The Islanders finally found their desperation mode.
It just wasn’t enough as the Flyers staved off elimination with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 5 of their second-round series on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Game 6 will be Thursday night. The Islanders must be concerned whether top-line center Mathew Barzal will be available after he exited at 15:13 of the third period. He took an inadvertent high stick from Claude Giroux that drew blood near his right eye.
Scott Laughton deflected defenseman Ivan Provorov’s shot from the blue line past an unsuspecting Semyon Varlamov at 12:20 of the first extra period.