The Islanders emphatically fell out of first place in the Metropolitan Division on Sunday afternoon.
The Flyers won, 4-1, at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum as the Islanders lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time since Dec. 4-6 and suffered their worst defeat since a 6-2 drubbing at Pittsburgh on Dec. 6.
The Islanders (37-21-7) are 1-3-0 on this five-game homestand which concludes Tuesday night against the woeful Senators and in a 2-4-1 skid. They are out of first place for the first time since Jan. 17, two points back after the Capitals (38-21-7), who beat the Rangers, 3-2, in a shootout on Sunday afternoon.