Game 39 : Flyers vs Islanders
Location : Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, NY
Time : 7:00 pm
TV / Radio : NBCSports Philadelphia – 97.5 The Fanatic
Records : PHI 18-15-5 | NYI 25-10-4
Previous Game : 4/6 PHI L 2-4 vs BOS | 4/6 NYI W 1-0 vs WSH
Odds : Islanders -1.5 | O/U 5.5
On the brink of elimination, the Flyers showed no fight or urgency. After playing their best period, which could have saved their season, the Flyers fall back into old habits.
“You guys saw we played really good in the second. We threw everything,” defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere said. “I think we had 25 shots or something. That’s the way we need to play all the time with that urgency.”
That urgency has been missing all season. Which is why, in the 3rd period, it disappeared like it has for most of the season. Like a switch flipped.
The Flyers failed to gain any ground over GM Chuck Fletcher’s make or break it timeframe. Tonight, with their season on the line, the Flyers face a season altering game.
“Just have to keep battling. We do a lot of stuff right, but we keep letting goals go in,” forward Oskar Lindblom said. “We just have to keep battling hard out there and smart out there. That’s the only thing we can do right now.”
Betting Guide
Last Game: 1-2 | On the season: 66-48
PHI 28.5 Total Shots OVER -115
Claude Giroux 0.5 Points OVER -124
Brock Nelson 2.5 Shots OVER +110
Active Streaks
| 9 Ivan Provorov – 2 Game Point & 2 Game Assist (0G-3A) | 11 Travis Konecny – 3 Game Point (1G-3A) |
Flyers Projected Lineup
25 James van Riemsdyk – 14 Sean Couturier – 23 Oskar Lindblom
21 Scott Laughton – 13 Kevin Hayes – 86 Joel Farabee
93 Jake Voracek – 28 Claude Giroux – 11 Travis Konecny
12 Michael Raffl – 19 Nolan Patrick – 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
9 Ivan Provorov – 61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim – 8 Robert Hagg
55 Sam Morin – 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
79 Carter Hart
(37 Brian Elliott)
Scratches
5 Phil Myers , 56 Erik Gustafsson
Injuries
48 Morgan Frost – Out For Season (surgery 2/4), Dislocated left shoulder (1/20)
PHOTO CREDIT : Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
