I attended last night's Rangers/Flyers game, sitting way up top. It was a fun game, with some back-and-forth scoring, a dustup in the first period and seven seconds of OT. It was fun to be up in the high-altitude seats with the most expressive fans in the house. Up in the rear rows of section 417, you can reach up and touch the ceiling. You can hear the "Potvin Sucks" whistle cue. You can even get in on the very first rounds of the chant taunting the goalie.
Not the visiting goalie, mind you. Frustrated with the score, this surly MSG crowd started lobbying coach Tom Renney to pull Kevin Weekes. "We want Lund-quist!" (Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap.) Who's the backup here, anyway?
While snapping a dozen or so long-range photos of the action with my inadequate zoom, I happened to catch Petr Prucha's shot that scored the Rangers' first-period go-ahead goal.
The scoreboard informed us after the goal that Prucha leads the league in shooting percentage (24%). I'm no pundit, but I would interpret that stat this way: Petr Prucha doesn't shoot the puck enough.
Philadelphia winger Simon Gagne scored the winner
off the first faceoff of the overtime period.