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Islanders hope to put dent in Flyers' dominance

Thursday, 01.12.2012 / 12:27 PM

By Brian Compton - NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor / At the Rink blog

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Islanders hope to put dent in Flyers' dominance
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- The New York Islanders look to reverse their fortunes against the Philadelphia Flyers tonight as the teams meet at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Since the end of the 2006-07 season, the Isles are 1-17-5 against their Atlantic Division foes. They went 0-5-1 against the Flyers last season and lost their only meeting thus far this time around, a 4-3 overtime decision Nov. 23 thanks to game-tying and game-winning goals by Danny Briere.

"Sometimes there are just teams you match up against, I guess, and then you build confidence," Briere said when asked why the Flyers have had so much success against the Islanders. "There's other teams where we seem to be struggling against, for some reason. But the Islanders are one of those teams where we come in and we always have a lot of confidence -- even when we fall behind. I hope it keeps going because being in our division, we have to play them quite a bit."

"Sometimes you just match up a little bit better against other teams," Islanders captain Mark Streit said. "You can ask Detroit why they've lost four or five in a row (against us). Sometimes it's tough to explain, but it's a division rivalry and they have a good team. We need points, so you can't really pay attention to the stats." 

Here are the expected lines tonight for each club:
 
FLYERS
Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr
Maxime Talbot - Danny Briere - Jakub Voracek
James van Riemsdyk - Brayden Schenn - Wayne Simmonds
Harry Zolnierczyk - Sean Couturier - Matt Read
 
Kimmo Timonen - Braydon Coburn
Marc-Andre Bourdon - Matt Carle
Andreas Lilja - Andrej Meszaros
 
Sergei Bobrovsky gets the start in goal. In six starts (seven games) against the Islanders, he is 6-0-0 with a 1.84 goals-against average. Ilya Bryzgalov will be the backup.
 
ISLANDERS
Matt Moulson - John Tavares - Kyle Okposo
Brian Rolston - Frans Nielsen - PA Parenteau
Michael Grabner - Josh Bailey - Matt Martin
Tim Wallace - Jay Pandolfo - Nino Niederreiter
 
Mark Streit - Steve Staios
Andrew MacDonald - Travis Hamonic
Mark Eaton - Milan Jurcina
 
Evgeni Nabokov gets his 10th straight start for the Islanders tonight as he goes for his 300th career victory. Kevin Poulin will serve as the backup.
 
Rick DiPietro (lower body), Al Montoya (concussion), Mike Mottau (concussion) and Marty Reasoner (hand) are out for New York. Dylan Reese will be a healthy scratch.
 
Follow Brian Compton on Twitter: @BComptonNHL

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