Barry Trotz did not particularly like how his Islanders played in the previous game. And the coach couldn’t have liked how they started Wednesday afternoon’s Game 2 of their second-round series against the Flyers.
But, oh, that ending in a 4-3 overtime loss.
The Islanders spotted the Flyers three first-period goals as postseason hero Semyon Varlamov was pulled for Thomas Greiss. But they battled back with two goals in the third period to force overtime before defenseman Philippe Myers's deflected shot won it at 2:40 of the extra period as the Flyers evened the series after the Islanders’ 4-0 win in Monday’s Game 1.