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      Islanders at Flyers | Recap

      PHILADELPHIA -- Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves to help the New York Islanders win their sixth straight game, 3-0 against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday.

      Simon Holmstrom, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle Palmieri scored for New York (23-20-7), which extended its season-high winning streak and also won its fourth straight on the road.

      "I thought from the drop of the puck we were ready to play," Palmieri said. "Obviously every game is big for us, but [this was against] a team [that was] above us in the standings and we were just excited for the challenge."

      Sorokin got his third shutout of the season and 21st in the NHL. In his past five games (four starts), he's 5-0-0 with a 0.99 goals-against average, .964 save percentage and one shutout, and he's allowed two goals or fewer in each of the four starts.

      "He's been really solid," Islanders coach Patrick Roy said. "What I love right now is it looks easy. I think when a goalie is on top of his game that's the situation. ... His reads are great. He's moving well side to side and playing with confidence."

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          NYI@PHI: Sorokin stops 23 shots for third shutout of the season

          New York's winning streak is its longest since it won six straight from April 1-11, 2024.

          "They're all a little different," Palmieri said. "I think it's really believing in each other and the way we need to play. Sometimes it takes a little bit to get there, but we've just been finding ways to get up and be on top when the final buzzer hits."

          Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves for Philadelphia (23-24-6), which lost for the fourth time in five games and had a four-game home winning streak end.

          The Flyers were coming off a 5-0 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday and have scored one goal or fewer in four of their past five.

          "We're trying," Philadelphia forward Travis Konecny said. "We're getting some good looks. Obviously we've got to get some more traffic to the net. But also sometimes when we are there, the bounces are maybe just going the wrong way for us. We're pushing hard, guys are trying."

          With the game 0-0, Flyers forward Matvei Michkov had a power-play goal overturned at 14:05 of the first period after the Islanders challenged for goaltender interference. It was determined Morgan Frost made contact with Sorokin in the crease.

          Holmstrom gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead 10:02 of the second period when he scored from the high slot. It was the forward's fourth goal in five games.

          Gatcomb made it 2-0 at 17:08 with his first NHL goal in his seventh game. After the Flyers were caught on a line change, Kyle MacLean and Gatcomb skated in on a 2-on-0 that Gatcomb finished.

          "I was ready for it, but at the same time I thought [MacLean] was going to shoot," Gatcomb said. "He faked the goalie pretty well, and me a little bit there. So you’ve just got to be ready at all times."

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              NYI@PHI: Gatcomb buries one-timer for first career goal

              Roy said he was happy for Gatcomb to score because of how well the 25-year-old has played since being recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Jan. 14.

              "He's very physical, finishes his checks, backchecks hard," Roy said. "You love to see someone be rewarded like this. Scoring that second goal was a big one for us."

              Flyers coach John Tortorella felt that goal took something out of his team.

              "It's two defensemen ... the onus is on them to make sure they are surveying the play before they change," he said. "I think that's a big play tonight. We're down 1-0 and we're trying to score, their goaltender is playing very well. We can't give them something free on a bad change."

              Palmieri scored his first goal in 15 games to make it 3-0 at 9:53 of the third period. He cut around Philadelphia defenseman Jamie Drysdale above the left face-off circle and beat Fedotov to the far side.

              "I was happy to see him score," Roy said. "You always want ... especially a guy like 'Palmsy,' he's a warrior for us. He plays hard every night and he had chances before and couldn't bear down on those ones before. To see him score tonight was a nice one."

              NOTES: Tortorella coached his 1,600th NHL game. He is the seventh coach, and first born in the United States, to reach that milestone. Tortorella is 765-636-162 with 37 ties. ... Frost left the game midway through the second period. He had been hit in the back by a shot by teammate Rasmus Ristolainen with 7:44 left in the first. He played three more shifts in the first and four in the second period, but Tortorella said at that point Frost didn't feel well enough to continue. ... Michkov, who is second among NHL rookies with 14 goals and third with 34 points in 51 games, played a season-low 8:30. His final shift ended with 9:58 remaining in the second, after Holmstrom's goal. … Islanders forward Bo Horvat had his six-game point streak end (five goals, three assists).