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TORONTO &mdash; Scott Laughton scored on a redirect in overtime after Philadelphia blew a late two-goal lead, helping and the Flyers stave off elimination with a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
				Coming off consecutive losses, Philadelphia coach Alain Vigneault called on his top players to &ldquo;put on their big boy pants&rdquo; for Game 5 with the season on the line.
				Claude Giroux and James van Riemsdyk responded with their sticks, scoring their first postseason goals after New York went up 1-0 on Josh Bailey&rsquo;s first-period goal. Matt Niskanen added his first playoff goal early in the third period to put the Flyers up 3-1.
				The scrappy Islanders made a big push late, though, tying it on goals by Brock Nelson and Derick Brassard 93 seconds apart.
				Laughton redirected Ivan Provorov&rsquo;s at 12:20 of overtime and Carter Hart stopped 29 shots to pull the Flyers within 3-2 in the best-of-seven second-round series.
				Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots for New York.
				Game 6 is Thursday in the Toronto bubble.
				The Islanders put themselves in position to clinch the series with consecutive wins with different goalies in Games 3 and 4.
				Varlamov returned to the crease after Thomas Greiss stopped 36 shots in Game 4 and was sharp early as the Flyers controlled play much of the first period.
				The Islanders opened the second period on a power play after managing four shots in the first and immediately capitalized. Bailey scored on a wraparound through a pile of bodies in the crease, a goal upheld upon review for goaltender interference.
				The Flyers withstood another New York push in the second and Giroux scored late, redirecting a shot by Phil Myers through Varlamov&rsquo;s legs for his first goal in 26 playoff games.
				Van Riemsdyk gave the Flyers their first lead since early in Game 3, one-timing a pass from Laughton past Varlamov&rsquo;s glove side 2 1/2 minutes later.
				Niskanen made it 3-1 following a New York turnover in the third period, beating Varlamov with a slap shot from the right circle.
				The Islanders weren&rsquo;t done fighting.
				Nelson seemed to catch Hart off guard with a one-timer between the circles with 4:14 left in regulation and Brassard sent it to overtime with a goal off a nifty feed by Cal Clutterbuck.
				NOTES: Flyers LW Michael Raffl missed his third straight game with an injury. &#8230; Islanders C Matthew Barzal took a stick to the face in the third period and did not return. &#8230; Flyers D Sean Couturier did not return after a collision in the second period. &#8230; Bailey joins Ray Ferraro in 1993 as the only Islanders players in 36 years to average at least a point per game in a single postseason.
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				Game 6 is Thursday in Toronto.

Flyers shake off late collapse, save season with overtime win vs. Islanders