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.

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

After going an entire month without a regulation win, losing 11 of 12 games to fall out of playoff contention, and seeing John Tortorella fired on March 27, the Philadelphia Flyers could have easily mailed it in for the final nine games of the season.