GDT: ECSF 1 | FLYERS (H) vs. Islanders (A) | Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 | 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (35-23-10; 7-2) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-21-7; 7-2)

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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 Things: Flyers vs. Islanders Game 1
• Flyers' Playoffs Media Guide: Download the 2020 Flyers Playoff Media Guide (PDF)
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2019-2020
• Islanders' Stats: New York Islanders Stats | 2019-2020

TEAMS' STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Islanders	68	35-23-10	80 (24th)	20-9-6	15-14-4	189 (24th)	190 (5th)	17.3 (24th)	80.7 (15th)	49.9 (18th)
Flyers	69	41-21-7	89 (6th)	25-6-4	16-15-3	232 (7th)	191 (8th)	20.8 (14th)	81.8 (11th)	54.6 (1st)

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TEAMS' STATISTICS PLAYOFFS

Team	GP	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Islanders	9	7-2-0	14	3-1-0	4-1-0	30	15	15.8	75.0	51.2
Flyers	9	7-2-0	14	2-2-0	5-0-0	22	16	10.3	80.7	56.4

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TEAMS' PLAYOFFS LEADERS

Flyers' Goals Leader: Voracek (4)
Flyers' Assists Leader: Hayes (6)
Flyers' Points Leader: Voracek (8)
Flyers' GAA: Hart (1.71)
Islanders' Goals Leader: Beauvillier (6)
Islanders' Assists Leader: Bailey (8)
Islanders' Points Leader: Bailey (10)
Islanders' GAA: Varmalov (1.67)​

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

12 Michael Raffl -- 14 Sean Couturier -- 93 Jake Voracek
49 Joel Farabee -- 13 Kevin Hayes -- 11 Travis Konecny
62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel -- 28 Claude Giroux -- 21 Scott Laughton
38 Derek Grant -- 44 Nate Thompson -- 18 Tyler Pitlick​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
53 Shayne Gostisbehere -- 61 Justin Braun​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart is the expected starter.
37 Brian Elliott
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Power Plays

PP1: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier, Jake Voracek, Ivan Provorov
PP2: Kevin Hayes, Joel Farabee, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Shayne Gostisbehere, Travis Sanheim
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Injuries and Scratches

3 Andy Welinski (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
8 Robert Hagg (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
10 Andy Andreoff (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
19 Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder, Sep. 26) was placed on LTIR Nov.22. He is not on the 31-man roster.
23 Oskar Lindblom (Ewing's sarcoma, Dec. 13; is cancer-free) could play later in the playoffs.
25 James van Riemsdyk (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
34 Alex Lyon (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
48 Morgan Frost (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
54 Egor Zamula (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
59 Mark Friedman (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
67 Kirill Ustimenko (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
82 Connor Bunnaman (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers - News, Scores, Schedule, Roster - The Athletic
Alexander Appleyard's Twitter -- Alexander Appleyard (@avappleyard) | Twitter
Charlie O'Connor's Twitter -- Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) | Twitter​

Hockey Buzz

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Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

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Jordan Hall's Twitter -- https://twitter.com/JHallNBCS ​

NHL.com

Adam Kimelman's Twitter -- Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter
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NEW YORK ISLANDERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

27 Anders Lee - 13 Mathew Barzal - 7 Jordan Eberle
18 Anthony Beauvillier - 29 Brock Nelson - 12 Josh Bailey
32 Ross Johnston - 44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau - 47 Leo Komarov
17 Matt Martin - 53 Casey Cizikas - 15 Cal Clutterbuck
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Pairings

3 Adam Pelech - 6 Ryan Pulock
25 Devon Toews - 24 Scott Mayfield
2 Nick Leddy - 4 Andy Greene​

Goalies

1 Thomas Greiss
40 Semyon Varlamov is the expected starter.​

Power Plays

PP 1: Anthony Beauvillier, Brock Nelson, (TBA), Josh Bailey, Devon Toews
PP 2: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, Jordan Eberle, Nick Leddy, Ryan Pulock
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Injuries and Scratches

8 Noah Dobson (healthy) could be among the defensemen scratched.
10 Derick Brassard (healthy) could be among the forwards scratched.
14 Tom Kuhnhackl (healthy) could be among the forwards scratched.
16 Andrew Ladd (healthy) could be among the forwards scratched.
21 Otto Koivula (healthy) could be among the forwards scratched.
28 Michael Dal Colle (healthy) could be among the forwards scratched.
33 Christopher Gibson (healthy) could be the scratched goalie.
34 Thomas Hickey (healthy) could be among the defensemen scratched.
38 Sebastian Aho (healthy) could be among the defensemen scratched.
55 Johnny Boychuk (healthy) could be among the defensemen scratched.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Lighthouse Hockey

Web site -- New York Islanders Schedule, Roster, News, and Rumors | Lighthouse Hockey
Twitter -- Dominik & LHHFriends (@LHHockey) | Twitter​

MSG Networks

Web site -- New York Islanders
Brendan Burke's Twitter -- Brendan Burke (@brendanmburke) | Twitter
Shannon Hogan's Twitter -- Shannon Hogan (@Shannon_Hogan) | Twitter
Eric Hornick's Twitter -- Eric Hornick (@ehornick) | Twitter​

New York Post

Web site -- New York Islanders | New York Post
Greg Joyce's Twitter -- https://twitter.com/GJoyce9​

Newsday

Web site -- New York Islanders News, Scores, Schedules & Standings
Andrew Gross' Twitter -- Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) | Twitter​

NY Islanders Now

New York Islanders Hockey Now | NY Islanders news, analysis & opinion​

SportsNet New York

Web site -- Islanders News
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FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS' 2019-20 RESULTS

Date	Result
October 27, 2019	Flyers 3 at Islanders 5
November 16, 2019	Islanders 4 at Flyers 3 (OT)
February 11, 2020	Flyers 3 at Islanders 5

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FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS' PLAYOFFS HISTORY

Season	Result	Next round
1975	Flyers 4-3	Flyers beat Buffalo in the SCF
1980	Islanders 4-2	Stanley Cup Finals
1985	Flyers 4-1	Flyers beat Quebec in the ECF
1987	Flyers 4-3	Flyers beat Montreal in the ECF

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FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS' 2020 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Date	Game (at Toronto)	Time (ET)	Television	Stats and Highlights
Monday, 8/24	1. Islanders at Flyers	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Wednesday, 8/26	2. Islanders at Flyers	3:00 pm	NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Thursday, 8/27	3. Flyers at Islanders	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Saturday, 8/29	4. Flyers at Islanders	12:00 pm	NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Monday, 8/31	5. Islanders at Flyers		TBD
Wednesday, 9/2	6. Flyers at Islanders		TBD
Thursday, 9/3	7. Islanders at Flyers		TBD

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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Updates will be made later today and Monday..

 

[DancingPanther]

What a time to be alive

 

[Rebels57]

BEING REALISTIC..

I would like to see this for Game 1, assuming NAK is back.

Giroux - Couturier - Voracek
Farabee - Hayes - Konecny
JVR - Laughton - NAK
Raffl - Thompson - Pitlick

Provorov - Niskanen
Sanheim - Myers
Ghost - Braun

Key takeaways:

Stop wasting Giroux and put him a position to produce rather than just "improve depth."

Give JVR a chance to prove his worth in a new series. He played well with Laughton as his Center for a stretch this season.

Have Raffl & Pitlick prop up Tanner Thompson

Give Ghost & Braun another shot to find chemistry. On paper they should work. They need to get more reps in together.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Good vibes only.

 

[Adtar02]

lets go boys. hopefully they get back to playing their game and imposing their will on teams.

Probably be a very tough series. Hopefully we see more room on the ice

 

[Rebels57]

lets go boys. hopefully they get back to playing their game and imposing their will on teams.

Probably be a very tough series. Hopefully we see more room on the ice

Unlikely lol

 

[deadhead]

I don't think we'll see more room on the ice, but our playmakers will have more time.
We're the better PP, PK and FO team.

 

[marcsson68]

I think Ghost will be in the lineup and it would be the right decision.

JvR... I don‘t have much hope, but I would give him another chance.

 

[Adtar02]

If nak is healthy I think his forechecking is really good. Think that could be way more effective this series than against price and weber

 

[Domino666]

I don't think we'll see more room on the ice, but our playmakers will have more time.
We're the better PP, PK and FO team.

The Isles do play a very disciplined system under Trotz, they don’t have the overall team speed the Habs do, if AV leaves the lines the same and spreads out the talent the only negative would be on these boards, or even if he stacks the top line again they will get more chances and Varlly isn’t Price not even close, but at some point the top guys need to step up and get their game back on track, I’m looking at you TK

 

[landsbergfan]

BEING REALISTIC..

I would like to see this for Game 1, assuming NAK is back.

Giroux - Couturier - Voracek
Farabee - Hayes - Konecny
JVR - Laughton - NAK
Raffl - Thompson - Pitlick

Provorov - Niskanen
Sanheim - Myers
Ghost - Braun

Key takeaways:

Stop wasting Giroux and put him a position to produce rather than just "improve depth."

Give JVR a chance to prove his worth in a new series. He played well with Laughton as his Center for a stretch this season.

Have Raffl & Pitlick prop up Tanner Thompson

Give Ghost & Braun another shot to find chemistry. On paper they should work. They need to get more reps in together.

I agree and think we lose more moving Giroux from W to C than we do Laughton.

it’s weird that the preseason narrative of Laughton being an incredibly important depth piece in the bottom 6 has been all but forgotten

 

[TCTC]

This is basically the same Islanders team that got swept by the Hurricanes last year after sweeping the Penguins.

This year they beat the Caps 4-1. So we should beat them in 5.

 

[Striiker]

If someone locks our coaching staff in a meat locker for the series we have a good chance.
If they're allowed to do as much damage as they did in the first round, it could get messy.

By the way, AVs already going on about how much of a "greasy" series this is going to be, so expect as many unskilled grinders as possible.

 

[deadhead]

I agree and think we lose more moving Giroux from W to C than we do Laughton.

it’s weird that the preseason narrative of Laughton being an incredibly important depth piece in the bottom 6 has been all but forgotten

That's b/c we thought he'd be the 4C, not the 2LW.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Well in theory we will find out if Montreal was just some nightmare matchup, or if we have some serious issues.

 

[TCTC]

Well in theory we will find out if Montreal was just some nightmare matchup, or if we have some serious issues.

We lost the season series against the Islanders 3-0. They're not a good matchup and they're the one team I would like to have avoided.
I think if we get the series lead and don't allow them to get in our heads like the Penguins did last year and the Caps did this year, we'll win the series. The Hurricanes made short work of them last year after winning Game 1.

 

[deadhead]

We lost the season series against the Islanders 3-0. They're not a good matchup and they're the one team I would like to have avoided.
I think if we get the series lead and don't allow them to get in our heads like the Penguins did last year and the Caps did this year, we'll win the series. The Hurricanes made short work of them last year after winning Game 1.

Let's put this in perspective, first game Hart was getting his feet wet, Elliott started the other two.

I think the Islanders are a more balanced and deeper squad, but would you want our first line v their first line? Myers, Provorov and Sanheim v any defenseman on their roster? Hart v Varlamov?
Islanders have the overall edge on playoff experience, but we have our share of experienced veterans.
However, we are the much younger team, Barzel and Beauvillier are their only under 25 players and both are in their 3rd season, we have 7 under 25 (not counting Bunnaman).

 

[Rebels57]

We lost the season series against the Islanders 3-0. They're not a good matchup and they're the one team I would like to have avoided.
I think if we get the series lead and don't allow them to get in our heads like the Penguins did last year and the Caps did this year, we'll win the series. The Hurricanes made short work of them last year after winning Game 1.

2 of the 3 losses came in our 1st 20 games while we were still figuring out AV and the 3rd loss came in the final minute of regulation with Elliott in net.

 

[Rebels57]

I want to see Voracek knock Boychuk's block off

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

The Flyers blew a 3-0 lead in one of those games in November with Elliott in net.

The Islanders also blew a 3-0 lead in the February game with the Flyers coming back to tie it late in the third only for Elliott to let in an unscreened shot from the point fifty seconds later.

I’m tossing those games out the window.

 

[TheKingPin]

I feel like JVR matches up well with the isles. Didn’t he have some big goals against them?

Ghost is in for sure.

Their center depth is nice. Couts having a target I think will help him. I think the PP will play well and the top 6 will produce. I’m actually pretty optimistic!

 

[deadhead]

I want to see Voracek knock Boychuk's block off

He might have to chase him into the dressing room, Boychuk hasn't been playing.
And I don't think Voracek is taking on Mayfield, that's a big boy, Myers size.

Actually, Islanders have a number of full sized players:
Bailey 6'1 212
Lee 6'3 231
Nelson 6'3 212

Martin 6'3 220
Clutterbuck 5'11 216
Komarov 5'11 209
Brassard 6'1 202

Pulock 6'2 217
Pelech 6'3 218
Mayfield 6'5 223
Leddy 6'0 207
Boychuck 6'2 227

And if the benches empty:
Greiss 6'2 232
Johnston 6'5 235

I'm taking the Islander fight card for my parley.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

i wont have time/ability ti catch much or any of this game..

plzzz just dont let me read that Hogg is in for Ghost.... just dont....