The New York Islanders (3-4) carry a three-game losing streak into their back-to-back set in Philadelphia, where the Flyers (5-2-1) are in a considerably more pleasant position.
It’s early, etc., but it’s a condensed season. Road trips are not the same in this pandemic era — there’s no road crowd to add atmosphere, and to boost the home team — but perhaps the isolation of pandemic restrictions on the road can also test a team.
None of that really explains the last three losses, though: Offensive impotence in New Jersey, then collapses of two different varieties in D.