Islanders win 4-3 in shootout, hand Flyers 9th straight loss

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The Flyers stretched a shootout to nine rounds — only to see their losing streak reach nine games.

The only consolation? Few fans stuck around to the end to watch Philadelphia extend its misery.

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Oliver Wahlstrom scored in the ninth round of the tiebreaker to lift the New York Islanders to a 4-3 victory Tuesday night that kept the Flyers winless in January.

"We’re just finding ways to lose hockey games," captain Claude Giroux said.

The Flyers — who are 5-14-6 over their last 25 games — shouldn't be surprised they lost a shootout: they are 0 for 16 on attempts this season. They haven't won since Dec. 29 in Seattle.

Just like the Flyers’ skid, the shootout went on and on until Wahlstrom finally got one past Carter Hart to help the Islanders beat the Flyers for the second straight night. New York was playing its first road game since Dec. 14 after topping Philadelphia 4-1 at home Monday.

Casey Cizikas hadn’t scored a goal since Nov. 4 until he got one against the Flyers on Monday, and then he tied this one with 4:28 left in regulation.

Giroux snapped a tie with his 12th goal early in the third period. Giroux, the team's lone All-Star representative, has played all 979 career games with the Flyers and was part of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final team. But in the final year of his contract, and with the Flyers well out of the playoff race, he could be playing his final games in Philadelphia before the March 21 trade deadline. There’s still value in the 34-year-old Giroux, and the two sides just may want to work out a deal that positions him to finally raise the Cup.

Philadelphia Flyers' Claude Giroux,