GDT: ECSF Gm 4 | FLYERS (A) vs. Islanders (H) | Sun., Aug. 30, 2020 | 8:00 pm ET | NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (35-23-10; 9-3) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-21-7; 8-4)

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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 3 Keys: Flyers vs. Islanders, Game 4 of Eastern Second Round
• 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 updates incomplete

Team	GP	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF/PG	GA/PG	PP%	PK%	FO%
Islanders	12	9-3-0	18	4-1-0	5-2-0	40/4th	20 (1st)	18.2 (12th)	77.8 (20th)	51.0 (11th)
Flyers	12	8-4-0	16	3-3-0	5-1-0	27/17th	26 (3rd)	9.3 (22nd)	78.4 (14th)	54.8 (3rd)

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TEAMS' PLAYOFFS LEADERS
FLYERS

Flyers' Goals Leader: Voracek (4)
Flyers' Assists Leader: Hayes (6) and Couturier (6)
Flyers' Points Leader: Hayes (9)
Flyers' GAA: Hart (2.08)​

ISLANDERS

Islanders' Goals Leader: Beauvillier (7)
Islanders' Assists Leader: Bailey (9)
Islanders' Points Leader: Bailey (11)
Islanders' GAA: Varlamov (1.69)​

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

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

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg -- 61 Justin Braun​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart
37 Brian Elliott is the expected starter
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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, James van Riemsdyk, Travis Sanheim
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Injuries and Scratches

3 Andy Welinski (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
10 Andy Andreoff (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
12 Michael Raffl (undisclosed) could be reinserted among the forwards.
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 in this series.
34 Alex Lyon (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
48 Morgan Frost (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
53 Shayne Gostisnehere (healthy) could be reinserted or scratched as a spare defenseman.
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

Web site -- HockeyBuzz.com - NHL Rumors
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
Jordan Hall's Twitter -- https://twitter.com/jhallnbcs?lang=en​

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
10 Derick Brassard - 44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau - 47 Leo Komarov
17 Matt Martin - 53 Casey Cizikas - 15 Cal Clutterbuck​

Pairings

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

Goalies

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

Power Plays

PP 1: Anthony Beauvillier, Brock Nelson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, 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.
32 Ross Johnston (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	Statistics and Summary
Monday, 8/24	1. Islanders 4 at Flyers 0	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS	New York Islanders - Philadelphia Flyers - August 24th, 2020
Wednesday, 8/26	2. Islanders 3 at Flyers 4 (OT)	3:00 pm	NBCSN, SN, TVAS	New York Islanders - Philadelphia Flyers - August 26th, 2020
Saturday, 8/29	3. Flyers 1 at Islanders 3	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS	Philadelphia Flyers - New York Islanders - August 29th, 2020
Sunday, 8/30	4. Flyers at Islanders	8:00 pm	NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS
Tuesday, 9/1	5. Islanders at Flyers	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVAS
Thursday, 9/3	6. Flyers at Islanders	TBD	TBD
Saturday, 9/5	7. Islanders at Flyers	TBD	TBD

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"Raining Blood" by Slayer
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[flyguy]

Raffl in for Grant if he's healthy. If not, I think it's time to give Frosty a go, Grant still out. Put Frost in between JVR and Pitlick/Laughton and then move Pitlick/Laughton to 4LW.

Ghost in for either Hagg or Braun, I don't care anymore.

 

[DancingPanther]

This will go great don't worry

 

[freakydallas13]

Raffl in for Grant if he's healthy. If not, I think it's time to give Frosty a go, Grant still out. Put Frost in between JVR and Pitlick/Laughton and then move Pitlick/Laughton to 4LW.

Ghost in for either Hagg or Braun, I don't care anymore.

I expect none of this to happen. Maybe Ghost goes in for Hagg, but I'm not holding my breath (even if Hagg took 2 dumb penalties in the 3rd).

 

[FLYERSG]

Raffl in for Thompson/Grant. Dont care. They are both slow, and trash cans. The team was better off pre trade-deadline.

Ghost in for Hagg. 1oo%. Without a doubt.

Not sure if will happen.........hope so

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Do we score a goal and then decide to just stop playing hockey again?

Wait a minute is that our gameplan?

 

[Bigkarl]

4-1 Win tonight. I feel it in my bones, and my bones are never wrong.

 

[BiggE]

JFC, we have to do this again?

Ok, please don’t suck!

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I am super, duper looking forward to this tonight.

 

[BiggE]

50/50 that Ghost returns

Raffl probably in if healthy, but with our coach, he’ll pretty sit Farabee

AV is so overrated. He was blessed with Luongo in VAN, Lundqvist in NY and now Hart. He leans too heavily on dinosaur vets and has no clue how to play with a lead.

Could they win a Cup with him? Yeah maybe, Hart is that good and if they add some more talent in front of him, they could do it. But it won’t be because of French Hak.

 

[BiggE]

I am super, duper looking forward to this tonight.

I’m more looking forward to the potential key lime cheesecake

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I’m more looking forward to the potential key lime cheesecake

 

[BiggE]

Watching Thompson and Hagg is like getting ready to dig into the cheesecake but then your pup jumps up on the table and shits on it.

 

[Chinatown88]

Watching Thompson and Hagg is like getting ready to dig into the cheesecake but then your pup jumps up on the table and shits on it.

Order a whole cheesecake. You're gonna need it.

Can't wait for tonight...

 

[Chinatown88]

G - Couts - Jake
Bee - Kev dog - TK
JVR - Laughts - Pitlick
Raffl - Frost - NAK

Provy - Niskanen
The Majestic Unicorn/Graceful Gazelle
Ghost - Braun

Shadow Realm Grant, Nate dog, Haggar the Horrible.


Fix your shit Alain.

 

[Audible Velvet]

Trepidation is turning to serious doubt. The Anchor Steam should help.

 

[AdamParrot]

Im going on holidays on Thursday (to Sunday). And I can't watch NHL there (no internet). So, maybe it would be OK if we lost this series on Tuesday, haha.

But I still hope we will win tonight ofc!

 

[BiggE]

G - Couts - Jake
Bee - Kev dog - TK
JVR - Laughts - Pitlick
Raffl - Frost - NAK

Provy - Niskanen
The Majestic Unicorn/Graceful Gazelle
Ghost - Braun

Shadow Realm Grant, Nate dog, Haggar the Horrible.


Fix your shit Alain.

Sadly we have as much of a chance of seeing Bobby Clarke in the lineup as we do Frost.

French f***ing Hak

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[deadhead]

If Farabee, whose hockey IQ > Frost, has our lowest xGF% in 9 playoff games, why would anyone expect Frost to be even as good as Thompson against the Isles, whose style of play is probably the worst situation for Frost to make his playoff debut. See a lot of penalties called? See Sanheim treated like a Pinata?

The triumph of hope over experience.

I'd feel more confident in Bunnaman than Frost at 4C, and I don't think he's ready for playoff prime time.

All options are bad, the best is Raffl returning and only one of Grant/Thompson playing.

 

[Harhis]

On the positive side, if (when) Islanders win this series Lightning can't embarrass us.

 

[TheKingPin]

I actually think they win this one. Ghost in for Hagg will happen no doubt. We have a third line that can actually be a huge positive. We are a G and TK goal away from having our top 6 confidence back but they need to start playing a lot better in terms of forecheck and hounding pucks and making turnovers.

The isles have made us look bad and we have been bad. I don’t see us winning 2 in a row it will take to win the series but if they can get it to game 7 you have a shot.

50/50 that Ghost returns

Raffl probably in if healthy, but with our coach, he’ll pretty sit Farabee

AV is so overrated. He was blessed with Luongo in VAN, Lundqvist in NY and now Hart. He leans too heavily on dinosaur vets and has no clue how to play with a lead.

Could they win a Cup with him? Yeah maybe, Hart is that good and if they add some more talent in front of him, they could do it. But it won’t be because of French Hak.

In general, I agree. Need more youth and skill. But their efforts and 60 min game plan doesn’t matter if they have McDavid. The team needs to be a lot better. Crisper, focused, pissed, and determined.

The isles have clutterf*** and Martin on their team. Komarov. I mean it’s not a very talented team. They just play a great great game.

 

[deadhead]

The isles have clutterf*** and Martin on their team. Komarov. I mean it’s not a very talented team. They just play a great great game.

They have two lines that can score and an above average goalie. And a solid if not highly talented defense.
Pageau has given them the edge they lacked last playoffs, a huge upgrade from Fippula, and Beauvillier has taken the step up we hoped TK would take.

It's a team built around the coach's scheme.
The bottom six are all good forecheckers who play a heavy physical game, the top six are a mix of size, speed and skill.

And they've bought into to Trotz's system, Barzal went from 85 points before Trotz to 62 and 60 with him, hurting his bargaining power on his next contract, yet I haven't heard a peep of resentment in the media.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Damn. I just woke up hoping that it was Monday so that I missed this game and didn’t have to watch it.

 

[Limeyjim]

I wonder what the Las Vegas odds are about when Giroux will score?