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NEW YORK &mdash; Carter Hart and a potent power play kept the Philadelphia Flyers climbing in the playoff race.
				Hart made 23 saves and the surging Flyers extended their winning streak to a season-high six games with a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.
				Matt Niskanen, Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny each scored power-play goals. Michael Raffl scored short-handed and Derek Grant also tallied for the Flyers, who swept a home-and-home series against the Rangers after winning 5-2 on Friday night.
				&ldquo;We knew they were going to come out hard and try and respond here to the game on Friday,&rdquo; Hart said. &ldquo;We just had to stick to our plan, stick to the way we play and just compete.&rdquo;
				The Flyers&rsquo; run combined with the Penguins&rsquo; six-game slide has moved Philadelphia into second place in the Metropolitan Division.
				&ldquo;Metro is a tough division,&rdquo; Flyers forward Kevin Hayes said. &ldquo;And four points on the weekend against a division rival is huge.&rdquo;
				Henrik Lundqvist made his first start since Feb. 3 and made 21 saves for New York.
				&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty tough,&rdquo; Lundqvist said. &ldquo;I hadn&rsquo;t played in a long time. Some sloppy penalties cost us. And their power play is really good. They had so many odd-man rushes.&rdquo;
				Mika Zibanejad scored two power-play goals and Pavel Buchnevich also tallied on the man advantage for the Rangers. Zibanejad has a career-high 32 goals on the season.
				The Rangers&rsquo; offense got off to a slow start in their first full game since forward Chris Kreider broke his foot while blocking a shot in the first period of Friday&rsquo;s loss in Philadelphia. Kreider had just signed a seven-year contract reportedly worth $45 million on Monday, the day of the league&rsquo;s trade deadline.
				The Flyers dominated the first period with two power-play goals and added a short-handed one late.
				After the Rangers committed an early penalty, Travis Sanheim shot from the point. Nicolas Aub&#233;-Kubel&rsquo;s rebound attempt hit the post and Niskanen scored into an open net for his eighth of the season at 1:52.
				About 10 minutes later on the Flyers&rsquo; next man advantage, Konecny sent a pass from the left circle across to Jakub Voracek. Lundqvist made the initial save, but the rebound came out to Couturier, who scored his 21st of the season at 11:19.
				The Flyers closed out the period with a 3-0 lead when Raffl scored his seventh at 17:53. Raffl checked Ryan Strome to get the puck out of the Flyers zone. Grant took the loose puck and skated down the right side and slid a pass to Raffl, who beat Lundqvist with a backhand.
				Grant made it 4-0 early in the second when he took a loose puck near center ice, skated toward the net and also beat Lundqvist with a backhand for his 15th at 1:23.
				The Rangers got on the board in the second period with Zibanejad&rsquo;s first power-play score. Artemi Panarin sent a nice centering pass to Zibanejad, who redirected it into the net at 12:34.
				The Flyers regained their four-goal lead three minutes later with their third power-play goal.
				After the Flyers won the faceoff in the Rangers zone, Voracek sent a pass toward the net that was deflected in by Konecny for his 23rd of the season.
				&ldquo;Our power play was clicking incredibly well,&rdquo; Flyers coach Alain Vigneault said. &ldquo;I thought our PK at the beginning, we did a good job.
				&ldquo;Our power play lately has been a big weapon for us. It&rsquo;s gotten big goals at big, big moments.&rdquo;
				The Rangers added two goals on the man advantage in the third period. First, Buchnevich redirected a pass while in front at 5:33. A little more than seven minutes later, Zibanejad scored again on another assist from Panarin to make it 5-3.
				&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t get off to a good start,&rdquo; Zibanejad said. &ldquo;Then we give up one on our PP and we dig ourselves a hole.
				&ldquo;We have a lot of games left. Obviously it wasn&rsquo;t good enough in some areas. We have to tighten things up and get to playing the way we can.&rdquo;

Flyers extend win streak to 6 with 5-3 win over Rangers