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Takeaways: Flyers blow three-goal lead but show resilience in 4-3 shootout win over Islanders

The Flyers had a 3-0 lead in the second period, but saw that erased by the end of period two. The dynamic duo of Trevor Zegras and Sam Ersson in the shootout frame was enough as Philadelphia defeated the host New York Islanders 4-3 on Friday afternoon.

The basics

First period: 8:30- Tyson Foerster (Unassisted), 8:52- Sean Couturier (Unassisted)
Second period: 1:48- Trevor Zegras (Emil Andrae, Matvei Michkov) (PPG), 5:42- Emil Heineman (Jonathan Drouin, Kyle Palmieri), 8:11- Matthew Schaefer (Anthony Duclair, Ryan Pulock), 19:13- Anders Lee (Maxim Shabanov, Matthew Schaefer) (PPG)
Third period: No scoring
Overtime: No scoring
Shootout: Trevor Zegras- Goal, Mathew Barzal- No goal, Matvei Michkov- No goal, Simon Holmstrom- Goal, Travis Konecny- Goal, Bo Horvat- No goal
SOG: 21 (PHI) – 31 (NYI)

Some takeaways

A 2-0 lead?