'Ghost' appears to be more than just a premonition.
Despite Saturday's loss to the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers rookie defenseman Shayne Gostibehere managed to set a rookie record for the Flyers that will likely stand for some time to come.
With a goal and an assist, Gostibehere pushed his point streak to seven games, the longest ever by a first-year Flyers blue-liner.
Gostisbehere achieved the feat by opening the scoring with a power-play goal, his fifth of the season.
The 22-year-old leads all NHL rookie defensemen with 26 points through 32 games (nine goals, 17 assists), and his points per game average of 0.81 is fourth among all rookies.
League-wide, only Erik Karlsson, Brent Burns, Kris Letang, and John Klingberg are averaging more points per game.
Now that is some elite company to be among in your first official campaign.
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Shayne Gostisbehere set Flyers rookie D record w/points in 7 straight games. Flyers rookie record is 10 games by Mikael Renberg in 1993-94
— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) February 6, 2016
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