Coach John Tortorella said recently that Ivan Fedotov’s goalie style is weird. But that wasn’t the only weird occurrence inside the Wells Fargo Center Thursday night. The Flyers’ continuing troubles in the second games of back-to-back matchups continued following a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders,

Snapshots from the New York Islanders 3-0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Photos by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images, Emilee Chinn/Getty Images and Tyler Brosious/New York Islanders.

Stream on ESPN+. The Islanders have been better recently, but it may be too late for New York to make a push for the playoffs. They would have to

The New York Islanders have loaned forward Hudson Fasching to the Bridgeport Islanders of the AHL on a conditioning stint, per Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News. The 29-year-old Fasching hasn’t seen NHL action since Jan. 5 against the Boston Bruins and has dressed in just 19 games this year after suiting up in 45 NHL games last season.

It took mere seconds into his debut with the Islanders for the importance of having DeAngelo on the right side of the blue line to become all the more important, when Ryan Pulock went down and later joined Noah Dobson on injured reserve .

The Flyers have that covered. Looking listless, uninspired and a little lost at times, the orange and black faltered, 3-0, to the Islanders Thursday night in South Philly, falling further back in the hustle for an unexpected playoff spot. It was their third game in five tiring nights.

With a five-game winning streak and eight victories in their last 10 games, the Islanders are as confounding as ever.

Philadelphia Flyers’ Adam Ginning, right, tries to get the puck away from New York Islanders’ Brock Nelson during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in

Ilya Sorokin pitched a 23-save shutout as the New York Islanders picked up their sixth straight win and second over the Philadelphia Flyers.

The New York Islanders (23-20-7) are officially in a groove. They’ve won six in a row, nine of the last eleven. All but one in regulation. Staggering process in all three zones, from directionless to surging.

The Philadelphia Flyers were shut out, 3-0, by the New York Islanders at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday evening.