4 rapid takeaways from the Rangers' 6-1 win over Philadelphia

Igor Shesterkin tallied 35 saves for the New York Rangers, who scored six straight goals and extended their season-long point streak to 10 games with a 6-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

As a result of the MSG win, the Rangers have had 17 different goal scorers during their current 10-game point streak.

Let's breakdown exactly how the Rangers got their latest win with four key takeaways from the matchup.

1. Playoff Implications

With Thursday night's win, the Rangers' benefitted by overtaking the Montreal Canadiens in the standings due to their loss against Detroit. In regards to how other relevant team's faired, with Boston beating Ottawa, the Rangers also passed the Senators due to their superior "Regulation Wins" tally — the NHL's first tiebreaker. Boston remains ahead, but with the Rangers having games in hand on the Bruins, they're closer than Ottawa would have been. Columbus' loss in Raleigh means they fall to the second wild card, and New York now sits outside the playoffs by just one point.

2. Defensemen Shine

The Rangers defense is back.

After Urho Vaakanainen recorded an assist on Filip Chytil’s goal, all six Rangers defensemen tallied a point agains the Philadelphia Flyers.

3. The Point Streak

After tonight's win, the Rangers enter the double digit mark in regards to it now being 10 games in a row with a point. Shesterkin has been a huge part of this success for the Blueshirts, with the netminder stopping 82 of the last 83 shots he has faced. With relation to how their recent games have faired for them, New York is now only point out from the playoff hunt.

Additionally — since Jan. 2nd — the Rangers have led the NHL in points with 19 and in goals with 43.

4. Braden Schneider Scores

In what was Braden Schenider's first goal since October, the 23-year-old youngster deflected the puck to even the score in the first period, 1-1.

"I think we've done a really good job at focusing on our end first and protecting our goalies," Schneider said postgame. "If we're making their job easy, we can score. We have the skill to score and we've done a good job of trying to eliminate those big chances and I think it's been working. Good defense always leads to good offense, so if we're playing good d[efense] then it's creating for us on the other end, too."