Tonight wasn’t the result the Islanders were looking for. It probably wasn’t the game they were looking for, either. But the fact remains that this resilient bunch forced overtime despite trailing by two in the third period yet again and that the only two games the Flyers have won in this series were overtime tip-ins after blowing multi-goal leads late.
Also, as I alluded to in the subhead, the Islanders have failed to close out a series in their first attempt each step of the way thus far. They have gone on to win their next attempts rather convincingly each previous time.