FLYERS (8-9-2) at ISLANDERS (14-6-0)

TV: TCN-PH, MSG+

Season series: This is the first of four games between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders. The Flyers took the first three games last season before New York rallied from a two-goal deficit behind Kyle Okposo's tying goal and decisive goal in the shootout for a 4-3 win Jan. 20. Flyers forwards Matt Read (6-0-6) and Claude Giroux (1-5-6) combined for 12 points in the four games. The Flyers are 15-2-3 against the Islanders since the start of the 2010-11 season, 16-3-1 at Nassau Coliseum since 2007-08 and 30-7-1-3 in their past 41 games on Long Island.

Flyers team scope: The Flyers snapped a season-high four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, and will play seven of their next eight games and 15 of their next 20 on the road. Philadelphia, however, is 2-6-0 away from Wells Fargo Center and hopes the time on the road will draw the team closer together. "I think when you're on the road you're around your teammates more than you are when you're at home," coach Craig Berube told the Courier-Post. "At home you've got different obligations and families and things going on. On the road, you've basically got your teammates. You hang out with them more." Defenseman Luke Schenn, who was benched in the third period Saturday after Columbus' third goal, could be a healthy scratch. "You'll have to ask [Berube], I don't know," Schenn told CSNPhilly.com Sunday. "I talked to him a little bit. I am assuming that the reason I sat in the game was because of that goal. As far as tomorrow, I am not sure [if I'm playing]."

Islanders team scope: The Islanders are coming off a sweep of a home-and-home series against the Pittsburgh Penguins that moved them into a first-place tie in the Metropolitan Division with 28 points. New York has won three straight, is 8-1-0 in its past nine games and has won 14 of its first 20 games for the first time since 1987-88 (14-5-1). The Islanders are also 8-2-0 in this month, a sharp contrast from a 4-10-1 record in November last season, which included a 10-game losing streak that stretched into December and effectively ended their Stanley Cup Playoff chances. "We don't talk about last year," coach Jack Capuano told Newsday. "We're a positive group, a confident group, and we play the way we need to play." Goalie Jaroslav Halak has won six straight starts, allowing eight goals in those games.

New York Islanders 14-6-0 (28 points – T-1st in Metropolitan Division, T-3rd in Eastern Conference) 6-2-0 home	Philadelphia Flyers 8-9-2 (18 points - 6th in Metropolitan Division, 13th in Eastern Conference) 2-6-0 road
7:00  p.m. Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY Television: MSG+ Play-by-play: Howie Rose; Color: Butch Goring Channel Finder Radio: WRHU 88.7 FM, LI News Radio 103.9 FM Play-by-play: Chris King	Islanders News: - Islanders 4, Penguins 1 (Nov. 22) - Highlights, The Skinny - Isles TV: Capuano, Martin, Tavares (Nov. 22) - E:60 - Travis Hamonic (Nov. 22) What's Happening at the Coliseum: - Lower Lobby Opens 5:00 p.m. - Doors Open 5:45 p.m.
Islanders player to watch Matt Martin - Forward Matt Martin busted out of a lengthy goalless drought with two tallies in two games over the weekend against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Islanders tough guy opened the scoring on both nights, the first time he’s scored in consecutive games. Martin leads the NHL with 93 hits and has led the league every year since 2011-12. Saturday’s tilt was Martin’s 300th career NHL game.	Flyers player to watch Jakub Voracek - Forward Jakub Voracek has been a revelation for the Flyers this season, as the 25-year-old winger leads the NHL in assists (22) and points (29) through the first quarter. Voracek looks poised to shatter his previous career high of 62 points (23 goals, 39 assists), set last season. The Czech native has points in 17 of the Flyers 19 games this season and has three assists in his last two games.
New York Islanders previous game lines Forwards 86 Nikolay Kulemin – 91 John Tavares – 21 Kyle Okposo 84 Mikhail Grabovski – 51 Frans Nielsen – 12 Josh Bailey 27 Anders Lee – 29 Brock Nelson – 18 Ryan Strome 17 Matt Martin – 53 Casey Cizikas – 15 Cal Clutterbuck Defensemen 2 Nick Leddy – 55 Johnny Boychuk 44 Calvin de Haan – 3 Travis Hamonic 14 Thomas Hickey – 11 Lubomir Visnovsky Goaltenders 41 Jaroslav Halak 30 Chad Johnson	Philadelphia Flyers previous game lines Forwards 10 Brayden Schenn - 28 Claude Giroux - 93 Jakub Voracek 24 Matt Read - 14 Sean Couturier - 17 Wayne Simmonds 18 R.J. Umberger - 21 Scott Laughton - 40 Vincent Lecavalier 36 Zac Rinaldo - 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 15 Michael Del Zotto Defensemen 8 Nicklas Grossmann - 32 Mark Streit 22 Luke Schenn - 47 Andrew MacDonald 55 Nick Schultz - 5 Braydon Coburn Goaltenders 35 Steve Mason 29 Ray Emery