GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Regular Season Series: 0-2-1Playoff Series: 4 Series (3 wins, 1 loss)Playoff Record: 27gp (15-12)Playoff Leading Scorer:PHI - 9pts: Kevin Hayes (3g-6a)NYI - 11pts: Josh Bailey (2g-9a)
1. BEST OF FIVE
With the series tied at 1-1 the series moves to a best-of-five... The Flyers enter Game 3 on the heels of a 4-3 OT win and scoring four goals in a game for the first time since the Round Robin... The Flyers have a 10-11 record in Game 3s after evening the series at 1-1, while the Isles have an even 4-4 mark in Game 3's when dropping Game 2 to have the series tied at 1-1... In NHL history, the winner of Game 3 holds an all-time series record of 218-107 (67.1%), including a 3-1 record in 2020.
2. THROUGH THE FIRST TWO
Through the first two games of the series, the Flyers have scored three of their four goals in the opening period, while the Islanders have scored five of seven in the third period... Travis Konecny leads the Flyers in shots (7) while Anthony Beauvillier & Anders Lee lead the series with 11 shots each... The Islanders have had 12 different players record a point, while the Flyers have had eight... Ivan Provorov leads all players in the series in average ice-time at 23:59 which is a full two minutes more than the Islanders leader, Adam Pelech at 21:44... Andy Green leads the Isles in blocked shots (6) and Travis Sanheim leads the Flyers with 5 blocked shots.
3. D-LIGHTFUL
The Flyers got three points from defensemen in Game 2 (1g-2a), including the game-winning goal in OT... They now have 16 points (5g-11a) from d-men during the playoffs and their five goals by d-men are T-4th among all playoffs teams, including T-1st in the Eastern Conference... The Islanders got two points (both assists) in Game 2 from their defense, giving them 24 points from the blueline (5g-19a), which leads all Eastern Conference teams and ranks 4th overall in the postseason.
4. PERFECTION
The Islanders are a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill in the series, and have gone three straight games not allowing a goal on the PK, compared to allowing at least one goal on the PK in six of their first eight playoff games... The Flyers are a perfect 8-0-0 in the playoffs when scoring the first goal AND when leading after the second period... They are also a perfect 3-0-0 when they outshoot an opponent and in one-goal games in the playoffs, they are a perfect 4-0-0.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (C: #13 - Kevin Hayes)
Hayes posted two goals in Game 2, which gives him three goals and nine points in this playoffs - both of which are new career highs... All three of his goals and nine points have come at even strength in the playoffs and he now leads the team in points (9), plus-minus (+8) and shots on goal (27).
ISLANDERS (C: #44 - Jean-Gabriel Pageau)
Has posted goals in three of his last four games and back-to-back games, including the game-tying goal for the Isles that forced overtime in Game 2... Pageau has six goals in 11 games so far in the playoffs and is tied for the playoff lead with a plus-minus of +11.
