""There's going to be nights where guys are coming after you," Schaefer said. "There's always going to be obstacles that come. It's fun. We would have liked to get the win. At least we got the point.""
""You can't really turn it off against any team in this league," said Simon Holmstrom, who opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal off Jean-Gabriel Pageau's feed at 9:51 of the first period. "You've just got to keep going. We've got to be ready for the push and kill off that penalty kill at the end.""
Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 overall pick, was booed by the Flyers crowd and faced heavy physical attention during the Islanders' 4-3 shootout loss at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Flyers rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie and win in the shootout as Matvei Michkov scored the deciding goal. Marshall Warren recorded two assists in his NHL debut, setting up Anthony Duclair and contributing to a blue-line blast tipped by Max Tsyplakov. Simon Holmstrom opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal. The game featured the Islanders' first two fights of the season and multiple roughing penalties.
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