Rangers build big lead, push Flyers to brink of elimination with 4-2 win in Game 5

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Philadelphia Flyers goalie Steve Mason, left, and New York Rangers\' Martin St. Louis, center, looks up at a referee, right, who rules that St. Louis did not score during the second period of Game 5 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Brad Richards and Dominic Moore scored second-period goals, and Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves as the New York Rangers pushed the Philadelphia Flyers to the brink of elimination with a 4-2 victory in Game 5 on Sunday.

Defenceman Marc Staal gave the Rangers the lead in the first period and they extended it in the second in taking a 3-2 edge in the first-round series. Game 6 is Tuesday in Philadelphia. If necessary, a deciding seventh game would be back at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

The teams have alternated wins the entire series.

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