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John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (23-23-6) will play the latter game of a back-to-back as they host Patrick Roy's New York Islanders (22-20-7).

I’m going to call this game the first “must-win” for the Flyers heading down the stretch given the Islanders are one point behind them in the standings, but have three games in hand…. New York have also won five in a row,

Philadelphia Flyers (22-21-6, in the Metropolitan Division ... TOP PERFORMERS: Horvat has 15 goals and 20 assists for the Islanders. Anders Lee has six goals and two assists over the past 10 ...

Tyson Foerster scored the lone goal for Philadelphia as the Flyers fall to the New York Islanders 3-1 Friday night.

January 17 - Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost scored in the second period Thursday night for the Philadelphia ... Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, who have ...

Flyers: Fell to 11-11-5 on the road. Philadelphia is 2-4-2 in their last ... Horvat is tied with captain Anders Lee for team lead in points with 36. Islanders: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on ...

The New York Islanders (22-20-7) will travel for the first time since January 11 in Utah, following a largely successful seven-game homestand that revived this season. The Philadelphia Flyers (23-23-6) will await them in the city of Brotherly Love,

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This is becoming the norm for the New York Islanders. For a third-straight season, they are overcoming an alarming stretch of play in the first half which should doom their playoff hopes, only to piece something together in the New Year and claw their way back into the postseason conversation.

Anthony Duclair and Bo Horvat also scored, and Kyle Palmieri had two assists for the Islanders (20-20-7), who have won three straight games and six of eight. Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves.