SB Nation New York - Islanders Fall To Flyers In OThttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2011-02-24T22:37:30-05:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/17773292011-02-24T22:37:30-05:002011-02-24T22:37:30-05:00Flyers 4, Islanders 3 (OT)
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<p>Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Defenseman <span>Andrej Meszaros</span> scored his second overtime goal of the season to lift the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.broadstreethockey.com/">Philadelphia Flyers</a> to a 4-3 victory over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">New York Islanders</a> at Wells Fargo Center.</p>
<p><span>Claude Giroux</span> assisted on two of Philadelphia’s three regulation goals and starred on the defensive side as well for the Flyers, who have earned at least one point in eight of their last 10 games overall (7-2-1) and maintained their lead atop the Eastern Conference with 86 points.</p>
<p><span>Jeff Carter</span> posted a goal and an assist while <span>Mike Richards</span> and <span>James van Riemsdyk</span> also tallied for the Flyers. <span>Sergei Bobrovsky</span> finished with 32 saves in the victory.</p>
<p><span>Matt Martin</span> scored twice and <span>Frans Nielsen</span> tallied the other goal for the Islanders, who have dropped two straight games. New York goaltender <span>Al Montoya</span> yielded four goals on 43 shots.</p>
<p>Last month, Meszaros scored in OT against Washington and this one lit the lamp from practically the exact same spot.</p>
<p>With the clock dwindling in the extra session, the Flyers moved into their offensive zone and <span>Ville Leino</span> had control at the right circle. Leino held the puck, waited, then found Meszaros in the slot before Meszaros buried a wrister into the back of the cage at 4:42.</p>
<p>The Flyers have captured all four meetings with the Isles so far this season and with this victory, have now won 19 of the last 20 games in this series.</p>
<p>The Islanders opened the scoring near the midpoint of the first period courtesy of a great individual effort by Nielsen. From the neutral zone, Nielsen carried the puck down the right-wing side, skated around Flyers defenseman <span>Matt Carle</span>, used his speed to create more space and beat Bobrovsky with a wrister from a sharp angle at the bottom of the circle at 9:03.</p>
<p>Less than two minutes into the second stanza, the Flyers tied it up on Richards’ 19th goal of the season. Richards, who was all alone in the low slot, picked up a loose puck and fired home a turnaround wrister at the 1:58 mark.</p>
<p>Philly moved ahead 2-1 late in the second on a goal by van Riemsdyk, his 15th of the campaign. The play was set up by Giroux, who held control of the puck inside the left circle and sent a blind backhanded pass into the goal mouth. The puck perfectly found the stick of van Riemsdyk, who punched it home from near the left post with 2:29 to play before the intermission.</p>
<p>Carter’s deflection goal 5:05 into the third period gave the hosts a two-goal edge after he, from the base of the left circle, tipped home Giroux’s wrister.</p>
<p>New York answered, though, shortly after. Strong forechecking by the Islanders led to a confused Philadelphia defensive effort and Martin was left all alone in the slot. A pass from behind the net by <span>Michael Haley</span> was on target for Martin, who easily beat Bobrovsky with a one-timer at the 6:31 mark.</p>
<p>With only 27.1 seconds to go in regulation, Martin’s second goal of the night made it 3-3. The puck was deflected high up into the air and Martin, from in close, gloved it, put it down and snapped it into the back of the cage.</p>
<p>Flyers star defenseman <span>Chris Pronger</span> left the game in the third period with an apparent hand injury…This was New York’s 12th straight loss in Philly…The Flyers improved their record against the Atlantic Division to 14-2-1…The teams will meet twice more, once in late March on Long Island before they close their respective regular seasons back here on April 9…Giroux now has 36 assists this season…It was Carter’s 28th goal, and the fifth of 2010-11 for Meszaros…Both teams failed on their only power-play chance.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-islanders/2011/2/24/2014104/flyers-4-islanders-3-otJoseph Fortunato2011-02-24T16:02:33-05:002011-02-24T16:02:33-05:00New York Islanders At Philadelphia Flyers: Islanders Look To Stay Hot
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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;">The Flyers lead the Eastern Conference with 84 points, but have lost two of their last three contests, including Tuesday's 3-2 overtime setback against visiting Phoenix.</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;">However, Philadelphia hasn't suffered consecutive defeats since losing to Florida and Vancouver on Dec. 20 and 28, respectively. Since that time the Flyers have put together a 17-6-1 record and are also sporting a 6-3-1 mark in February.</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 have also dominated the Islanders in recent years and New York will try to end an 11-game road losing streak against Philly. New York has lost all three meetings against the Flyers this season and has dropped 18 of 19 overall in the series.</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, who are 11-17-3 as the visiting team this season, last won in Philadelphia on April 7, 2007.</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;">Philadelphia was dealt the overtime loss to the Coyotes after <span>Shane Doan</span> scored a power-play goal 2:41 into overtime. Doan's goal came after Flyers defenseman <span>Kimmo Timonen</span> was called for hooking. Philadelphia defenseman <span>Andrej Meszaros</span> also lost his stick during the 4-on-3 situation, leaving Doan plenty of space to fire a one-timer into the net.</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>Ville Leino</span> and <span>Claude Giroux</span> each had a goal for the Flyers, who had won six of eight coming into the game.<span>Sergei Bobrovsky</span> stopped 26 shots in defeat.</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;">"They have a good team and are really fast," said Philadelphia forward <span>Mike Richards</span>. "I thought the pace of play was good tonight. We played well; we had a lot of chances. They were very opportunistic and they got the last shot."</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;">It's uncertain if Bobrovsky or <span>Brian Boucher</span> will get the start in net tonight for Philly. Boucher has been bothered by a stinger, but was able to serve as the backup on Tuesday and could get the call tonight.</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 enter tonight's game with injury issues at the back end, losing a defenseman in each of the last two games.</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>Oskars Bartulis</span> sustained a shoulder injury in Tuesday's loss and is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery on Wednesday. Bartulis was injured on a hit by Phoenix forward <span>Scottie Upshall</span>. Upshall, a former Flyer, was suspended two games by the league for the hit, which did result in a minor penalty for boarding.</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;">Sean O'Donnell suffered a knee injury Sunday against the Rangers and although he was originally expected to miss 1-to-2 weeks, the veteran could play tonight.</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 had a two-game win streak halted Tuesday evening, as they were dealt a 2-1 regulation loss in Toronto. <span>Phil Kessel</span> scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period to lift the home team to the 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>Matt Moulson</span> scored for the sixth time in his last three games, but it wasn't enough to give the Islanders a third consecutive win. <span>Al Montoya</span> stopped 23 shots in the setback.</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;">"We needed that one bounce to go our way," Montoya said. "The puck wasn't going in the net for us tonight. I knew I was going to have to shut the door, and they came down and they got a good break."</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 also had a three-game road winning streak halted with Tuesday's setback.</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;">New York is currently last in the Atlantic Division and is also 12 points out of a playoff spot in the East.</p>
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