GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 3-1-2
All-Time Record: 279gp (142-96-26-15)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 31 pts: Jakub Voracek (6g-25a) & James van Riemsdyk (13g-18a)
NYI - 34 pts: Mathew Barzal (13g-21a)
1. EXPECT EXTRA
After winning the first three games of the season series, the Flyers have dropped their last three meetings to the Isles, but picked up points in the last two which were decided in a shootout and overtime... Five of the six games between these two have been decided by just one goal with four going past regulation play... Of the 33 goals scored in the series, 29 have been at even strength with just four combined goals on the power play (PHI: 1-for-16 | NYI: 3-for-20).
2. TAKE ME TO YOUR (SERIES) LEADER
Claude Giroux leads all players in the series with seven points (3g-7a) in six games, while Joel Farabee and Anthony Beauvillier lead with four goals apiece... Scott Laughton is a +6 in the series... Goaltender Ilya Sorokin is 3-0-1 with a .934 save percentage and 1.90 GAA vs. Flyers this year with Brian Elliott owning a 1-0-1 mark and 2.34 GAA and .911 sv pct... Ivan Provorov leads the team in ice time, averaging 25:35 in the series... Matt Martin leads the series in hits (29) and Justin Braun leads in blocked shots (10).
3. LATELY
The Islanders recently acquired forwards Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac in a trade with the New Jersey Devils - it is unknown whether the pair will be in the lineup... The Islanders have won three straight, and six of their last eight games, entering tonight... They own the NHL's best record since Feb. 1, going 22-6-2 for 46 points... The Islanders also own the NHL's best home record at 16-1-2 but that one regulation loss came at the hands of the Flyers on Mar. 18... The Flyers are looking to bounce back from a 4-2 loss to the Bruins on Tuesday but go on the road where they have earned at least a point in three of their last four (2-1-1)... The Flyers also own a 9-3-2 in games following a regulation loss this season.
4. FINAL FRAME FRENZY
Both teams have scored a majority of their goals in the third period with the Islanders T-2nd in the NHL in most goals for (46) and fewest goals against (25) in the third-period for an NHL-best +21 goal differential... The Flyers have 43 goals scored in the third period which is T-8th in the NHL... Dating back to the beginning of last season, the Flyers are T-2nd for most third-period goals (130) in 107 games.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (RW: #11 - Travis Konecny)
Konecny has a three-game point streak with a goal and three assists in that stretch... Since returning from COVID-19, he is T-2nd on the team in scoring with 17 points (3g-14a) in 20 games... Against the Isles, Konecny has five points, all of which came in two of the five games he's played which includes a two assist game in the last meeting on Apr. 3.
ISLANDERS (RW: #12 - Josh Bailey)
Bailey enters tonight with nine points (3g-6a) in the last nine games... In the season series vs. Flyers, he has five points (2g-3a) to go along with a +3 rating, but is scoreless in his last two meetings and a -1... The Islanders own a record of 4-0-2 when Bailey scores a goal.
