Johnny Boychuk of the Islanders defends against Oskar Lindblom of the Flyers during the second period at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on Oct. 27, 2019. Credit: Jim McIsaac
The Islanders swept the three-game, regular-season series from the Flyers.
And as far as Islanders coach Barry Trotz is concerned, there couldn’t be a more meaningless statistic going into the teams’ best-of-seven, second-round playoff series. Game 1 is Monday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
“It has no bearing on where we are right now,” Trotz said after his team’s practice on Saturday. “It seems like it’s years ago we played them.