[Chris]

The Flyers improved to 4-0 on the preseason with a 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders tonight at the Wachovia Center.

Patrick Sharp scored two goals, and Donald Brashear broke the tie in the second period. Yes, you heard me right, Brashear scores the game winner midway through the game.

However, it didn't look good for Philadelphia early in the game, Jason Blake beat Antero Niitymaki for the opening goal just 16 seconds into the first period. Yashin also scored at 3:45 for the Islanders while on a two-man advantage.

Mike Richards scored at 12:04 on the powerplay to put the Flyers back in reach at 2-1. Patrick Sharp scored at 18:19 thanks to a goaltending error by Rick Diepietro.

Midway through the second period, the Flyers gained their first lead of the game. Kim Johnsson beat Diepietro on a top-shelf slap shot, this gave Philadelphia a 3-2 advantage. Brashear then put it away later in that period with his game-winning wrister.

News & Notes
- The Flyers went 3-for-10 on the powerplay, and 12-13 on the penalty kill.

-Antero Niitymaki made 31 saves in tonight's win.

-Keith Primeau was out of the lineup for tonight's game with a bruised left shoulder injury he suffered last week in practice.

-Patrick Sharp and Jeff Carter both scored in the post-game shootout for the Flyers, and they improved to 3-1 in the extra session this preseason.

-The Flyers will host the Devils on Thursday to end the preseason home schedule. The game will be televised on Comcast Sports Net.

[Jlg-28]

good reprot as always, nice to see the Flyers come back after an the Isles got up by two. Hopefullythis is another trend that will continue once the regular season start.

[Andy]

4-0!!

Yeah, it's preseason, but hell, this is a good f*ckin start!!

[TonyFatt]

Awesome...

Although Brashear scoring a goal might convince Clarke he deserves to stay.

Bleh!