NHL PLAYOFFS
Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Flyers a 4-3 victory over the Islanders 4-3 on Wednesday in Toronota, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal series at a game apiece.
The Islanders overall a 3-0 first-period deficit, with Jean-Gabriel Pageau getting the tying goal with 2:09 left in regulation.
Myers ended it quickly, connecting on a shot from the right point that glanced off the stick of the Islanders’ Anders Lee on the way in.
Kevin Hayes scored twice in the first period for the Flyers, Sean Couturier also had a goal, and Carter Hart made 31 saves.
Lee and Anthony Beauvillier also scored for the Islanders. Semyon Varlamov had seven saves before he was benched late in the first period. Thomas Greiss finished with 20 stops the rest of the way.
The Flyers scored three times in the first 15:09, chasing Varlamov. He had shut them out in Game 1 and built an Islanders’ playoff record shutout streak of 138:17 before Philadelphia broke through in the first period.
Game 3 is Thursday night.
The Flyers, the top seed in the East, sorely needed more production from their top goal-scorers and finally got it.
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