Game 23 : Islanders vs Flyers
Location : Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia PA
Time : 7:30 pm
TV / Radio : ESPN+ – 97.5 The Fanatic
Records : NYI 15-8-0 | PHI 7-10-5
Previous Game : NYI W 5-2 vs PHI | PHI L 2-5 vs NYI
Odds : Islanders -1.5 | O/U 6.0
The Philadelphia Flyers return home to start a five-game home stand. Tonight, look to end avenge Saturday night’s loss to the Islanders.
With a loss in New York on Saturday, the Flyers have now lost 10-straight games. It is their 3rd 10+game losing streak in the past year to date.
Cam Atkinson, who has missed the first 22-games due to an upper-body injury, practiced for the first time this season yesterday. Head coach John Tortorella said Atkinson will not play tonight, but Atkinson himself said his return will be “sooner rather than later”.
The Flyers vs Islanders matchup has been bad to the Flyers recently. Losing thirteen of the last seventeen meetings. Including losing three of the last four in Philadelphia.
Carter Hart will make his 16th start of the season. Hart is 3-3-1 with 3.19 GAA & .909% in 7-starts at home this season.
Betting Guide
Last Game: 1-2 | On the season: 39-27 / Last Season: 134-112
PHI ML +175
Owen Tippett 0.5 Points OVER -130
Brock Nelson 2.5 Shots OVER -115
Active Streaks
| 13 Kevin Hayes – 2 Game Point Streak (1G-2A) |
Flyers Projected Lineup
20 Kieffer Bellows – 48 Morgan Frost – 74 Owen Tippett
86 Joel Farabee – 23 Lukas Sedlak – 13 Kevin Hayes
44 Nic Deslauriers – 49 Noah Cates – 17 Zack MacEwen
71 Max Willman – 58 Tanner Laczynski – 38 Patrick Brown
9 Ivan Provorov – 77 Tony DeAngelo
6 Travis Sanheim – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
24 Nick Seeler – 54 Egor Zamula
79 Carter Hart
(32 Felix Sandstrom)
Scratches
59 Jackson Cates , 61 Justin Braun , 89 Cam Atkinson (INJ)
Injuries
11 Travis Konecny – 2 Weeks (11/22), Thumb (11/17)
14 Sean Couturier – 3-4 Months (10/29), Back Surgery (10/29)
21 Scott Laughton – 2 Weeks (11/22), Upper-Body Injury (11/19)
25 James van Riemsdyk – 4-6 Weeks (10/26), Broken Finger (10/23)
46 Bobby Brink – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Offseason Hip Surgery
57 Wade Allison – 3-Weeks (11/15), Oblique Muscle Strain & Hip Pointer (11/13)
89 Cam Atkinson – Week-To-Week (10/20), Upper-Body Injury (9/25)
94 Ryan Ellis – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Torn Psoas (9/22)
