//Islanders eye commanding lead over Flyers

Islanders eye commanding lead over Flyers

The New York Islanders are the closest they’ve been to the Stanley Cup in more than 27 years. They won’t have to wait long to try to get even closer.

The Islanders will look to take a commanding lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night, when the teams face off in Game 4 of the best-of-seven matchup in Toronto.

The Islanders scored the final three goals of Saturday’s Game 3 to earn a 3-1 win and take a 2-1 series lead.

New York, which advanced beyond the quarterfinals for just the third time since 1993 — the season in which the Islanders upset the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games before falling in the then-Wales Conference finals to the eventual Cup winners, the Montreal Canadiens, in five games.

Of course, this has already been a playoffs like no other for the