We are firmly into the second half with a neck-and-neck-and-neck race for the top of the fantasy podium. Connor Hellebuyck will surely start getting some additional rest later in the season, so the race at the top right now is between Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon.

Islanders rookie Maxim Tsyplakov had a target on his back after delivering a hard shoulder check on Poehling, who left the game.

John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (19-20-6) are in Elmont on Thursday evening to take on Patrick Roy's New York Islanders (17-19-7).

Ersson shutout Anaheim then came up big against Florida, while Fedotov followed up with a solid start in Columbus. The Flyers need both of them playing well in net.

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Philadelphia now has just one win in eight attempts in the second game of back-to-back situations. Tippett connected on a shot from the top of the circles for his 13th goal of the season. Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov took the loss. The Blue Jackets’ Daniil Tarasov got the win.

In a tightly contested game that extended into a shootout, the Philadelphia Flyers fell 3-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets on the road.

The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t play their best game on Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. But it was effective enough to extend their winning streak to an NHL-high five games.

The Philadelphia Flyers had to settle for one point against the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 3-2 (2-0) shootout loss at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday evening.

The Flyers couldn’t nail down a 2-1 third-period lead and lost to the Blue Jackets, 3-2, in a shootout Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.