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Leaflets show last-minute fights and falls against islanders

After introducing two lineups at home that were much closer to what could be expected on opening night, that was Flyers Lineup against them New York Islanders On Monday it was rather disappointing. But for 59 minutes, the Flyers held their own against the more experienced Islanders squad.

It took 50.2 seconds left in the third period to score Kyle Palmieri To decide the game, there was a 4-3 defeat for the Flyers.


There weren't many shots on goal in the first 20 minutes, but the Islanders had the better time of possession in the first period and had four power plays. In the fourth quarter, with less than two minutes left, Matthew Barzal finally collected money to open the scoring.

Within 20 minutes there were 5-4 shots from the Islanders.

At the start of the second period, the Flyers used a power play Anthony Richard shot a shot into the goal area that was deflected. The Islanders responded with two goals, first a tip-in from Kyle MacLean and another power play goal off a deflection Different Lee.

Ivan Fedotov played the first half of the game and finished with 13 saves on 16 shots.

Just over three minutes later, the Flyers cut the lead to 14-13. A missed point Emil Andrä rattled around and got distracted Brendan Furry to make it 3-2.

The Islanders had 18-12 shots in two periods.

After just 2:27 minutes, the Flyers tied the game with another power play goal. Rasmus Ristolainen He grabbed a rebound for his second goal of the preseason and made it 3-0.

The deadlocked score remained until the final 50.2 seconds when Palmieri regained his footing Helge Grans for positioning and cutting the net, obtaining Alexei Kolosov down and up to finally score the game-winning goal.

Kolosov finished the final 29 minutes of play in his preseason debut with seven saves on eight shots. Jakub Skarek For the Islanders, they managed to save 15 times on 18 shots.

Johnson had two assists for the Flyers. Palmieri and microphone Reilly two point games each for the Islanders.

The Flyers will be back on the ice against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m


Box score

1 2 3 T
Flyers 0 2 1 3
Islanders 1 2 1 4

Summary of points

1st period

  • NYI Mathew Barzal (1) PP (Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat) 18:43

2nd period

  • PHI Anthony Richard (1) PP (Erik Johnson, Scott Laughton) 2:04
  • NYI Kyle MacLean (1) (Casey Cizikas) 5:43
  • NYI Anders Lee (1) PP (Mike Reilly, Kyle Palmieri) 11:04
  • PHI Brendan Furry (1) (Emil Andrae, Johnson) 14:13

3rd period

  • PHI Rasmus Ristolainen (2) PP (Joel Farabee, Egor Zamula) 2:27
  • NYI Palmieri (1) (Scott Mayfield, Reilly) 19:09

Game statistics

Flyers Islanders
Shots 18 24
Power play 2/3 2/5
Hit 17 11
faceoff % 55.1% 44.9%
Promotional gifts 13 17
Takeaways 3 6
Blocked shots 17 8
Penalty minutes 10 6

Kevin Durso is a Flyers Insider for 97.3 ESPN. Follow him on social media @Kevin_Durso.

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