In Elmont, Brock Nelson hit for a double on Wednesday night, and the Islanders defeated the visiting Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2.
The loss snapped the Flyers five-game win streak.
“Before we came out, we wanted to get on the attack and be aggressive and still play smart at the same time,” Nelson said. “Being able to get that third one was nice, to get a little cushion. Even after that, I think we did some good things. A little bit of a push there and they make it a one-goal game, but we found a way.”
Ilya Sorokin made 34 saves in the win.
The Isles improved to 7-6-5.
The Islanders took a 2-0 lead on goals from Anders Lee at 1:49 of the opening stanza for a 1-0 lead, and Nelson’s first at 13:10 of the middle frame.
“I just knew I had free time. I had some space after the turnover, and it was just me and [Hart], and sometimes those work out the way they did,” Lee said. “You can kind of jam it in under that skate. You’ve seen that type of goal before, so just wanted to give myself a chance there and was able to get a second whack at it.”
Cam York trimmed the deficit for the Flyers, to 2-1 at 14:18 of the second.
“It was nice play by (Owen) Tippett there in the middle,” York said. “I thought that was one of our best offensive zone shifts. … Good tip on my first one, and I kind of just want to rebound it on the second. I thought he’d be back by then, but it’s kind of like you just throw pucks at the net because you never know, and that’s just one of those situations.”
The Flyers dropped to 10-8-1.
Nelson hit for his double 2:53 for a 3-1 lead to the Isles.
“We did stay out of the box, which was helpful, no question about it,” New York coach Lane Lambert said. “They had a push in the third. We defended hard and defended well for the most part. They threw a lot of pucks on the net, and when our goaltender had to make some saves, he certainly did.”
Joel Farabee tightened the score at 15:56 to make the last few minutes more tense for the Isles and their faithful.
Carter Hart made 23 saves in the loss.
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