NEW YORK -- Defenseman Brandon Manning scored his first NHL goal -- a tiebreaking tally late in the second period Monday -- and the Philadelphia Flyers continued to tighten the Eastern Conference wild-card race with a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders at Barclays Center.
Manning's goal came in his 66th career game.
Nick Cousins scored earlier in the second period, and Sam Gagner added an insurance goal in the third. Claude Giroux had an empty-netter with 26.1 seconds remaining for the Flyers, who have won nine of their last 12 (9-2-1) to move within one point of the idle Detroit Red Wings for the second and final wild-card spot in the East.