Isles Beat Philly For First Time In Two Years, 6-4; Flyers Fail To Gain Playoff Ground

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Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) - Jon Sim had a goal and two assists as the New York Islanders snapped a 15-game losing streak at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers with a 6-4 victory.

Blake Comeau had two goals while Trent Hunter, Sean Bergenheim and Frans Nielsen each had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who have won three of their last four. Martin Biron made 31 stops in the win.

Darroll Powe, Danny Briere, Aaron Asham and James van Riemsdyk each had a goal for the Flyers, who last lost a game to the Islanders on February 12, 2008.

Brian Boucher started in net for Philadelphia, which has lost six of its last seven, and was tagged for five goals on 24 shots before being pulled in the third period. Jeremy Duchesne made his NHL debut and stopped three shots.

Fortunately for Philadelphia, it didn't lose any ground in the Eastern Conference playoff chase. The Flyers are tied with the Bruins and Canadiens for the last three playoff spots in the conference. Boston lost to Florida, while Montreal didn't play on Thursday.

The Islanders struck three times in the first eight minutes of the game to take command of the contest.

The first goal came 2:11 in as a right circle faceoff win by Jonathan Tavares saw the puck go back to Comeau, who fired a wrister on net that hit off of Briere for a 1-0 lead.

It was 2-0 five minutes later when Comeau threw the puck out front from behind the left side of the net and it went off of Lukas Krajicek before skidding past Boucher.

Just 32 seconds later, Sim and Nielsen worked a give-and-go with Sim sending it from the left side to the front and Nielsen tipped it in.

At the 3:06 mark of the second period, New York took a 4-0 lead when Mark Streit's shot from the left point was stopped and Bergenheim banked the rebound in from behind the left side of the net.

Philly got on the board with 7:34 left in the second as Scott Hartnell sent a pass from behind the right side of the net to the front where Asham one-timed it home.

New York made it a 5-1 game 2:30 into the third as Hunter's wrister went off the glove of Boucher and in. Boucher was pulled from the net after the goal.

On the power play, the Flyers got a puck into the net as van Riemsdyk banged home a Claude Giroux rebound at the 4:22 mark.

Sim, though, essentially sealed the win with 8:08 to play as his wrist shot from the left circle found its way into the left corner of the net for a 6-2 advantage.

Briere got a goal with 5:07 to play while Powe's goal with just over a minute to play capped the scoring in the game.

New York hosts Ottawa on Saturday...Philly hosts Montreal on Friday...The Flyers win streak against New York was the longest stretch of victories by one team over any single opponent in the league...Philly went 1-for-3 on the power play, while New York failed to score on any of its three chances.