The Philadelphia Flyers hosted the New York Islanders on Tuesday evening at Wells Fargo Center in the first of six preseason matchups they’ll play before October 15th. The Flyers tied the game late but could not hold off the Islanders in overtime as New York would win 3-2 in the extra frame.
The Islanders would maintain some good pressure early on in this one, but goaltender Carter Hart and the Flyers stood tall and kept New York at bay through the first ten minutes or so of the first period.
Philadelphia would earn some limited zone time before Sean Couturier committed the first infraction of the preseason for the Flyers.