NY Islanders 4, Philadelphia 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, August 24, 2020
Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
Referees:
Eric Furlatt, Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Greg Devorski, Matt MacPherson
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Andy Greene, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Anders Lee and Devon Toews each scored a goal to lift the New York Islanders past the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday in Toronto.
Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov made all 29 saves and pushed his shutout streak to 136 minutes, 20 seconds.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be played Wednesday afternoon.
Philadelphia goaltender Carter Hart stopped 25 shots.
The top-seeded Flyers scored only 11 goals against the Montreal Canadiens in the East quarterfinals despite claiming the series in six games.
The sixth-seeded Islanders jumped ahead 1-0 at 6:06 of the first period when Greene sent a shot through traffic for his first goal of the postseason.
Less than two minutes later, Philadelphia's Kevin Hayes skated in all alone but was unable to take a clean shot, and Varlamov cleared the puck.
New York dominated the opening 20 minutes and led 15-4 in shots on goal on its way to a one-goal advantage.
The Flyers came out aggressive in the second and ripped off the first nine shots on goal but couldn't score.
Greene nearly notched his second goal at 9:24 as his wrist shot ricocheted off Hart's pad before being frozen in front.
The Flyers had a flurry of chances in the final 1:30 of the period, but a combination of stingy defense and a couple of solid saves by Varlamov sent New York into the locker room still with a 1-0 lead.
The Islanders extended their lead to 2-0 when Pageau found himself wide open in front and flicked the puck past Hart at 2:54 of the third. It was Pageau's fifth goal of the playoffs.
Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux clanged a shot off the post several minutes later, and he appeared visibly frustrated.
The Islanders took advantage, and Mathew Barzal sent a perfect pass to Lee, who connected for a 3-0 lead at 8:50.
New York scored an empty-net goal to go ahead 4-0 when Toews came through at 12:21. The Flyers took a chance by pulling Hart with plenty of time remaining.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
NY Islanders |
|
Philadelphia |
Andy Greene 1 |
Points |
N/A |
Andy Greene 1 |
Goals |
N/A |
Mathew Barzal 1 |
Assists |
N/A |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Semyon Varlamov 1.000 |
Save Percentage |
Carter Hart .893 |
Semyon Varlamov 29 |
Saves |
Carter Hart 25 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
NY Islanders
|
29 |
4 |
0-1 |
1-1 |
4 |
28 |
Philadelphia
|
29 |
0 |
0-1 |
1-1 |
4 |
30 |
Upcoming Games
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Philadelphia will play their next game at home against NY Islanders. The Flyers have a W/L % of .610 after a win and .571 after a loss.
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NY Islanders will play their next game on the road against Philadelphia. The Islanders have a W/L % of .583 after a win and .438 after a loss.