The 31-year-old Brodzinski, a career journeyman before settling into an NHL role the past two years in New York, earned a nod Wednesday morning as the Rangers’ nominee for the Masterton Trophy, which is given to the player who “who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.”

After a frustrating 8-5 loss to the Flyers on Wednesday night, the Rangers talked about the missed opportunities over the last couple of weeks to climb the Wild Card standings.

The Rangers, who have four games left, will be eliminated with any kind of loss in regulation time, overtime or a shootout.

Tyson Foerster recorded his first career hat trick and Sean Couturier scored the tiebreaking goal with 8:05 remaining in the third period Wednesday as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers earned an 8-5 vi

The Flyers and Rangers combined to score nine goals in the third period. Brad Shaw is now 4-1-0 as the Flyers' interim coach.

Tyson Foerster scored a hat trick and rookie Aleksei Kolosov made 24 saves as the Philadelphia Flyers downed the New York Rangers 8-5 to put the Rangers on the brink of elimination from the playoff race.

He came up with his first NHL hat trick on Wednesday night in a wild 8-5 win over the New York Rangers. Foerster’s first goal in the second period was his 20th of the season, making him the first Flyer to record 20-goal seasons in his first two NHL years since Simon Gagne.

Tyson Foerster scored a hat trick and rookie Aleksei Kolosov made 24 saves as the Philadelphia Flyers downed the New York Rangers 8-5 on Wednesday night to put the Rangers on the brink of elimination from the playoff race.

Such is the New York Rangers season that even on a night they scored five goals in an absolute must-win game against a last-place opponent, they still lost. Their 8-5 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers drops the Rangers’ tragic number to be eliminated from playoff contention down to one.