Matt Read scored his first goal and picked up his first two points of the season in a 2-1 win over the Rangers on Thursday. Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com
With their second win under their belts, the Flyers get the
second of two injured forwards back.
Though it had no bearing in the Flyers 2-1 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday, Vincent Lecavalier made his return to
the Flyers lineup.
Now, Scott Hartnell,
injured the same night as Lecavalier, makes his return to the lineup after Tye McGinn was send down to the
Phantoms on Friday.
The Flyers make their way to Long Island for a meeting with
the New York Islanders.
Fresh off a win, the Flyers will send Steve Mason in goal once again while the Islanders tab Kevin Poulin.
The Islanders are a good goal-scoring team compared to the
Flyers, who have yet to reach three goals in a game. Forwards Matt Moulson and Frans Nielsen have six goals apiece, the same number as the Flyers
entire forward group.
The Flyers also can’t forget about talented goal scorers in Michael Grabner, John Tavares and Kyle Okposo.
On Thursday, Matt
Read helped the Flyers win with a goal and an assist while snapping his
pointless drought. Hartnell also has yet to record a point on the season, and
should be hungry for his first point.
Also look out for Mark
Streit, a former Islander captain, against his former team.
Flyers Scratches: Hal
Gill, Andrej Meszaros, Adam Hall
Flyers Projected
Lineup
Line 1: Michael Raffl-Claude Giroux-Vincent
Lecavalier
Line 2: Matt Read-Sean Couturier-Wayne Simmonds
Line 3: Scott Hartnell-Brayden Schenn-Jake Voracek
Line 4: Zac Rinaldo-Max Talbot-Jay Rosehill
D-Pair 1: Kimmo Timonen-Erik Gustafsson
D-Pair 2: Nick Grossmann-Braydon Coburn
D-Pair 3: Mark Streit-Luke Schenn
Goalie: Steve Mason
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