The Philadelphia Flyers (20-20-6) took full advantage of a hapless New York Islanders (16-19-7) second period to surge to a 5-3 win in UBS Arena on Thursday night. Turnovers after turnovers flummoxed Islanders’ Head Coach Patrick Roy on Thursday,

- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.

Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee scored for New York ... Key moment Islanders defenseman Dennis Cholowski took an ill-advised penalty early in the third period, which expired two seconds ...

Noah Dobson had just starting heating up for the Islanders, but the defenseman is out indefinitely after suffering a lower-body injury.

Lee scored a power-play goal on two shots in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Flyers. Lee has surged to the 20-goal mark this season, scoring seven times over his last nine contests. The 34-year-old ...

The Blue Jackets won 2-0 in the previous matchup. TOP PERFORMERS: Anders Lee has 21 goals and 16 assists for the Islanders. Bo Horvat has four goals and four assists over the last 10 games. Kirill Marchenko has 18 goals and 31 assists for the Blue Jackets.

The puck drops tonight just after 7:30. Anders Lee enters with 280 career goals, seven behind Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter for sixth in team history The Islanders are 5-0-0 in their last five home games against Columbus and have won 8 of their last 9 ...