NEW YORK _ The Flyers' misery ended Sunday night.
Claude Giroux scored with 1 minute, 40 seconds left in overtime, giving the Flyers a 3-2 comeback win over the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center.
The win ended a nine-game road losing streak and put the Flyers back in a wild-card spot.
They hadn't won on the road since Dec. 14, when they extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 4-3 victory in Colorado.
Rookie defenseman Ivan Provorov jumped into the offense, skated into the left circle, and patiently waited before firing a shot that deflected off the skate of Isles defenseman Adam Pelech and past Thomas Greiss, tying the score at 2 with 18:13 left in the third.
The Flyers had given teams 23 power plays in their four previous games, but the Islanders didn't have any until midway through the third period. The Flyers killed two penalties in the final 9:50 of regulation, with Steve Mason making four saves (two on John Tavares) on the Isles' first power play.
The Flyers also failed to click on a power play late in regulation, making them 0 for 14 in the last three games.
The Flyers had a 34-21 shots advantage after two periods but faced a 2-1 deficit because Greiss made numerous outstanding saves. Five of his 33 saves to that point were on Provorov.
With 5:50 left in the second, Greiss allowed his first goal in the last three games, a span of 154 minutes, 10 seconds. Wayne Simmonds took a deft touch pass from Brayden Schenn and scored from the right circle, cutting the Islanders' lead to 2-1.
Simmonds scored his 19th goal on the Flyers' 31st shot of the night. Greiss had made 85 consecutive saves over the last three games before the goal.
Defenseman Radko Gudas set the goal in motion by keeping the puck in the zone near the blue line.
The Islanders had taken a 2-0 lead when Alan Quine chipped a rebound up and over Mason's glove with 15:13 left in the second. Mason made the initial save on Dennis Seidenberg's shot but couldn't control the rebound.
The possession started when Quine won a faceoff against Brayden Schenn.
Quine's goal was scored about four minutes after the Flyers thought they had tied the score on a power-play goal, scored after a wild scramble in the crease. The puck went into the net. The NHL said the referee was blowing his whistle to stop the play before the puck crossed the goal line, so it was not a reviewable play.
Earlier, the Flyers fell into a 1-0 hole. Again.
After a turnover _ Jake Voracek lost the puck in the neutral zone _ Tavares went in on a breakaway but was denied by Mason. Mason also made a stop on Anders Lee before Nick Leddy scored on a scramble in front with 6:35 left in the first.
It marked the 10th time in the last 11 games the Flyers had allowed the first goal. The Flyers have scored the first goal in just 16 games (out of 48), the second-fewest in the league, behind Colorado.
The Flyers scored a 3-2 shootout win over the host Islanders in the teams' previous meeting this season. Matt Read tied that Nov. 3 game with 58 seconds left in regulation, and Giroux scored the only shootout goal.
