PHILADELPHIA — This will make for interesting reading for Ottawa head coach Guy Boucher and his staff, who will bring the Senators into the Garden off Sunday to face the Rangers.

Matt Puempel, the 23-year-old winger claimed on waivers from Ottawa on Monday, offered a choice evaluation of his life as a Senator after scoring in his first game wearing the Blueshirt on Friday.

“They let you play here, they let you play to your strengths,” Puempel said after the Rangers’ 3-2 victory over the Flyers in which he beat Steve Mason from close in off a gorgeous backhand feed from Jimmy Vesey at 14:50 of the first period. “They know there are going to be mistakes. They’re not barking at you every time you come off the ice. It’s beneficial.”

Puempel, Ottawa’s first-round pick at 24th overall in 2011, is reputed to have a similar shooter’s and offensive skill set as new teammate Brandon Pirri. Puempel got 12:32 of ice that included 1:46 of power-play time after averaging 8:34 per in Ottawa through 13 games in which he did not record a point.

“In Ottawa there for a while it was getting a little repetitious; chip the puck, chase the puck,” he said. “I think this was the most minutes I’ve played in a long time. The more minutes you get, the better you play. You’re more engaged.”

Puempel, who has five goals and two assists in 53 career games and who scored in this one by picking a corner on a quick release, seems rejuvenated since coming to New York.

“It’s been a little bit crazy, but I’ve enjoyed every second of it. It’s been a blast,” he said. “It’s an early Christmas, that’s the best way to put it.”

Boucher, presumably, acting as the Grinch.

Oscar Lindberg, who has not been able to find his stride in limited action after missing training camp while rehabbing from offseason hip surgery, was scratched for the second time in the past four matches and the eighth time in the past 13 games.

The Swedish sophomore, who made his season debut on Oct. 23 and has one point (an assist) in nine games of fourth-line duty, likely would benefit from a run of games with first-line minutes in Hartford on a conditioning assignment. The AHL Wolf Pack, however, are off this entire week.

Adam Clendening, who has played in just one of the Rangers’ 17 games since Oct. 22, was the healthy scratch again on defense. Clendening has sat for the past nine, including the Nov. 13 game in Edmonton for which he dressed as the seventh defenseman, but did not get on the ice.

Coach Alain Vigneault juggled all his line combinations in attempting to balance his alignment. Kevin Hayes skated between Michael Grabner and J.T. Miller, Derek Stepan was between Chris Kreider and Jesper Fast, while Pirri centered Rick Nash and Mats Zuccarello, and Josh Jooris was flanked by Vesey and Puempel.

The Rangers were entirely discombobulated during a 4:00 power play just 17 seconds into the match, producing just one long range shot after encountering severe difficulty on their zone entries. Wednesday, the Blueshirts cobbled together three routine shots throughout a 3:58 power play against the Penguins.