UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- The Philadelphia Flyers' troubles at Nassau Coliseum are ancient history.

In their first game of 2000, the Flyers got two goals from John LeClair and snapped an eight-game Long Island winless streak Sunday with a 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders.

	The Islanders' Mats Lindgren tries to pull away from Flyers defenseman Adam Burt on Sunday.

"That's way back in the 1900s," Eric Lindros, who had a goal and two assists, said of the streak.

LeClair's sixth two-goal game of the season -- second in three games -- gave the Flyers their first win at Nassau Coliseum since April 2, 1996. They had been 0-6-2.

"You have to go out and win the game," LeClair said. "You can't worry about past history."

LeClair, who also has multiple points in 11 of 17 games, made sure history wouldn't repeat.

"John's a streaky player," coach Roger Neilson said. "When he's going, they really start going in for him. Right now he's scoring."

The Flyers built their lead by taking advantage of the Islanders' inability to kill penalties. Philadelphia was 2-for-4 on the power play, needing only 22 seconds to convert on its first opportunities.

"The power play was good," Lindros said. "We got a couple of quick ones there."

The Flyers had only six first-period shots, but scored twice.

Rod Brind'Amour gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead only 1:37 in. Eric Desjardins, who had three assists, found Brind'Amour alone at the side of the net on a power play. After fanning on the first attempt, Brind'Amour still had an easy tap-in for his second of the season.

Desjardins, with 31 points, leads NHL defensemen in scoring.

"The key was the defensemen jumping up in the play and turning 2-on-2s into 3-on-2s," Lindros said.

Mats Lindgren tied it at 7:42 after taking Brad Isbister's pass from behind the net. Lindgren's shot from the left circle beat Brian Boucher to the short side.

Boucher, playing on his 23rd birthday, stopped 21 shots as he improved his record to 7-2-1. Philadelphia also had 22 shots.

"I think he played a solid game for us," Neilson said of the rookie goalie. "They had some pretty decent chances. They're a tricky team."

LeClair made it 2-1 with 3:02 left in the first with Philadelphia's second power-play goal. It marked the sixth time in nine short-handed situations the Islanders yielded a score.

LeClair scored his second of the game 4:12 into the middle period. Lindros won a faceoff and got the puck to LeClair, who put a shot into an open left side for his 23rd goal.

"That was just a great play by Eric," LeClair said.

The lead grew to 4-1 with 9:41 left in the game when Desjardins found Lindros streaking into the zone and fed a cross-ice pass that was easily tapped past Kevin Weekes. It was Lindros' 17th goal.

The Islanders hit the crossbar twice as they tried to get back into the game. Mariusz Czerkawski hit it during a second-period power play and Jorgen Jonsson was denied in the third while short-handed.

"If I wanted to hit the crossbar on purpose, I probably couldn't," Czerkawski said.

Lindros said the near-misses made the score look wider than it should have been.

"The team played well," Lindros said of the Islanders. "They hit the crossbar on our power play and that could have been a difference and made it 3-2 and really put the squeeze on."

New York left wing Gino Odjick missed the game after being suspended pending a hearing for sucker-punching the Penguins' Darius Kasparaitis on Thursday.