(Photo: Kate Frese)
By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
For the third straight day, the Flyers will face the New York Islanders in a preseason game. Once again, the game is at a different venue, taking place in Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The two teams have split the first two games, each winning on home ice. Tuesday's game is the third of eight preseason games for the Flyers, including the third of four games in four days and the third of four meetings against the Islanders in the preseason.
Game time is set for 7 p.m.
The Flyers are bringing back a lineup similar to Sunday's preseason opener. Oskar Lindblom, Travis Konecny and Nolan Patrick are back in the lineup.
Alex Lyon and Anthony Stolarz will split duties in goal, just as on Sunday.
These were the line combinations used at the morning skate session in Voorhees this morning:
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
54 Oskar Lindblom | 19 Nolan Patrick | 11 Travis Konecny |
48 Danick Martel | 44 Phil Varone | 52 Greg Carey |
12 Michael Raffl | 15 Jori Lehtera | 20 Taylor Leier |
81 Carsen Twarynski | 63 German Rubtsov | 36 Colin McDonald |
Defense | ||
58 Zach Palmquist | 26 Christian Folin | |
43 T.J. Brennan | 59 Mark Friedman | |
77 James de Haas | 60 Reece Willcox | |
Goalie | ||
34 Alex Lyon | 41 Anthony Stolarz |
Forwards Mikhail Vorobyev and Nicolas Aube-Kubel skated with the group participating in the morning skate, but are not making the trip to Brooklyn. Defensemen Robert Hagg and Phil Myers were also part of the morning session, but will not play. All four players would have playing in their third game in three days.
The Islanders will once again dress a veteran lineup with the likes of Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Casey Cizikas, Jordan Eberle and Leo Komarov at forward and Johnny Boychuk and Thomas Hickey on defense.
In goal, Christopher Gibson and Robin Lehner will split duties.
The Islanders roster for Tuesday's game is as follows:
Forwards: Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Kieffer Bellows, Ryan Bourque, Casey Cizikas, Cal Clutterbuck, Jordan Eberle, Leo Komarov, Jan Kovar, Jeff Kubiak, Matt Martin, Pius Suter
Defensemen: Johnny Boychuk, Noah Dobson, Thomas Hickey, Luca Sbisa, Mitch Vande Sompel, David Quenneville
Goalies: Christopher Gibson, Robin Lehner
Where to Watch
Stream: Flyers Website
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic