Tonight, the New York Islanders head to Philadelphia to face the Philadelphia Flyers.
In their last game, Brock Nelson scored 2:42 into the overtime period giving the Islanders a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. Nelson, Josh Bailey, Anders Lee and Ryan Strome each tallied multi-point games while Thomas Greiss made 27 saves in the win.
The last time these two teams faced, yhe Flyers rebounded from a 2-0 deficit to tie things up early in the third period and eventually took a 3-2 overtime win on Jan. 22. Nick Leddy and Alan Quine scored goals in the first and second period to give the Islanders the 2-0 lead, which Wayne Simmonds started chipping away at with a tally at 14:10 of the second period. Ivan Provorov then knotted the score 1:47 into the third period, setting the stage for an overtime where Claude Giroux converted a feed from Shayne Gostisbehere to snap a 13-game goalless drought. Steve Mason stopped 36 shots in the win, while Thomas Greiss fended off 44 of the Flyers’ 47 bids.
Before that, the teams faced on Nov. 3. For the second consecutive night, the Flyers tied a game in the final minutes and ended up winning in extra time, this time 3-2 in a shootout over the Islanders. After a scoreless first half of the game, Travis Konecny put the Flyers on the board with 8:49 left in the second period. But the Islanders tied it on a power play goal by John Tavares with 29 seconds left in the frame and jumped ahead when Dennis Seidenberg put one home with 6:05 to play in the third. The Flyers were in a 6-on-4 situation, with a power play and the net empty for an extra attacker, when Matt Read bagged the equalizer with just under 58 seconds left to play. After a scoreless overtime, Claude Giroux posted the only goal of the shootout, while Michal Neuvirth stopped three Islanders attempts. Neuvirth turned away 25 bids in regulation and overtime, while Jaroslav Halak made 40 saves on 42 Flyers shots.
Neuwirth is 7-2-0-1 with a 1.76 GAA in 11 GP vs. the Islanders. Mason is 8-2-0-3 with a 2.12 GAA, 2 SO in 15 GP against the Islanders.
Greiss is 2-2-0-2 with a 2.66 GAA in 7 GP vs. the Flyers, Berube has not faced Flyers yet in his career.
Since Jan. 13, Islanders captain, John Tavares leads the NHL in goals (9) and is second in points (16). Thomas Greiss is 13-4-3 in his last 19. Josh Bailey has 14 points (6G, 8A) in his last 11 games. Nick Leddy has 12 points (3G, 9A) in 12
games. Anders Lee has 13 points (4G, 9A) in his last 10 games.
All-time against Philadelphia, the Islanders are 99-128-26-7
The Flyers have been shut out in their last two games and have gone a total of 122:49 between goals, dating back to an empty netter with 14 seconds left vs. Montreal last Thursday.
These two teams will face again on Mar. 30 in Philadelphia.
No comments:
Post a Comment