Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Philadelphia 41-21-7=89pts, New York Islanders 35-23-10=80pts
Game 1 on Monday, 24 August: New York Islanders win at Philadelphia, 4-goals-nil
Game 2 on Wednesday, 26 August: New York Islanders lose at Philadelphia, 4-goals-3 (OT)
Game 3 on Saturday, 29 August: Philadelphia loses at New York Islanders, 3-goals-1
Game 4 on Sunday, 30 August: Philadelphia loses at New York Islanders, 3-goals-2
Game 5 on Tuesday, 01 September: New York Islanders lose at Philadelphia, 4-goals-3 (OT)
Game 6 on Thursday, 03 September: Philadelphia wins at New York Islanders, 5-goals-4 (2OT)
Game 7 on Saturday, 05 September: New York Islanders win at Philadelphia, 4-goals-nil

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The New York Islanders visited and shut out the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-nil to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1427 victory. With the series 1427 win, the New York Islanders improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 25-20 overall and 11-5 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1427 loss, the Philadelphia Flyers see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 39-34 overall and 16-10 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious New York Islanders in series 1427 was WLWWLLW: Series 1427 thus becomes the fifth NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the tenth NHL series (all rounds), and the 17th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 6: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and defeated the New York Islanders 5-goals-4 (2OT) to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1427 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Philadelphia Flyers have a Game 7 record of 9-7, while the New York Islanders have a Game 7 record of 3-5. The Philadelphia Flyers have a 6-3 Game 7 record in Philadelphia. The New York Islanders have a 3-4 Game 7 record on the road. The Philadelphia Flyers trailed the pseudo-host New York Islanders by a goal as late as 9:52 into the third period but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, road teams down a goal as late as 9:52 into the third period had a game record of only 105-646 (.140) - the Philadelphia Flyers thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

After Game 5: The Philadelphia Flyers hosted and topped the New York Islanders 4-goals-3 (OT) to reduce the New York Islanders best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1427 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Islanders have a series record of 10-1 (with an active nine-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 10-1 (with an active nine-Game 6 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 3-17 and a Game 6 record of 8-12. The Philadelphia Flyers trailed the pseudo-visiting New York Islanders by a goal as late as 15:44 into the second period but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 15:44 into the second period had a game record of only 194-491 (.283) - the Philadelphia Flyers thus achieve a grade-C in-game comeback.

After Game 4: The New York Islanders hosted and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1427 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the New York Islanders have a series record of 10-0 and a Game 5 record of 4-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 1-17 and a Game 5 record of 10-8. The sole best-of-7 NHL playoff series victory by the Philadelphia Flyers upon having trailed 3-games-1 occurred in series 1098, in which the Flyers surmounted a 3-games-nil lead to defeat the Boston Bruins 4-games-3 in the 2010 NHL Quarterfinals.

After Game 3: The New York Islanders hosted and topped the Philadelphia Flyers 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1427 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Islanders have a series record of 8-2 and a Game 4 record of 6-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 7-22 (with an active eight-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 14-15. The New York Islanders trailed the pseudo-visiting Philadelphia Flyers by a goal as late as 7:11 into the second period but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 7:11 into the second period had a game record of only 227-492 (.316) - the New York Islanders thus achieve a grade-D in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Philadelphia Flyers hosted and defeated the New York Islanders 4-goals-3 (OT) to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1427 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 18-18 and a Game 3 record of 16-20, while the New York Islanders have a series record of 8-10 and a Game 3 record of 7-11. In their last ten best-of-7 NHL playoff series when tied 1-game-all, the Philadelphia Flyers have seen their Game 3 outcome presage their series outcome (five wins, five losses).

After Game 1: The New York Islanders visited and shut out the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1427 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 17-5 and a Game 2 record of 14-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 15-24 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 21-18.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NHL regular season, the Philadelphia Flyers finished nine points ahead of the New York Islanders. From 1939 through the 2020 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 17-17 (.500) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1427 is the 73rd best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Philadelphia Flyers, and the 45th for the New York Islanders. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Philadelphia Flyers have an all-rounds series record of 39-33, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 16-9, and a Game 1 record of 33-39, while the New York Islanders have an all-rounds series record of 24-20, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 10-5, and a Game 1 record of 22-22. Series 1427 is the fifth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders. Philadelphia won three of the four previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series between the two teams.