Isles take down No. 1 seed Flyers
Game 7 romp sends N.Y. to East final against Tampa Bay
Thomas Greiss stopped 16 shots and the New York Islanders advanced to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1993, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 in Game 7 of the second-round series Saturday night.
Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists, and defensemen Scott Mayfield and Andy Greene scored 3:46 apart in the first period. Anthony Beauvillier had an empty-netter with 6:18 left and New York bounced back after failing to close out the series in losing the previous two games in overtime, and advanced to face the Tampa Bay Lightning starting Monday.
Greiss posted his first career playoff shutout in his first Game 7. note: The NHL is allowing some family members to join the Edmonton playoff bubble but is waiting on the Canadian government on the possibility of adding more. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Canadian family members of players, coaches and staff on the teams that reached the conference final are free to enter the bubble immediately as long as they adhere to quarantine regulations spelled out before the start of the playoffs. Daly said the league hasn’t yet heard back from the government on additional exemptions for family members who are not Canadian citizens. Players, coaches and staff have been quarantined away from family for six weeks now. The NHL had planned on welcoming family members to the bubble when it was down to the final four teams for the conference final round that starts Sunday.