On Long Island, five different skaters had goals for the New York Islanders in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, Derick Brassard, Ross Johnston, and Ryan Pulock were the strikers for the Isles.
“The feeling’s great, it’s what you’d expect,” Lee said. “When we play the right way, we put ourselves in a good position, and we’ve done that. We’re getting contributions up and down the lineup, from [Varlamov] and [Thomas Greiss] on out. Right now, we’re just kind of playing that right way, getting pucks deep and doing those little things that really make it tough to play against and kind of tough to get chances.”
Jakub Voracek, Travis Konecny and Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers.
“I don’t think we played our best,” Giroux said. “[We had] an emotional game at home [Saturday] night (a 7-4 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets), and we need to find a way to kind of put that game behind us and move forward to another game. I don’t think we did a good job of that tonight.”
The Islanders are 8-3-0.
“You always look to your leadership and they’re going to set the tone; Anders Lee was a beast today,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “His goal was a great example of leadership. Leadership is, you don’t have a license to do less, you have a responsibility to do more. He knew it was a big game, and he did more.”
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Carter Hart got the start for the Flyers and made nine saves and surrendered five goals through the midway point of the second period.
“You’ve just got to find a way right now, and for me, I just have to find a way to get back into my old rhythm,” Hart said. “Right now, I’m just not playing where I feel I should be at, and I know I’m better than that. I just have to keep working.
“I’ve been feeling really good in practice, but I think right now, just go out into the game and just play. I think I may be overthinking a couple of things, but I’ve just got to go out and play. Just play the game.”
Brian Elliott relieved Hart and made 19 saves.
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