Islanders vs. Flyers Game 7 New York advances to first ECF in 27 year

While the Islanders may have lost Games 5 and 6 of their second-round series, they buckled down and shut out the Flyers in Game 7 for the franchise's first trip to the Eastern Conference finals since 1993. Head coach Barry Trotz said during morning availability Saturday that there wouldbe lineup changes, and he did, in fact, swap netminders. Thomas Grei s, who last started in Game 3 (and won), got the nod over Semyon Varlamovandposted a 4-0 victory in the deciding game. "Whoever's in the net, we know they'll do the job," J-G Pageau said earlierSaturday. "But we've got to do the job in front of them, too." And they did just that. Defensemen Scott Mayfield and Andy Greene opened the scoring in the first and Brock Nelson scored in the second past Carter Hart. Philadelphia was held to 16 shots on net seven in the third period when it Don Drysdale Jersey needed three to tie. Once again, the Flyers' power play faltered, going0 for 2 Saturday to finish 0 for 13 in the series. The Flyersalso posted 18 giveaway and had 22 shots blocked. The Islandersadvanced to the final four for the first time since 1993;they got there that year by winning the Patrick Division finals (equivalent to today's second round) in a Game 7 against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins. Members of that Islanders team include TSN analyst Ray Ferraro and Canucks head coach Travis Green. Philadelphiaentered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the East and was9-1-0 in the last 10 games before the coronavirus pause. The Flyerswent41-21-7forthe regular season under first-year head coach Alain Vigneault. Theyreceiveda good-vibes boost in Game 6 as since beingdiagnosed with cancerin December. He played more than 17 minutes in his return and 16:42 in Game 7. New York now heads to Edmonton to take on the Lightning in the Eastern Conference finals, which will begin Monday. Sporting Newshadall the action as the Islanders and Flyers faced off in a winner-take-all game. Islanders vs. Flyers score, highlights from Game 7 (All times Eastern.) Final score: Islanders 4, Flyers 0 Third period: Islanders 4, Flyers 0 9:58 p.m. Islanders win. 9:53 p.m. Too many men for the Flyers. Isles thisclose to their first Eastern Conference final in 27 years. 9:48 p.m. GOAL. Anthony Beauviliier empty-netter. Islanders lead 4-0. 9:47 p.m. Hart is pulled with 6:55 left on the clock and the Flyers come close as Thomas Grei s lays out for a high-danger save. 9:38 p.m. Flyers get a power play but they don't score. 9:31 p.m. Pageauand Laughton drop the gloves. 9:27 p.m. Flyers' lines are in a blender. Hayes, Giroux and Voracek now teaming up. 9:25 p.m. Third period begins. The last regulation period in the Toronto bubble. Second period: Islanders 3, Flyers 0 9:05 p.m. Period ends. Flyers need to find some oomph if they want to get back into this game. 9:00 p.m. Lindblom movesup and he makes a great pa s to Kevin Hayes, who gets stoned by Grei s. Grei s Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 8:59 p.m. Five minutes left in the second period and the Flyers have eight shots. Eight. And they trail 3-0. 8:52 p.m. GOAL. Flyersstealthe puck from Claude Giroux and it leads to a 2-on-1. It's Josh Bailey to Nelson at the other end for the easy goal. Islanders lead 3-0. Brock Nelson 3-0 Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 8:42 p.m. Anthony Beauvillier knocks the puck out of mid-air from the left circle and it pings off the post. Interesting first eight minutes of the middle period, as Isles hit one post, mi s an empty net, have two PPs and Hart makes at least two stops with no idea where the puck was. Yet Philly hanging in, still only down two. Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) 8:38 p.m. Now it's Mat Barzal who's hurt. It looks like he took an errant stick fromteammate Jordan Eberle right to the nose. Mathew Barzal gets Eberle's stick in the face In bench in pain getting worked on. Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) It's been a tough couple of days for the youngster; he also took a stick under his visor in Game 5. Barzal takes stick to the eye YESUV (@IslesWhiteSUV) Then he had a shot go off the cro sbar and knock his helmet off in warmups for Game 7. (Side note: This is why you should always wear your helmet, even in warmups!) Mathew Barzal takes a puck off the head in warmups. Man, tough playoffs for him. Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 8:35 p.m. Ivan Provorov takes a shot right off the left kneecap and is down in a lot of pain. He does get up and skatesoff on his own power, but it did not look great for a second. Ivan Provorov down on the ice after being hit with this deflected shot. Slow to the bench. Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 8:34 p.m. Flyers called for too many men and hand the Islanders theirthird power play of the night. 8:32 p.m. Flyers hit the pipe. 8:30 p.m. Second period underway and the Isles start on the power play (but they don't score). First period: Islanders 2, Flyers 0 8:13 p.m. Horn sounds. Isles will start the second on the power play. 8:10 p.m. Isles don't score on that man advantage but get another chance as Voracek gets a minor with 53.4 seconds left in the period. 8:04 p.m. Flyers take a penalty. Things are unraveling for the team a tad. 8:00 p.m. GOAL. Isles buzzing and Derick Bra sard goes acro s the seam to Andy Greene for the goal into the empty net. Carter Hart was screened on the pa s and couldn't get acro s in time. Islanders lead 2-0. Andy Greene 2-0 Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 7:56 p.m. Islanders getting scoring from everyone as Mayfield is the 16th player to score in the postseason. 7:52 p.m. GOAL. Defenseman Scott Mayfield is allowed to glide down from the right point and fires the wrister top corner past the blocker of Carter Hart. Pinpoint shot for Mayfield's first career playoff goal. Islanders lead 1-0. Scott Mayfield 1-0 Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 7:47 p.m. J-G Pageaugets two for holding. Quick reminder: Flyers' power play has not been good at all. (They didn't score.) 7:45 p.m. Flyers come close on a tip-in off a pa s from Jakub Voracek. 7:41 p.m. Four minutes in and each team has one shot. 7:39 p.m. Flyers come close. Off the post. Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) 7:35 p.m. Game on. Pregame 7:35 p.m. Derek Grant also out of the lineup for the Flyers. 7:05 p.m. Other lineup notes. Sean Couturier returns for the tonight. Brian Compton (@BComptonNHL) . reporting Michael Dal Colle in for Leo Komarov. Brian Compton (@BComptonNHL) 7 p.m. ET Grei s is a go. Grei s leads the boys out for warmups. New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) Brett Butler Jersey