PHILADELPHIA — Marshall Warren was a flash of Samuel Ersson’s glove away from his NHL debut being a fairytale.

Ersson’s robbery of Bo Horvat in overtime stopped the Islanders from getting the win on Saturday, so Warren had to settle for two assists for his boyhood team in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Flyers .

For the 24-year-old who grew up in Laurel Hollow rooting for the Islanders, it still constituted an afternoon lifted straight from his dreams — quite literally.

“You dream about it,” Warren said. “How many nights I’ve dreamt of that, when it comes to fruition, it’s really cool. Obviously would’ve liked to get the win, but it was cool hearing from everyone.” 3

Warren was originally drafted in 2019 by the Minnesota Wild in the sixth round, but the Islanders signed him as a coll

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