7 record of 6-5, while the Philadelphia Flyers have a Game 7 record of 9-6.

After Game 5: The New York Rangers hosted and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Rangers have a series record of 13-2 and a Game 6 record of 10-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 3-14 and a Game 6 record of 7-10.

After Game 4: The Philadelphia Flyers hosted and defeated the New York Rangers 2-goals-1 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the New York Rangers have a series record of 12-14 and a Game 5 record of 10-16, while the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 14-7 and a Game 5 record of 12-9 (with an active four-Game 5 losing streak).

After Game 3: The New York Rangers visited and bested the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Rangers have a series record of 15-6 and a Game 4 record of 11-10. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 7-20 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 13-14.

After Game 2: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and defeated the New York Rangers 4-goals-2 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the New York Rangers have a series record of 15-15 and a Game 3 record of 14-16, while the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 17-16 and a Game 3 record of 15-18.

After Game 1: The New York Rangers hosted and topped the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1224 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Rangers have a series record of 18-11 and a Game 2 record of 12-17 (with an active three-Game 2 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 15-21 and a Game 2 record of 19-17.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2013-14 NHL regular season, the New York Rangers finished two points ahead of Philadelphia. From 1939 through the 2013 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season points, they have posted a 15-14 (.517) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1224 is the 69th best-of-7 playoff series for Philadelphia, and the 65th for the New York Rangers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, Philadelphia has a 38-30 series record, a 12-7 Preliminary-round series record, and a 32-36 Game 1 record, while the New York Rangers have a 27-37 series record, a 10-6 Preliminary-round series record, and a 29-35 Game 1 record. Series 1224 is the seventh best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between Philadelphia and the New York Rangers: Philadelphia won five of the six previous series between the two teams.