The Latest Breaking News from Semyon Varlamov

ELMONT, N.Y. — Going into the third period tied, 2-2, with the New York Islanders on Saturday night at UBS Arena, the Flyers were in win-a-period, win-a-game, stave-off-a-10-game-losing-streak mode.

DALLAS — Mathew Barzal’s point-per-game-plus production continued. This time it even included goals.

OTTAWA – Special teams made all the difference for the Islanders as they opened a four-game road trip with a tense 4-2 win over the Senators on Monday at Canadian Tire Centre.

MIAMI — Florida Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg found an open shooting lane when he got a feed in the left faceoff circle from Colin White and fired a one-timer toward the net.

MONTREAL — Anthony Beauvillier received a bunch of text messages from local friends forewarning him about how loud the crowd at Bell Centre would be on Friday night with Carey Price returning to the Canadiens’ lineup for the first time this season after a tumultuous personal trek.

ST. LOUIS — The New York Islanders came out trying to play rough.

DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars need wins as they chase a playoff in the Western Conference. They also need to discover a second line to supplement one of the best lines in hockey.

NEW YORK — It would have been interesting to see these two teams playing in a late-season game if the Islanders had had a better start to the season and weren’t so far out of the playoff race. Maybe the 24-point gap between the teams before they faced off dulled…

ELMONT, N.Y. — The fifth-place Islanders. How does that sound?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Islanders’ previous game against the Blue Jackets marked the reconstruction of their top two lines.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Semyon Varlamov drew some attention heading into the NHL trade deadline but the Islanders wanted to keep him in a tandem with Ilya Sorokin.