BROCK-N-ROLL
Nelson pair leads Isles rout
PHILADELPHIA — Brock Nelson scored two goals and Robin Lehner stopped 22 shots Saturday as the Islanders opened a three-game road trip with a 6-1 victory over the Flyers.
Leo Komarov and Anthony Beauvillier also scored to help the Islanders take a 3-0 lead through two periods in a game between teams near the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Nelson scored in the first and third periods, his third straight game with a goal.
“It doesn’t always have to be goals, just chances,” Nelson said. “If you can feed off of that, you can suffocate teams.”
It was a road game for the Isles, but they seemed right at home against the listless Flyers.
Philadelphia held its annual Halloween game but the only boos in this one came from fans each time Philly skated off the ice.
The Flyers were loose with the puck, sagged on defense and stopped skating hard after pucks in the defensive zone.
The Islanders weren’t terri- bly impressive either, but they were efficient, scoring two goals on their first six shots and three on the first 12.
Michal Neuvirth wasn’t much help in the Flyers net in his first start since last year. Neuvirth was out with an unspecified injury and the Flyers got little production from Brian Elliott and Calvin Pickard in his absence.
The Flyers coughed up the puck and Komarov capitalized with a tip-in for a 1-0 lead in the first. The Flyers had another turnover later in the period and Jordan Eberle fed Beauvillier for a 2-0 lead.
Nelson made it 3-0 on a sweet 2-on-1 attack that stunned Neuvirth and pretty much sealed the victory.
Adam Pelech made it 4-1, and Nelson had his first multigoal game of the season at 8:58 of the third.
Anders Lee made it 6-1 on a power-play goal.
“We want to keep creating those opportunities,” Lee said. “The more chances we get, the more are going to go in. It kind of culminated tonight.”