SB Nation New York - Flyers 6, Islanders 1: Carter Scores Two as DiPietro, Isles Get Routedhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2010-10-30T22:11:24-04:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15475472010-10-30T22:11:24-04:002010-10-30T22:11:24-04:00Carter Scores Twice as Philly Routs the Islanders
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<p>Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Jeff Carter registered two goals and an assist to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders, 6-1, at the Wells Fargo Center.</p>
<p>Chris Pronger added a pair of power-play goals for the Flyers, who have won three straight and four of their last five games. Kimmo Timonen had a goal and two assists, and rookie Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves.</p>
<p>Frans Nielsen netted a shorthanded goal for the Islanders, who have lost 11 consecutive games in Philadelphia. Rick DiPietro was beaten six times on 29 shots.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-islanders/2010/10/30/1784358/carter-scores-twice-as-philly-routs-the-islandersSteve Lepore2010-10-30T11:57:37-04:002010-10-30T11:57:37-04:00New York Islanders At Philadelphia Flyers: Islanders Look To Bounce Back
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">(Sports Network) - The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.broadstreethockey.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Philadelphia Flyers</a> will take aim at their first three- game winning streak of the season when they return home to battle the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">New York Islanders</a> in tonight's Atlantic Division battle at the Wells Fargo Center.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Peter Laviolette's Flyers are coming off consecutive wins for the first time this year and have also claimed victory in three of their last four contests.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Given its recent history against the Islanders, Philadelphia expects to keep its winning ways going this evening. The Flyers have dominated New York, winning 18 of the last 20 meetings overall and 10 straight in Philadelphia. Last year, Philly won five out of six against the Isles.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Flyers were in action Friday night in Pittsburgh and were able to hold on for a 3-2 victory over the rival Penguins. <span>Claude Giroux</span> scored twice and rookie goaltender <span>Sergei Bobrovsky</span> stood tall with 26 saves. Laviolette could opt to go with <span>Brian Boucher</span> in tonight's game rather than start Bobrovsky on back-to-back days.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Daniel Carcillo scored the other goal for the Flyers last night. Giroux notched the first of his two goals while his club was a man down and he leads the NHL with three shorthanded tallies this season.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Flyers are 3-3-0 in Philadelphia this season and are opening a three-game homestand tonight. They will also host Carolina on Monday before closing the set Thursday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">New York Rangers</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Islanders enter tonight on a down note, having lost three straight games on the heels of a three-game winning streak. The last two setbacks for New York came in a home-and-home against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Montreal Canadiens</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Habs posted a 5-3 win in Montreal on Wednesday and completed the sweep Friday night on Long Island. <span>Benoit Pouliot</span> and <span>Travis Moen</span> each scored a third-period goal, lifting the Canadiens to a 3-1 victory at Nassau Coliseum.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Matt Martin</span> netted his first NHL goal for the Islanders, who suffered their first regulation loss at home (2-1-1).<span>Dwayne Roloson</span> made 23 saves on 26 shots.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"I thought we played well," Roloson said. "We created a lot of turnovers and controlled most of the play in the offensive end. Alex (Auld) played a great game and gave those guys a chance to win."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Rick DiPietro</span> is expected to get the start in net for the Islanders tonight. DiPietro, who is 2-1-2 on the year, has 18 career starts against the Flyers and is 7-11-0 with a 2.96 goals-against average in those outings.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Second-year star <span>John Tavares</span> has had success against Philadelphia in his brief career, notching six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in six games against the Flyers.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Isles are 2-3-1 as the visiting team this year and have lost their last two road tests in regulation.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/2010/10/30/2323401/new-york-islanders-at-philadelphia-flyers-islanders-look-to-bounceJoseph Fortunato