PHILADELPHIA — The first 65 minutes weren’t the cleanest for the Islanders and the subsequent nine-round shootout could go down as one of the worst in NHL history.
But all that matters to the Islanders was coming away with a 4-3 shootout win on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center to sweep the home-and-home series against the Flyers and finally get back to NHL .500 after more than two months.
Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves for the last-place Islanders (13-13-6). They are within one point of the seventh-place Flyers (13-18-8), who are on an 0-6-3 skid.
