The Philadelphia Flyers are down three games to one against the New York Islanders. We knew that the weekend back-to-back set was going to determine the tone of the series, and unfortunately it went in the Islanders’ direction.
The Flyers were still unable to put together a 60-minute (or even 40-minute) effort, they couldn’t convert on their chances, and the Islanders took advantage of some mistakes with timely goals.
We thought – or hoped – that things would be different against the Islanders. While both New York and Montreal play a defensive style, the Flyers should be able to control play more and therefore score more goals against the Islanders.