Flyers at Islanders preview

FLYERS (32-27-8) at ISLANDERS (39-21-7)
7 p.m. ET; MSG+, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Islanders are two points behind the Washington Capitals for first place after the Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Friday. New York swept a home-and-home series against the Ottawa Senators after losing 4-1 to the Flyers at the Coliseum on Sunday.
Left wing Matt Martin is expected to return for New York after missing the past four games because of an upper-body injury.
Forward Jakub Voracek will return after missing two games with a lower-body injury for Philadelphia, which is 16-4-2 in its past 22 games. The Flyers trail the Montreal Canadiens by seven points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Claude Giroux has three goals and eight assists during a six-game point streak.
Islanders center Valtteri Filppula has three goals in his past five games.

They said it

"I go the way I feel. Before that injury, I felt pretty good, which was good for me. Hopefully I'll be at the same level as I was before." -- Flyers forward Jakub Voracek
"It always [stinks] to (miss games), for sure. You never, as an athlete, you never like missing games. You never like admitting you're hurt and can't play. But it is what it is. Obviously, we had a couple big wins here against Ottawa. We've kept ourselves above the water, and that's what we've got to continue to do. We want to get back to play some strong hockey." -- Islanders forward Matt Martin

Flyers projected lineup

James van Riemsdyk -- Nolan Patrick -- Claude Giroux
Oskar Lindblom -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Michael Raffl -- Scott Laughton -- Travis Konecny
Phil Varone -- Corban Knight -- Ryan Hartman
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Robert Hagg -- Radko Gudas
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Philippe Myers
Brian Elliott
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Samuel Morin, Andrew MacDonald
Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Carter Hart (ankle)

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Mathew Barzal -- Michael Dal Colle
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Valtteri Filppula -- Jordan Eberle
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Leo Komarov
Nick Leddy -- Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Devon Toews -- Johnny Boychuk
Thomas Greiss
Christopher Gibson
Scratched:Andrew Ladd, Ross Johnston, Thomas Hickey, Luca Sbisa
Injured:Robin Lehner (upper body) , Cal Clutterbuck (upper body)

Status report

The Flyers held an optional morning skate. Patrick is expected to be a game-time decision. … Clutterbuck, who was injured in the loss to the Flyers on Sunday, participated in the morning skate but will not play. … Lehner, who was injured in the third period of New York's 5-4 shootout win against the Senators on Tuesday, remains day to day.

Stat pack

Couturier has had eight multipoint games since the start of February. … Greiss is 7-2-1 with a 1.21 goals-against average and a .960 save percentage in his past 11 games. … The Islanders are 8-4-2 at Nassau Coliseum this season.