Flyers at an All-Time Low, Fall to Islanders

The Philadelphia Flyers took a trip to Long Island to take on the New York Islanders in a Metro division show down with 2 bottom feeder teams. New York enters the contest having won 6 of their last 8 games with 2 wins over the Flyers on January 17 and 18, 4-1 and 4-3 respectively. Meanwhile the Flyers entered the contest losers of 12 straight, going 0-9-3 during the stretch, and continue to be winless in 2022.

1st Period

00:57 – Claude Giroux (15) opened the scoring 57 seconds into the game, assisted by Oskar Lindblom (8) and Travis Sanheim (11)

5:02 – Zac MacEwen assessed penalty for goaltender interference.

12:48 – Justin Braun (3) added to the Flyers lead at 12:48 into the period with an assist from Cam Atkinson (17).

13:37 – Noah Dobson scored his 6th of the season less than a minute later with assists from Zeno Chara (3) and JG Pageau (6).

18:15 – Anders Lee tied the game with his 11th goal of the season, assists from Matt Barzal (18) and Justin Bailey (16).

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Shots on Goal: Islanders 9 | Flyers 8
Goalies: Ilya Sorokin 7 saves | Martin Jones 6 saves
Penalties: Zac MacEwen (PHI) Goaltender Interference (Minor)

2nd Period

4;17 – Zac MacEwen assessed penalty for Delay of Game (Puck Over Glass)

5:02 – Matt Barzal scores on the Powerplay, his 8th goal of season, assisted by Zach Parise (9) and Brock Nelson (5).

13:20 – Justin Braun assessed penalty for Boarding.

20:00 – Travis Konecny and Scott Mayfield received minor penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Shots on Goal: Islanders 14 | Flyers 4
Goalies: Ilya Sorokin 4 saves | Martin Jones 13 saves
Penalties: Zac MacEwen (PHI) Delay of Game (Puck Over Glass, minor), Justin Braun (PHI) Boarding (minor), Travis Konecny (PHI) Unsportsmanlike Conduct (minor), Scott Mayfield (NYI) Unsportsmanlike Conduct (minor)

3rd Period

1:30 – Gerry Mayhew (2) assisted by Scott Laughton (10) and Travis Sanheim (12).

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4:34 – Matt Martin assessed a Hooking penalty.

9:46 – Morgan Frost assessed a Delay of Game penalty (Puck Over Glass).

11:51 – Zach Parise (3) with the go-ahead goal assisted by Anthony Beauvillier (8) and Brock Nelson (6).

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Shots on Goal: Islanders 11 | Flyers 5
Goalies: Ilya Sorokin 4 saves | Martin Jones 11 saves
Penalties: Matt Martin (NYI) Hooking (minor), Morgan Frost (PHI) Delay of Game (Puck Over Glass, minor)

Accolades/Game Notes

Keith Yandle broke Doug Jarvis’s NHL Ironman streak of 964 games by playing in his 965th consecutive game.

The Flyers set a franchise record for longest losing streak in the teams history with their 13th straight loss.

The Flyers fall to 13-22-8 and remain last in the Metropolitan Division.

The Islanders jump into 6th place in the Metropolitan Division with a 15-14-6 record.

Claude Giroux now has 4 goals in his last 5 games.

Travis Sanheim recorded 2 assists (11,12) in tonight’s game.

Gerry Mayhew now has 2 goals in his last 4 games.

Ilya Sorokin gave up 3 goals in a game for the 1st time since December 19, 2021.

Martin Jones has given up 3 goals or more in 5 straight games.

Flyers next play Saturday afternoon (1:00pm) at home versus the Los Angeles Kings.

Jim Iacovone is the Site Manager for HW Hockey
Photo Credit: NY Post
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