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UNIONDALE Los Angeles Kings Hats Authentic , N.Y. (AP) — playing without Jakub Voracek, Brian Elliott made sure they didn’t miss the injured star forward.Elliott stopped 29 shots and the Flyers beat New York 4-1 Sunday, helping knock the Islanders out of first place in the Metropolitan Division.Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim, Scott Laughton and Sean Couturier each scored and Claude Giroux had two assists for Philadelphia. The Flyers are 4-0-1 in their last five games to move within five points of the final wild card in the Eastern Conference.“I thought our guys did a lot of good stuff,” Philadelphia coach Scott Gordon said. “I thought overall, real strong jump defensively. When it looked like they were going to get an open shot we had guys who were already at the net front. I talked about, last week, about defending from the inside to the outside. We did a real good job of that.”Elliott lost his shutout bid when Adam Pelech scored with 4:45 left. He had 13 saves in the second period as the Islanders pressed to get back in the game, and got his ninth win of the season and third in his last four starts.“We needed him to come through with a couple big saves,” Konecny said. “That’s a lot of offensive power coming out of there. He did a great job and kudos to our D group to stick with it tonight, and not give them much.”The Flyers were forced to play with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Voracek out of the lineup with a lower-body injury. The Czech forward been a game-time decision, but was ruled out of the game after undergoing an MRI Custom Los Angeles Kings Jerseys , Gordon said.Philadelphia’s Nolan Patrick then left the game early in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Patrick took a shot by Cal Clutterbuck off his head and left the ice with the help of a team trainer.Robin Lehner made 10 saves in 23:18 of work before Islanders coach Barry Trotz pulled him the the second period. Thomas Greiss made 12 saves in relief.New York, which has lost three of its last four games, began the day tied with Washington atop the Metropolitan with 81 points. The Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden earlier Sunday to surge ahead.“We have our backs against the wall a bit here,” Islanders captain Anders Lee said. “We’ve had a tough stretch and we just have to find a way to stick together, have each other’s backs and continue to move forward. This is a bad time to lose hockey games, but we have no choice but to rally.”The Flyers jumped to 1-0 lead 8:21 into the game. Konecny was able to drive by Islanders defender Scott Mayfield and put the puck past Lehner for his 21st of the season. Radko Gudas picked up his 100th career NHL point with an assist on the play,Philadelphia extended the lead to two goals when Sanheim was able to put a loose puck past Lehner with 5:01 left int ye first. Sanheim’s initial shot was stopped by the goalie, but the rebound sat in the slot and he was able to gain control of the puck and score.Laughton gave the Flyers a 3-0 lead 3:18 in the second when he scored off his own rebound. Couturier’s 27th goal of the year made it 4-0 with 4:46 left in the middle period.Clutterbuck suffered an upper-body injury of his own later in the game and missed the third period. Trotz did not have an update on Clutterbuck after the game.NOTES: Voracek had nine points (three goals, six assists) in his last four games. … Islanders F Matt Martin missed his second consecutive game with an upper-body injury. Martin is listed as day-to-day. … Gordon faced the Islanders as an NHL head coach for the first time since New York fired him on Nov. 15, 2010. Gordon coached the Islanders for two-plus seasons and had a 64-94-23 record during that time. … The Islanders scratched F Tom Kuhnhackl, D Thomas Hickey, D Luca Sbisa and D Dennis Seidenberg. . The Flyers scratched D Samuel Morin.UP NEXTIslanders: Host Ottawa on Tuesday night.Flyers: Host Washington on Wednesday night. The best players in the NHL descend upon San Jose, California www.officialwild.com , for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game Saturday night.In addition to participating in the All-Star Game, a majority of the players selected for the exhibition will partake in Friday's All-Star Skills contest, which includes contests like hardest shot and fastest skater.A year ago in Tampa, Florida, the Pacific Division won its second All-Star Game title in the third year of the three-on-three tournament format.Entering Saturday's All-Star Game, the Metropolitan Division is the only other team to come out on top in the new format. Format and RulesSimilar to the past three years, the 2019 NHL All-Star Game is a three-on-three tournament with each of the four divisions represented by a team.Every one of the 31 NHL teams must be represented on the All-Star Game rosters, which is why you won't see a plethora of players from multiple teams in each squad.Since the new format was instituted,the Atlantic and Metropolitan have faced off against each other in a semifinal, while the Pacific and Central squared off in the other semifinal pitting Western Conference divisions against one another.Both of the semifinal games last 20 minutes with the winner of each game advancing to the championship.The title clash at the All-Star Game is also a 20-minute affair, and in each of the last two seasons, seven goals have been netted in the final. Full Weekend ScheduleNHL Skills Competition (Friday, 9 p.m. ET Minnesota Wild T-Shirts Authentic , NBCSN)NHL All-Star Game (Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN) Can Pacific Win 3rd Title In New Format?The Pacific Division is in good position to win its third All-Star Game title because of the wide array of offensive players it contains on its roster.Edmonton's Connor McDavid, Calgary's Johnny Gaudreau and San Jose's Joe Pavelski all rank in the top 10 in goals in the NHL, while Leon Draisaitl of the Oilers is 16th.Paul Sancya/Associated PressThe Pacific roster looks even scarier when you glance at the league assist chart, as San Jose's Brent Burns, Gaudreau and McDavid all sit in the top 10.Burns, who is listed as a defender but can play further up the ice on occasion, leads all defensemen in assists and points.As if that wasn't impressive enough, Vancouver's Elias Pettersson, who is one of three Pacific players making their first All-Star Game appearances, is tied for second in game-winning goals alongside McDavid and three others.In between the pipes, Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury leads the NHL in wins with 27 Minnesota Wild Hoodies Authentic , while Anaheim's Gibson is first in saves with Fleury directly behind him in second.Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesIn addition to all of those statistical leaders, the Pacific roster carries plenty of experience in defense with Los Angeles' Drew Doughty and San Jose's Eric Karlsson, while Arizona's Clayton Keller rounds out a talented collection of forwards.Burns, Doughty and Gaudreau won the All-Star Game in 2016 and 2018, Gibson and Pavelski were on the winning squad in 2016, and both Fleury and McDavid were victors in 2018.While the other divisions boast impressive rosters as well, the Pacific squad has a perfect complement of experience, goalscoring prowess and goaltending that could frustrate any opponent that stands in its way.And if that wasn't enough to predict the Pacific to win Saturday, it is playing on home ice inside the SAP Center in San Jose.Follow Joe on Twitter, JTansey90Statistics obtained from NHL.com