Three loses in their last three games wasn’t the way the New York Islanders wanted to go into this three-game road trip. Taking on the Flyers at home, the Isles desperately wanted three points.
With the offensive firepower that the Philadelphia Flyers possess with Claude Giroux, Jakub Vareck, and Sean Couturier the Islanders needed to limit the Flyers chances.
By being 100 percent on the penalty kill and allowing only 23 shots against, the Islanders did exactly what they needed to do to get the two points.
The Big Guns Fire
The first period started off slow until the Islanders killed off a penalty in the opening minutes of the game.