The New York Islanders hope to inch closer to a top-eight spot in the Eastern Conference and avenge an earlier rout at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers when the teams meet Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center.
The Islanders enter Thursday in ninth place, two points behind the New York Rangers. In their only previous matchup against the Flyers this season, they suffered a 7-0 defeat on home ice in a Feb. 18 matinee.
Here are the projected lineups for Thursday's game:
ISLANDERS
Matt Moulson - John Tavares - Brad Boyes
Josh Bailey - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo
Michael Grabner - Keith Aucoin - Colin McDonald
Matt Martin - Marty Reasoner - Casey Cizikas
Travis Hamonic - Andrew MacDonald
Thomas Hickey - Lubomir Visnovsky
FLYERS
Tye McGinn - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek
Scott Hartnell - Brayden Schenn - Wayne Simmonds
Simon Gagne - Maxime Talbot - Matt Read
Ruslan Fedotenko - Sean Couturier - Zac Rinaldo
Braydon Coburn - Bruno Gervais