Flyers, Islanders face off trying to acquire floor in East

The Philadelphia Flyers squandered a pair of one-goal leads Tuesday night time however at the least managed to salvage a degree in a recreation which will find yourself having playoff implications.

The New York Islanders might take no such solace of their most up-to-date defeat.

A pair of groups making an attempt to hold on within the Japanese Convention wild-card race will meet Thursday night time when the Flyers meet the Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.

Each groups have been off Wednesday following defeats Tuesday night time. The Flyers fell to the host Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in a shootout, and the Islanders started a seven-game homestand with a 2-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

Owen Tippett scored 8:13 into the third interval to offer the Flyers a 2-1 lead, however Zach Werenski tied the sport just a little greater than seven minutes later earlier than Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko collected targets within the shootout because the Blue Jackets prevented Philadelphia from gaining floor within the playoff chase.

With the win, the Blue Jackets (48 factors) maintained sole possession of the second wild card. The Flyers, Detroit Crimson Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins all have 44 factors — they usually additionally path the Senators (47 factors) and the Montreal Canadiens (46 factors).

The loss ended a two-game profitable streak for the Flyers, who have been making an attempt to comb a back-to-back set after overcoming a two-goal first interval deficit Monday in a 4-3 win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Philadelphia’s two longest profitable streaks of the season have been each three video games.

“We put quite a lot of gasoline in our recreation (Monday) night time,” Flyers coach John Tortorella stated after the Tuesday defeat. “Irritating for me as a result of we had an opportunity to win this one. We (gave) it away just a little bit on the finish, however we’ll simply take the purpose and go.”

The frustration ran even deeper for the Islanders, whose season-high three-game profitable streak ended as they slipped seven factors behind the Blue Jackets and 6 factors behind the Senators. New York is in final place within the Metropolitan Division and in fifteenth place within the Japanese Convention, forward of solely the Buffalo Sabres.

The Islanders have been outshot 27-24 on Tuesday as their acquainted offensive woes continued. New York was scoreless in its lone power-play alternative as its streak of video games with out a power-play aim reached 14 — the longest such run in crew historical past. The crew is 0-for-25 with the person benefit in the course of the drought.

The Islanders, whose profitable streak consisted of street victories over the Boston Bruins, Vegas Golden Knights and Utah Hockey Membership, scored one aim or fewer Tuesday for the 14th time this season.

“We’ve to reply to this — I imply, the place we have been in, profitable three in a row, had an opportunity to go for 4 in a row, I feel we should always have been extra hungry,” Islanders coach Patrick Roy stated. “We should always have had extra urgency than what we did. Generally, you must dig (for) these ones, and for some purpose, we didn’t.”

–Subject Stage Media