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Flyers-Islanders Game 3 moved to Saturday night, Game 4 to Sunday night

NHL teams decided not to play Thursday and Friday as a show of solidarity with other leagues protesting racial injustice after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.

Phil Myers feeling the love after his overtime goal on Wednesday. The Flyers' series with the Islanders, tied at 1-1, will resume Saturday at 7 p.m.
Phil Myers feeling the love after his overtime goal on Wednesday. The Flyers' series with the Islanders, tied at 1-1, will resume Saturday at 7 p.m.Read moreCole Burston / AP
    by Ed Barkowitz
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The Flyers-Islanders series will resume this weekend with a pair of prime-time games.

Game 3 will be Saturday at 7 p.m. Game 4 will be Sunday at 8 p.m. The adjustment was made after NHL players decided not to play Thursday and Friday as a show of solidarity with other leagues protesting racial injustice following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.

From a practical standpoint, the schedule is a little looser than originally planned, when the Flyers and Islanders were to play four games in 5 1/2 days from Aug. 24-29. That schedule also had Games 6 and 7 on back-to-back days. Now, there will be a day off if those final two games are necessary.

The Islanders steamrolled to a 4-0 win in the opener, and the Flyers evened the series Wednesday on Phil Myers’ overtime goal.