Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, Marc Gatcomb scored his first NHL objective and the New York Islanders received their sixth straight sport with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night time.
Simon Holmstrom and Kyle Palmieri additionally scored for the Islanders, who leapfrogged the Flyers and the idle New York Rangers within the Metropolitan Division standings and are three factors out of a wild-card spot.
It was the twenty first profession shutout for Sorokin, who received his fifth straight sport and has allowed simply 4 objectives in that span. New York has outscored opponents 21-7 throughout its streak.
The Flyers have been blanked for the second consecutive sport. Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves for Philadelphia.
TakeawaysIslanders: New York has been counting on its protection and goaltending throughout its January resurgence. The Islanders have held their opponents to 2 objectives or fewer in 10 of 12 video games this month.
Flyers: Philadelphia’s offense has been scuffling as they scored two objectives or fewer for the fifth time within the final six video games.
Key momentFlyers rookie Matvei Michkov thought he had a power-play objective to place the Flyers forward within the first interval, nevertheless it was overturned when New York coach Patrick Roy challenged the play for goaltender interference. It was decided Morgan Frost grazed Sorokin and impeded his potential to make a save.
Michkov later received right into a screaming match on the bench with coach John Tortorella following a defensive breakdown. Michkov was benched for the ultimate eight minutes of the second interval and the whole third interval.
Key statTortorella coached in his 1,600th sport, the seventh in NHL historical past to achieve that milestone and the primary American-born coach to take action.
Up NextIslanders: Journey to Tampa Bay on Saturday.
Flyers: Off till Sunday once they go to Colorado.
