Simon Holmstrom scored twice and added an assist, and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves to lead the New York Islanders to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

Coach John Tortorella said recently that Ivan Fedotov’s goalie style is weird. But that wasn’t the only weird occurrence inside the Wells Fargo Center Thursday night. The Flyers’ continuing troubles in the second games of back-to-back matchups continued following a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders,

After some struggles to find consistency in the first half of the season, Ilya Sorokin seems back to his elite self.

With a five-game winning streak and eight victories in their last 10 games, the Islanders are as confounding as ever.

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But when a stretch of eight Metropolitan Division games out of nine ended on Thursday night, the Flyers’ 3-0 loss to the visiting New York Islanders left Philadelphia’s record at 3-4-1 for that key segment.

The Flyers face off against the New York Islanders for the third time this month on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.

John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (23-23-6) will play the latter game of a back-to-back as they host Patrick Roy's New York Islanders (22-20-7).

A single-save effort saw New York Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin secure his 16th win of the season Saturday. Originally serving as backup with Marcus Hogberg tapped for the start Saturday ...

The New York Islanders picked ... Bo Horvat had the game-winning goal while Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 of 30 shots for his 15th win of the season. The Islanders were without Noah Dobson, who left ...

Forwards Josh Bailey and Brock Nelson are joined by John Tavares, with defensemen Nick Leddy and Adam Pelech in front of goaltender Ilya Sorokin ... season with New York, including another ...