Islanders take 3-1 series lead with 3-2 win over Flyers

Posted: Aug 30, 2020 / 10:29 PM CDT / Up to date: Aug 30, 2020 / 10:29 PM CDT

TORONTO (AP) — Jean Gabriel Pageau scored the go-ahead aim 7:18 into the third interval and the New York Islanders moved inside one win of advancing to the Japanese Convention finals with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night time.

Brock Nelson scored twice, each arrange by Josh Bailey, and the Islanders gained a 3-1 lead of the best-of-seven second-round sequence with Sport 5 set for Tuesday night time. New York is looking for to make its first convention finals look since 1993, when the Islanders misplaced to Montreal to 6 video games.

Backup goalie Thomas Greiss stopped 36 photographs in making his first begin of the playoffs in a sport each groups rested their starters whereas enjoying on consecutive nights. Enjoying instead of Semyon Varlamov, it was Greiss’ first begin since a 3-2 additional time loss to Carolina on March 7, and second look this postseason.

Sean Couturier and Ivan Provorov scored for the East’s top-seeded Flyers, who have been coming off a 3-1 loss on Saturday. Philadelphia misplaced consecutive video games for the primary time since an 0-3-1 skid from Dec. 31-Jan. 7.

Although Provorov scored with 64 seconds left and the Flyers web empty, Philadelphia managed only one extra shot on web, because the Islanders managed the puck in their very own nook for a lot of the ultimate 20 seconds.

Philadelphia’s Brian Elliott stopped 30 photographs instead of Carter Hart. It was Elliott’s third look this postseason, and second begin after he stopped 16 photographs in a 3-1 win over Washington in a preliminary round-robin sport on Aug. 6.

Defenseman Scott Mayfield jumped into the push to arrange the go-ahead aim. Accepting a move from Devon Toews, Mayfield fed Pageau for a breakaway. Pageau drove down the center and sneaked a shot by way of Elliott’s legs, with the puck having sufficient spin on it to dribble over the aim line.

Nelson made it 3-1 by scoring four-minutes later by finishing a give-and-go with Bailey on a two-on-one break. Driving the Flyers zone up the precise wing, Nelson fed Bailey, who returned the move permitting Nelson to faucet the puck within the open left facet.

The Flyers’ offense has basically dried up, with captain Claude Giroux having but to attain this postseason.

After combining for 11 objectives in sweeping the top-seeded playoff-opening round-robin sequence, Philadelphia has managed simply 18 in its previous 10 outings.

Each goalies have been significantly sharp within the first interval, which the Flyers opened with a 5-0 edge in photographs. Greiss took Scott Laughton’s shot from the left circle off the highest of his masks 3:20 in, and made his finest cease some 4 minutes later in kicking out his proper pad to foil Joel Farabee’s redirection.

It was then Elliott’s flip to carry the fort in a interval that ended scoreless and New York holding an 18-7 edge in photographs.

With Philadelphia’s Travis Konecny off for slashing, Elliott stopped Ryan Pulock’s blast from the left circle, after which recovered to kick out his left pad to cease Anders Lee trying to transform the rebound in entrance with 4:11 left. Some 20 seconds later, Elliott acquired throughout to his proper to squeeze Mathew Barzal’s one-timer below his arm.

Nelson opened the scoring 6:25 into the second interval, being arrange by Bailey, who intercepted Philippe Myers weak clearing try on the left level. Bailey drove up the boards and centered to an open Nelson, who snapped a shot within the high left nook.

The Flyers tied it 9 minutes later when Giroux dug out the puck within the left nook. Philadelphia labored the puck to the precise level, the place Justin Braun’s slap shot was deflected in by Couturier, who had place on defenseman Devon Toews.

The Flyers responded by dominating the Islanders in a second interval during which they out-shot New York 17-3. The Islanders didn’t handle a shot on aim over the ultimate 10:44 of the second.

NOTES: Flyers LW Oskar Lindblom took half within the pregame warmup earlier than being scratched. The 24-year-old has rejoined the workforce and hasn’t performed since Dec. 7 when he was identified with a uncommon type of bone most cancers. … Islanders have three gamers — Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey and Anthony Beauvillier — with no less than 10 factors in a single postseason for the primary time since 1993. … With a win in Sport 3, Varlamov (9-2) joined Billy Smith (1980 and ’81) to win no less than 9 of* 11 selections in a single playoff. … It was Greiss’ first begin since a 3-2 additional time loss to Carolina on March 7.

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