Islanders’ offense shut down in sluggish loss to Flyers

Islanders center Mikhail Grabovski collides with Flyers goalie Steve Mason during the second period Saturday.PHILADELPHIA — Steve Mason stopped 20 shots for his third shutout of the season and led the Flyers to a 4-0 win over the Islanders on Saturday.

Michael Raffl, Evgeny Medvedev, Matt Read and Sean Couturier scored to help the Flyers beat the Islanders for the first time in three games this season.

Mason had his 29th career shutout and the Flyers won their third straight.

Read picked up assists on Philadelphia’s first two goals, then added his sixth goal of the season in the third period.

The Islanders, who had allowed 14 goals over the past three games, never generated much offense against…