Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Sunday, April 2, 2006 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4–1 on Sunday, April 2, 2006 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Flyers 32–22.
Goals came from Mike Knuble, R.J. Umberger, Jeff Carter, Shawn Bates and Sami Kapanen.
Robert Esche made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Knuble (31)Mike Rathje (18), Simon Gagne (30)1–004:42 PHI
R.J. Umberger (16)Unassisted2–009:40 PHI
Jeff Carter (20)Unassisted3–019:45 PHI
3rd period
Shawn Bates (14)Miroslav Satan (27), Mike York (38)3–101:16 NYI · 
Sami Kapanen (12)Mike Richards (21), Eric Desjardins (18)4–118:00 PHI · ·
Team stats
PHINYI
2232
38%62%
0/31/7
1911
2226
2014
911
1014
Penalties
- 10:41 into the first period
Joel Bouchard · fighting5 min - 10:41 into the first period
Mike Richards · fighting5 min - 11:51 into the first periodAlexei Yashin · tripping2 min
- 13:00 into the first periodJoni Pitkanen · holding2 min
- 14:30 into the first periodBranko Radivojevic · roughing2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodJoni Pitkanen · hooking2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodEric Desjardins · holding2 min
- 9:27 into the second periodTrent Hunter · tripping2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · slashing2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodBranko Radivojevic · hooking2 min
- 14:53 into the third periodRick DiPietro · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodMichal Handzus · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:35 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 3Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:47 |
| 15Niko DimitrakosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 19Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 27Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:41 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 23Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 34Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 44Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 42Robert EscheG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
New York Islanders
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:40 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:36 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 10Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 21Robert NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:47 |
| 26Rob CollinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 28Wyatt SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 29Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:01 |
| 48Steve RegierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:30 |
| 79Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 3Denis GrebeshkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 4Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 6Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 24:58 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 44John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |