Islanders rookie Maxim Tsyplakov had a target on his back after delivering a hard shoulder check on Poehling, who left the game.

The Philadelphia Flyers (20-20-6) took full advantage of a hapless New York Islanders (16-19-7) second period to surge to a 5-3 win in UBS Arena on Thursday night.

John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (19-20-6) are in Elmont on Thursday evening to take on Patrick Roy's New York Islanders (17-19-7).

Ersson shutout Anaheim then came up big against Florida, while Fedotov followed up with a solid start in Columbus. The Flyers need both of them playing well in net.

Philadelphia now has just one win in eight attempts in the second game of back-to-back situations. Tippett connected on a shot from the top of the circles for his 13th goal of the season. Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov took the loss. The Blue Jackets’ Daniil Tarasov got the win.

In a tightly contested game that extended into a shootout, the Philadelphia Flyers fell 3-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets on the road.

Kirill Marchenko scored the deciding goal of a shootout to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. The Blue Jackets extended their winning streak to five games and are 9-2-1 over their past 12. Columbus is now 4-0 in games decided by a shootout this season.

The Philadelphia Flyers had to settle for one point against the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 3-2 (2-0) shootout loss at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday evening.

The Flyers couldn’t nail down a 2-1 third-period lead and lost to the Blue Jackets, 3-2, in a shootout Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday night. Here is our recap of the game.

The Flyers extended their point streak to three games but shootout goals by Columbus' Adam Fantilli and Kirill Marchenko were the difference.