MELTZER'S TAKE
* The Flyers had a good start to the first period with five of the first six shots. The Islanders turned over three pucks within the first few shifts, but Philly was unable to capitalize. Other than one near-miss chance for James van Riemsdyk off a Jakub Voracek feed, the Flyers didn't get much of anything going.
* The Isles dominated - Elliott had to make no fewer than a half dozen tough saves on the Islanders' first power play. Travis Konecny had a late period scoring chance for the Flyers. In all, Elliott made 18 saves. Greiss made 7.
* The Flyers dominated the second period to the tune of a 17-3 shot edge. For the first time in the game, Philly was able multiple times to string together several productive shifts in a row. First though, the Flyers had to overcome some fresh adversity. Two turnovers on the same shift in the D-zone -- the first by Scott Laughton and the second a dreadful one under no pressure by Phil Myers with the forwards exiting the zone -- came back to bite the Flyers. From prime range inside the right circle, Nelson took a pass from Josh Bailey and beat Elliott upstairs at 6:52. Finally, after a solid possession shift by the Kevin Hayes line, the Couturier line followed with another and got a payoff as Couturier tipped up a Justin Braun shot after switching sides on a low-to-high play. Robert Hagg got the secondary assist at 15:19.
* Both teams traded chances off the hop in the third period. Unfortunately, after a dominating shift by the Flyers' first line, and a great save by Greiss on Giroux, the third line got scored against on a transitional rush. Pageau got behind Niskanen, who took a pass from Scott Mayfield and whose shot trickled in through Elliott's pads. Then after Travis Konecny was denied on a Joel Farabee rebound, Niskanen got caught up ice again on a 2-on-1 and the Islanders completed two passes against Ivan Provorov (who took away neither the passing nor shooting lane) before Nelson had a tap in on a Beauvillier pass.
* The Flyers made a decent late push, capped by Provorov's late 6-on-5 goal through traffic, but the Islanders killed off the rest of the clock in a lengthy battle along the boards.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
* The Flyers dropped back-to-back games for the first time since early January, having previously gone 10-0-0 in games following a loss since Jan. 8.
* The Flyers defense had four points tonight (1g-3a) and has factored into six of the seven goals in this series with eight points (2g-6a).
* The Flyers had 39 hits in tonight's game with three players registering five hits each (Provorov, Myers & Aube-Kubel).
* The Islanders outshot the Flyers, 18-7 in the first period - it's the most shots allowed in a playoff period for the Flyers since Apr. 30, 2014 - Game 7 vs. NY Rangers (18) … The Flyers outshot the Islanders, 17-3, in the second period despite each team scoring a goal.
* In total, the teams combined for 71 shots (PHI: 38 | NYI: 33) in the game, which was more than any previous game in this year's playoffs for the Flyers.
* Game 5 of the series is slated for Tuesday, Sept. 1 - Puck drop is 7 p.m. ET (NBCSN & 97.5 The Fanatic).
