Game 38 Preview: Flyers @ Islanders
In the front end of a home-and-home set, Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (13-17-7) are in Elmont, NY, on Monday to play Barry Trotz's New York Islanders (11-13-6) at the new UBS Arena. Game time is 7:30 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic). The teams will rematch at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday evening.
The Flyers drag a seven-game winless streak (0-5-2) into this tilt and have yet to win a game in the 2022 calendar year. Philadelphia is coming off hard-fought but ultimately fruitless 3-2 regulation losses to the Boston Bruins (road) and New York Rangers (home).
The Islanders had an entire four-game western road trip postponed earlier this month. The team ended up idle on the game schedule for 12 days in January. Since returning to game action, the Islanders skated to a 3-2 home win over the New Jersey Devils last Thursday and then were shut out, 2-0, by the visiting Washington Capitals on Saturday.
The Flyers did not practice on Sunday. They will hold a morning skate at UBS Arena. Lineups will be added to this blog when available.
For an in-depth game preview, talking about the issues that have resulted in the Flyers and Islanders underachieving this season, see the Five Things feature on the Flyers official website. Jason Myrtetus and I also discussed many of these topics at length on today's 46-minute edition of Flyers Daily on the Flyers Broadcast Network:
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Projected Lineup (subject to change)
86 Joel Farabee - 28 Claude Giroux - 89 Cam Atkinson
23 Oskar Lindblom - 21 Scott Laughton - 11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk - 13 Kevin Hayes - 20 Gerry Mayhew
48 Morgan Frost - 82 Connor Bunnaman - 17 Zack MacEwen
9 Ivan Provorov - 6 Travis Sanheim
45 Cam York - 61 Justin Braun
3 Keith Yandle - 70 Rasmus Ristolainen
35 Martin Jones
[79 Carter Hart]
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