Travis Sanheim and Alex Bump each had a goal and an assist and Owen Tippett also scored for Philadelphia. Dan Vladar finished with 20 saves. The Columbus Blue Jackets are also tied with the Flyers with 88 points.
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Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves in his 10th straight appearance, but the Islanders lost their third straight in a tight Eastern Conference playoff race.
Michkov fired a shot from behind the goal line from Sorokin’s pad early in the second period to give the Flyers a 3-0 lead.
Tippett opened the scoring, completing a forehand-backhand move off a Sanheim pass with less than seven minutes left in the first half.
Bump extended the Flyers’ lead to two goals when he caught Sorokin out of position and sent a wrist shot just inside the post.
Pageau scored on a pass from Mathew Barzal with less than five minutes left in the second period to pull New York within 3-1.
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Sanheim scored midway through the third period to restore Philadelphia’s three-goal lead and put the game out of reach.
Simon Holmstrom returned to the Islanders lineup after missing the previous game against the Buffalo Sabers with an upper body injury. Anthony Duclair was a healthy zero.
Next
Flyers: Host the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
Islanders: Visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
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