Islanders at Flyers preview

ISLANDERS (3-4-1) at FLYERS (4-6-0)
1 p.m. ET; SN, NBCSP, MSG+, NHL.TV

The 30-year-old goalie has been out since sustaining a lower-body injury during the preseason. As part of a conditioning stint with Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League, he made 31 saves in a 7-3 win against Hartford on Wednesday.
Goalie Robin Lehner will start for the Islanders, who are 1-3-1 in their past five games. It's the first game of a back-to-back for New York, which plays at the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

Players to watch

Islanders center Mathew Barzal scored four goals in four games against the Flyers last season, the most he had against any NHL team.
Flyers forward Claude Giroux has 49 points (17 goals, 32 assists) in 45 games against the Islanders, his most against any NHL team.

They said it

"We had some chemistry going last year, played well together. We like playing with each other, we seem to know where each other are, we think the game similar. … People go back to last year, having a lot of success and hopefully we can do that." -- Islanders forward Jordan Eberle on returning to playing on a line with center Mathew Barzal
"We don't need a goaltender to go in and necessarily be the spark. That's not what we're asking. We're asking everyone to go out and do their job. Somebody's got to be the spark. Somebody's got to be the spark to push us in the right direction." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Mathew Barzal -- Jordan Eberle
Andrew Ladd -- Valtteri Filppula -- Leo Komarov
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Nick Leddy -- Ryan Pulock
Thomas Hickey -- Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech -- Johnny Boychuk
Robin Lehner
Thomas Greiss
Scratched:Tom Kuhnhackl, Ross Johnston, Luca Sbisa
Injured: None

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Nolan Patrick -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Mikhail Vorobyev -- Wayne Simmonds
Dale Weise -- Jori Lehtera -- Corban Knight
Ivan Provorov -- Robert Hagg
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Andrew MacDonald
Travis Sanheim -- Radko Gudas
Michal Neuvirth
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Christian Folin, Jordan Weal, Calvin Pickard
Injured: James van Riemsdyk (lower body), Michael Raffl (lower body)

Status report

Islanders coach Barry Trotz said Greiss will play Sunday. … Vorobyev could replace Weal in the lineup. He had been scratched the previous four games. … Van Riemsdyk, who hasn't played since Oct. 6, skated on his own before practice Friday. He was expected to miss 5-6 weeks.

Stat pack

Bailey has three points (one goal, two assists) in a three-game point streak. … Neuvirth is 7-2-1 with a 1.76 goals-against average and .933 save percentage in 11 games against the Islanders.