The stakes of Friday’s game are high, as the Islanders (45 points), look to close the gap with the Flyers (50 points) who are ahead of them in the standings, though the Isles have three games in-hand.

Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny added three assists and the Flyers defeated the Islanders 5-3.

The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders, 5-3, at UBS Arena in Elmont on Thursday evening. The Philadelphia ...

Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost scored in the second period Thursday night for the Philadelphia Flyers, who ...

Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny added three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the ...

NEW YORK -- - Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny added three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated ... Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee scored for New York.