THE SCORING
1st Period:
12:50 - NYI 1, PHI 0 - Casey Cizikas' shot deflects off Patrick Brown in the slot and past Carter Hart. The goal is Cizikas' eighth of the season and was unassisted as Cizikas blocked a Philadelphia clearing attempt.
2nd Period:
4:22 - NYI 1, PHI 1 - Joel Farabee pokes the puck away from Sebastian Aho deep in the Islanders zone. Travis Konecny takes it and feeds an open Kevin Hayes at the side of the net for an open look.
14:55 - PHI 2, NYI 1 PPG - Hayes scores his second goal of the period, as Farabee pokes the puck from the slot out to Hayes at the side of the net. Konecny picks up the secondary assist.
3rd Period:
No scoring.
NOTEBOOK:
Cal Clutterbuck and Andy Greene were given maintenance days and were held out of the lineup. Kieffer Bellows and Sebastian Aho drew into the lineup in their place... Three of Cizikas' eight goals this season have come vs Philadelphia... The Flyers played their first game without Claude Giroux, who was traded to the Florida Panthers on Saturday. Owen Tippett, who was acquired from the Panthers, made his Flyers debut... Kyle Palmieri's six-game point streak came to an end... Anders Lee's seven-game point streak came to an end... Oliver Wahlstrom had a team-high five shots on goal...
GOALTENDING BATTLE:
Ilya Sorokin stopped 35 of 37 in the loss, his first regulation defeat against the Flyers.
Carter Hart stopped 26 of 27 in the win.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Islanders went 0-for-1 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.
IMAGE OF THE GAME:
