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Pavel Dorofeyev earns first big Rangers moment with key goal in win

Pavel Dorofeyev finally got his first big Rangers goal.

Of course, it couldn’t come without hitting his league-leading sixth post/crossbar of the season earlier in the night, but Dorofeyev’s game-tying power-play goal in the third period helped propel the Blueshirts to a 3-2 win over the Flyers on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

With 4:39 left in regulation, Tye Kartye sniped the game-winner off the rush to give his team an 8-2 record on home ice this season.

Head coach Mike Sullivan has run through numerous forward combinations to try to help Dorofeyev shake his snakebitten play through his first 17 games as a Ranger.

The scoring opportunities have come in abundance, but the Russian wing hasn’t been able to connect as much as his underlying metrics suggest he could.

Pavel Dorofeyev (16, left) celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-tying in the third period of the Rangers' 3-2 win over the Flyers on Nov. 4, 2026 at the Garden.
Pavel Dorofeyev (16, left) celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-tying in the third period of the Rangers’ 3-2 win over the Flyers on Nov. 4, 2026 at the Garden.

The Rangers were overwhelming at times through the first 30 minutes, hunting pucks and winning more foot races than not.

In their third straight game without Sean Durzi, who was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury before puck drop, the Rangers defense gave up few grade-A opportunities in the first period to make life a little easier on rookie goalie Dylan Garand in his 12th consecutive game.

Tye Kartye celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in the Rangers' comeback win over the Flyers.
Tye Kartye celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in the Rangers’ comeback win over the Flyers.
Dylan Garand makes one of his 23 saves during the Rangers' win over the Flyers.
Dylan Garand makes one of his 23 saves during the Rangers’ win over the Flyers.

J.T. Miller helped get the Rangers on the board less than five minutes into the game when the captain got a stick on a Marcus Pettersson shot and the puck ricocheted in off Gabe Perreault.

Once the home team’s energy waned, however, the Flyers were opportunistic with what was given.

With Noah Cates screening in front, Simon Benoit’s shot from the blue line beat Garand above his right shoulder.

Swarming the Rangers net just under two minutes later, Noel Acciari tapped in a turnaround feed from Denver Barkey to give his team its first lead of the night.

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