Kartye scores the winning goal as the Rangers down the Flyers 3-2

NEW YORK (AP) — Tye Kartye scored the go-ahead goal, Dylan Garand made 23 saves and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Thursday night.

After Rangers forward Pavel Dorofeyev beat goalie Joseph Woll on a power-play to tie it, Kartye put the Rangers ahead with 4:39 left with his fifth goal.

Gabe Perreault also scored for the Rangers, who won their second straight after a four-game losing streak. Adam Fox had two assists.

Noel Acciari and Simon Benoit scored for Philadelphia. The Flyers are 4-10-4.

Perreault opened the scoring with his fifth goal at 4:39 of the first, his first goal since Oct. 19.

Benoit tied it with 9:50 to go in the second before Acciari put the visitors ahead with 7:51 left in the period.

Dorofeyev, who signed a seven-year, $77 million contract to essentially replace high-scoring forward Artemi Panarin, snapped his fifth goal past Woll with 6:08 left.

Kartye, a waiver wire pickup from Seattle late last season, then put the Rangers ahead to electrify the home crowd.

Garand improved to 6-6-1 this season. The 24-year-old netminder has started all but one game since Igor Shesterkin was injured on Oct. 9 and declared out for the season the next day.

Woll made 24 saves,

Rangers: At Seattle on Saturday.

Flyers: At Calgary on Sunday.

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Simon Benoit, center, is congratulated by teammates after scoring in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Rangers center J.T. Miller (10) controls the puck past Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Oliver Bonk (59) in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Joseph Woll, left, stops a shot by New York Rangers center J.T. Miller (10) in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) battles for the puck with Philadelphia Flyers right wing Tyson Foerster (71) and Noah Cates (27) in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Rangers center J.T. Miller (10) is congratulated by teammates after scoring in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in New York. The goal was late credited to Gabe Perreault (94). (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) ADDITION: The goal was later credited to Gabe Perreault (94),

OMITAMA, Japan (AP) — Defending champion Nasa Hataoka eagled the par-5 16th for a back-nine 30 and an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead Friday after two rounds of the LPGA Tour's Toto Japan Classic.

Hataoka, who won in a playoff last year in a rain-shortened tournament, had a 36-hole total of 12-under 132 Friday.

Miyu Yamashita, who won last week's Maybank Championship in Malaysia, pulled her tee shot on the 18th fairway which resulted in her only bogey of the day to shoot 67 and was in second place.

Ana Belac, who became the first Slovenian player on the LPGA Tour in 2021, was tied for third after a 65 with Fuka Suga (67), two strokes behind.

Hataoka, who has five top-10 finishes this season, grew up not far from the Taiheiyo Club Minori Course northeast of Tokyo.

“I don't have a chance to play in front of so many Japanese fans, so I was really happy to be playing so well today," Hataoka said through an interpreter.

The Japan Classic is the last of four tournaments on the LPGA's so-called late-season Asian swing.

Ruoning Yin made a four-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole and won the LPGA Shanghai by one stroke on Oct. 18 to start the swing. In the second tournament a week later in South Korea, Yuri Yoshida won at Pine Beach Golf Links, her first LPGA Tour victory.

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Miyu Yamashita of Japan reacts after tee off on the third hole during the first day of LPGA Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Nasa Hataoka of Japan hits her tee shot on the 2nd hole during the final round of the LPGA BMW Ladies Championship at the Pine Beach Golf Links, in Haenam, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)