PHILADELPHIA — It took until late in the day, but a sloppy afternoon caught up with the Islanders just in time to snap a four-game winning streak.

Matvei Michkov’s shootout winner capped a third-period rally for the Flyers and sent the Islanders onto Boston with a bitter taste, having leads of 2-0 and 3-2 to lose 4-3 to Philadelphia on Saturday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The Islanders and Flyers alike played a disjointed, daytime hockey game as if they’d had their Halloween parties the night before, and it was clear from the start that whoever made the fewest mistakes would end up on top. 4

Despite what was far from their best performance, though, it looked for much of the game like that would turn out to be the Islanders.

Their bottom six — which seems to fit together much easier w

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