NHL Oct.02/2025 PS New York Islanders – Philadelphia Flyers

NHL Oct.02/2025 PS New York Islanders – Philadelphia Flyers

>> Jim: YOU CAN TELL TALKING WITH TODD HE’S REALLY HAPPY TO BE COACHING. SOMETIMES THE SECOND YEAR CAN BE, THIS GUY CERTAINLY SEEMS READY FOR A GOOD SEASON. >> Brian: IF THERE’S ONE GUY ON THE ROSTER THAT MAY HAVE A CHIP ON HIS HOW OLDER, IT IS NOT MICKIKOV. BECAUSE HE HAD A GREAT YEAR. BUT I DON’T GET THE SENSE THIS GUY IS, IS HAPPY WITH IT. THAT HE’S GOING TO REST ON HIS LAURELS. I THINK HE WANTS TO BE EVEN GREATER. LOOK AT MINNESOTA IN, I LOOK AT MICHKOV LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS SECOND YEAR IN THE NHL. >> FLYERS HOCKEY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOYOTA. 25 VEHICLES WITH AVAILABLE ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THAT’S MORE THAN ANY OTHER WINNER OF THE YEAR. FLYERS WIN IT. >> Jim: WELCOME BACK TO XFINITY MOBILE ARENA, FRIDGE, HOW ABOUT THOSE STARTERS. >> 125 WINS IN HIS CAREER. HE’S DURABLE, AND HE’S CONSISTENT, AND HE’S LOOKING TO SHARPEN THINGS UP IN THE PRESEASON FOR THE ISLANDERS AND FOR THE FLYERS, SAM IS STARTING. LET’S SEE IF ARESTON CAN HAVE A GOOD ONE HERE IN HIS FINALE. >> Jim: THEY ARRIVED AS KIDS. AND THEY’RE HOPING TO BE PART OF CANADA’S OLYMPICS TEAM THIS YEAR. THEY WILL >> Jim: PRESEASON GAME NUMBER SIX, JUST ONE MORE THAT’S ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS PROBABLY AS CLOSE AS THE FLYERS HOPING NIGHT LINE UP AS YOU’RE GOING TO SEE DURING THIS PRESEASON. AND THAT INCLUDES THIS GUY, TREVOR, THE SKILL LEVEL THE FLYERS GROUP HAS CERTAINLY GONE UP. >> Brian: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AS YOU SEE HIM PLAYING WITH MICHKOV IT GETS YOU EXCITED DOESN’T IT. WHETHER IT’S ON FIVE ON FIVE OR THE POWER PLAY. NO DOUBT, AND ZEGRAS IS LOOKING FOR A GOOD START IN PHILADELPHIA. I AM SURE HE’S LOOKING TO FINISH STRONG HERE IN PRESEASON AS HE GETS READY FOR THE OPENING SEASON IN FLORIDA. >> Jim: SCHEDULED TO BE A T RIO, THAT SHOULD BE FASCINATING TO WATCH. RIGHT NOW STARTING THE GAME THE TRIO THAT WE SAW SO MUCH, NOAH, BOBBY. AND MOVING TOWARD HORVAT. NOT AS MANY REGULAR PLAYERS. PUTT GOES BACK TOWARD THE POINT. AND FLYERS ABLE TO GATHER AND JAMIE DRYSDALE WILL. AND ISLANDERS GET IT BACK. 49 IS MAX SHABANOV WHO WAS RUMORED TO BE A FLYER IN WAITING. BUT ENDED UP SIGNING TO THE KHL LAST YEAR. THERE HE IS WITH THE PUCK. HE’S VERY QUICK. HE WILL MOVE WITH THE PUTT. AND HOLSTROM. >> THE ISLANDERS WITH THE FIRST OF THE GAME. ISLANDERS SPECIAL TEAM WAS THE WORSE IN THE NHL. AND YOU ADD POWER PLAY AND THE PEPBLTS SKILL TOGETHER. THEY WERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM. THEY’RE GOING TO WANT TO IMPROVE ON THAT. RIGHT OFF THE FACE OFF. BACK TO GET THE PUCK IS 18-YEAR- OLD, HE JUST TURNED 18 MATTHEW SHAFFER. THE FIRST OVER ALL PICK IN JUNE’S DRAFT. AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE TEAM SAY HE HAS PRETTY MUCH MADE THE CLUB. TO START THE SEASON WITH THE ISLANDERS. HE’LL PROBABLY BE THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE NHL. HE’S GOT THE PUCK AND ON GOAL. DROPS IT BACK. SAM SCORES. WHAT A SET UP. 1-0 PHILADELPHIA. >> WHAT A HEADS UP PLAY HERE BY CHRISTIAN DEBORAK. JUMPS THE WALL. ABLE TO INTERCEPT THE PUCK AND YOU CAN JUST ABOUT BET THAT SAMUEL IS SCREENING TO LET DVORAK KNOW HE’S COMING. BECAUSE AT NO POINT DID DVORAK LOOK BACK TO TAKE THE CHANCE. NO WAY IF I’M A GOALIE AM I THINKING THAT A PLAYER IS GOING TO MAKE A SHOT OFF OF THAT. >> Jim: IT LOOKED GOOD. BUT SAMUEL WAS SAYING, WHAT IS HE DOING NOT TAKING THE PLAY. SAMUEL FINISHES. THE FLYERS WITH THE SHORTHANDED GOAL HAVE THE LEAD. LEAPS OFF THE SIDE OF THE NET. AND COMES BACK TO THE POINT. AND COULD NOT BE HANDLED BY MATT. THE FLYERS PENALTY KILL IN THE PRESEASON 81.8%. THEY’VE KILLED OFF NINE OF 11 UNDER THE MAN ADVANTAGES. THE PUCK GOES ACROSS TO SUIT MA SHABANOV. >> Brian: ONE THING I LIKE WITH RICK AND THE PENALTY KILL IS HE’S GOT OWEN PITTET DOING SOME PENALTY KILLS. PEOPLE THINK THAT TIPPET MAY — THE OPPORTUNITY. >> Jim: AND IT WAS SHOT JUST RITTICH LEFT THE GOAL. >> YOU CAN SEE SHAFFER REALLY, NOT EXPECTING THAT DROP PASS TO OCCUR. BECAUSE HE DIDN’T EVEN TAKE A LOOK AT SAM HEIM HIMSELF. THERE’S THE GOOD SAVE. WILL BE >> Jim: HE HAS PLAYED SOME WITH MICHKOV. AND HAS LOOKED GOOD. ANOTHER SAVE BY ERSSON ON THAT SHOT FROM ABOUT THE TOP OF THE CIRCLE. AND ALEXANDER ROMONOV A COUPLE OF GOOD SAVES EARLY. HE’S PROBABLY PLAYED HIS LAST HOCKEY OF THE PRESEASON. TRACKING IT DOWN IS ANDERS LEE THE CAPTAIN. LONG TIME CAPTAIN OF THE ISLANDERS. DOWN LOW TO SCOTT MAYFIELD THE DEFENSEMAN. IT WAS KNOCKED ASIDE OUT OF THE CAGE AND THEN POKED OUT TO CENTER. ISLANDERS ARE OUTSIDE. >> Brian: ZAMOZ HAS NO SKATE ON HIS FOOT. >> Jim: ONE SKATEDLY. >> Brian: I PROMISE HE KNOWS HOW TO SKATE. HE JUST DOESN’T HAVE ANY STEEL. >> Jim: A LITTLE TOUGH. >> Jim: AND ANOTHER OF THEIR YOUNG PROSPECT. HE MAY HAVE MADE THIS TEAM TOO. BUT HE GOT A CHANCE. HE’S HAD A GOOD CAMP. NOT A GUY, BOUCH YOU NOTICED, EVERY TIME HE’S OUT THERE HE’S DOING SOMETHING TO GET NOTICED. AS SOROKIN TRYING TO. RIGHT BACK ALONG FOR TK BUT COULDN’T COME UP WITH IT. TSYPLAKOV BACK. AND INTO THE FLYERS ZONE. GETTING TO PLAY WITH KONECNY. >> I THINK HE’S OPENED A LOT OF EYES OUT. HE’S STURDY, HE GOES TO THE HARD AREAS. HE’S GOT A PRETTY GOOD SKILL SET. RIGHT NOW, HE’S PUT HIMSELF IN A GOOD POSITION TO MAKE THIS OPENING NIGHT ROSTER. >> Jim: ISLANDERS IN THEIR OWN ZONE. THEY’RE SO GOOD AT IT. INTO THE COURT, TYSON FORESTER ONLY IN HIS SECOND GAME AS HE’S RECOVERING FROM THAT ELBOW INJURY. YORK RISKS SHOT. AND THAT ONE HIGH OFF THE GLASS. SHIELD MIGHT HAVE GOT AWAY WITH IT. ZIGS AND ZAGS TO GET SOME FREEDOM. PWHRAOEUPBD THE NET LOOKS FOR AN OUTLET. HE WILL SWING IT BACK OUT TO SAM HEIM AND ACROSS TO BRINK. HE IS CHECKED BY MAYFIELD. WRAPPED UP OVER THERE BUT THERE’S THE SUPPORT FROM FORSTRY. AGAIN THIS LINE RECOVERS THE PUT. GREAT. TRIES TO GET IT ON TO. >> YOU MENTIONED IT. THE SUPPORT AND PUCK BATTLES ONE. >> Jim: THEY ARE CLINICAL. UNBELIEVABLE. >> Brian: THEY REALLY ARE. >> Jim: NOW ANOTHER LINE TRYING TO EMULATE. HATHAWAY TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE PUTT. ESCAPING IS GABR EURBLGS EL. 6-1/2 MINUTES IN. GLAD YOU COULD SKWROEUPBS. >> LAST YEAR THE GREAT DEVELOPMENT WAS OF THIS LINE. FOERSTER DOES A TERRIFIC JOB OF USING HIS FRAME TO STOP PUCKS. AND A REAL GOOD FIRST SHIFT FOR THESE GUYS TOGETHER AS THEY HAD AN EARLY PENALTY KILL. THAT WAS THEIR FIRST REGULAR FIVE ON FIVE SHIFT -FPT AND THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE. EXPECTED GOALS PERCENTAGE LEADERS AND RIGHT NEAR THE VERY TOP. I MEAN MATTHEW LINE. >> Jim: IS NO MORE. BUT YOU COULD SAY WAS ELITE. >> THAT TRIO WAS RIGHT NEAR THEM. SO HOPEFULLY THAT CONTINUES THIS YEAR. >> Jim: AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE FINISH, TYSON FOERSTER WILL TELL YOU HE IS TRYING TO GET TO A GOOD START. PUTTING THE NET EARLY IN THE SEASON HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR HIM. SO HE’S REALLY CONCENTRATING ON THIS SEASON. KATE STARTED THE SEASON AS A HEALTHY SCRATCH. RIGHT. AND TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS AS FAR AS LINES ARE CONCERNED. SO HOPEFULLY THOSE GUYS PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. AND ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE A SOLID YEAR. >> Jim: SAVED BY ERIKSON. I’M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS DEFLECTED IN FRONT. DROPPING IT BACK FOR NICK SELER. NICK ON HIS EIGHTH YEAR AND FIFTH ALREADY HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AFTER HE RESURRECTED HIS CAREER. NOW THE ISLANDERS MOVE UP. LEFT WING IS QUICKLY CHECKED. THERE GOES ZAMULA TO THE PUCK. THE SHOT WENT WIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE. SEEKED BY SHAFFER BUT THE PHRAOáEUERS ARE THERE. FORMALLY KNOWN AS ADAM JENNING. HE’S HAVING A GOOD CAMP. HE MIGHT MAKE THIS TEAM. >> HE’S BEEN SOLID. THAT’S FOR SURE. IF HE WANTS GINNING, WE WILL GIVE HIM GINNING. WE’LL GIVE THEM WHATEVER THEY WANT. >> Jim: THAT’S THE PROPER PRONUNCIATION. I WAS TOLD BY SWEEDS. AGAIN THE SCOUTING REPORT IS THAT IF HE HAS A WEAKENS, IT’S SKATING. I JUST HAVEN’T SEEN IT. >> NO IT’S NOT THERE. >> Jim: HE CAN CERTAINLY GET TO WHERE HE WANTS TO GO. AHEAD TO KONECNY. KONECNY TRIED TO CUT TO THE MIDDLE. RECOVERED BY GREBENKIN. WAS HOPING TO GET IT TO KONECNY. AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE HIM IF THEY’RE GOING TO GET BACK INTO THE PLAY OFFS. IT IS SET OUT BY THE ISLANDERS. AND NOW DROPPED BACK BY RICHIE. OUT IT GOES TO BOQVIST AND ACROSS. ARNOLD TRYING TO GET THAT DEEP. WENT OFF THE STICK AND INTO THE CROSS. >> WE TALKED ABOUT BERVENKIN AND TALKED ABOUT HOW HE PLAYED HIMSELF INTO THE PICTURE. THIS IS WHY. A LITTLE INSIDE, OUTSIDE MOVE. YOU MENTIONED IT, JJ, TO ME SKATING DOESN’T LOOK LIKE AN ISSUE THERE. AS HE’S QUICK IN TIGHT AREAS. ABLE TO GET TO A REAL PRIME SCORING AREA AND GOOD SAVE BY S. >> Jim: 22 YEARS OF AGE. FIFTH ROUND PICK BY TORONTO. ACQUIRED IN THE SCOTT TOUTON DEAL. ALSO GOT A 12th ROUND PICK IN — THAT TRADE. BACK OUT TO ADAM. SWATTED WIDE ON PURPOSE. PULLOCK HIS LONG TIME DEFENSE PARTNER. DEEP IN THE FLYERS. DRYSDALE TO STEELER. THAT LINE WILL HEAD OFF THE AOEULS. THAT’S TO KATE. SO THE CHANGE CAN BE COMPLETED. WE APPROACH THE MIDPOINT OF THIS FIRST PERIOD. ISLANDERS WITH FOUR SHOTS. FLYERS WITH THREE BUT THE FLYERS HAVE ONE THAT FOUND THE NET. THERE’S PELECH. THEY SAY HE HAS THE RED LIGHT WITH NO ICING. AND NOW TO NICK. THEY’LL TIP IT TO THE PHILADELPHIA LINE. THERE’S GENNING WHWAS THE FIFTH ROUND PICK — GINNING. ISLANDERS IN, THAT IS SHOT BY IS >>> WELCOME BACK TO NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA. I’M HERE WITH COACH TOCHET. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT’S GOING FOR YOU. >> I LIKE THE START SO FAR. >> SO MUCH ATTENTION THIS OFFSEASON HAS BEEN ABOUT THE NEW GUYS. THE NEW PROSPECTS. BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ON GETTING SOMEONE LIKE TRAVIS SANHEIM TO REACH CERTAIN LEVELS. WHAT DO YOU SEE SO FAR WITH THAT GOAL. >> HE BRINGS PENALTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE OFFENSIVE SIDE. HE AND MITCHELL HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT IN CAMP. HOPEFULLY THERE’S MORE FROM THEM. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BE A GOOD GROUP FOR US. >> Jim: TODD I THINK WAS REFERRING TO SEIGER WITH THAT LAST SEASONS. HE AND MICHKOV HAVE SHOWN SOME CHEMISTRY. HE’S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. TIPPET TO THE LINE. ON CUE WITH THAT SHOT. TRYING TO GO WITH THE ANGLE BUT THAT WAS DEFLECTED. GOT TO LOVE WHEN THE PLAYERS COME THROUGH. IF HE SCORED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE SHOWED THE CHEMISTRY. >> Brian: GOOD JOB GETTING THE PUCK DOWN LOW. THAT’S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THERE. >> Jim: KONECNY CHECKED BY. WAS ABLE TO WHEEL IT BACK INTO HIS OWN ZONE. FIRST TO IT IS PELECH. AND KNOCKED OUT IN FRONT. AND NOW KONECNY WILL SEND SEGRIS TO CENTER. PULOCK GETS BACK TO IT. OUT THERE WITH BRINK. AND BANKING AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. SO FORCED TO REPLACE HIM. THE PUCK BOUNCES TO MCCLAIN. HIS FATHER NO LONGER ASSISTANT COACH WITH THE DEVILS. NOW THE DEVILS AND THE ISLANDERS. DEVILS ON SATURDAY. OR SOME REASONABLE — THE DEVILS WILL BE HERE SATURDAY. AND REPRESENTATIVELY AS YOU TALKED EARLIER, THE ISLANDERS LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA. PUCK DEFLECTED DEEP INTO THE ISLANDERS ZONE. HERE IS MAYFIELD FOR THE ISLANDERS. 7-1/2, A LITTLE LESS THAN 7-1/2 REMAINING HERE IN THIS FIRST PERIOD. THE BILLBOARD AT THE ARENA IS NOT WORKING. THAT SHOT KNOCKED DOWN. T YOU GUYS AT HOME ARE ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE CLOCK RUNNING. >> Brian: THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COACH, WE HAVE NO CLUE. IT COULD BE 7:07 TO GO. >> Jim: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE CLOCK IS NOT WORKING? WHAT’S THE OVER UNDER ON HOW MANY TIMES I SAY THE WRONG NAME FOR THE ARENA? >> Brian: THREE. >> Jim: WOW. I’M HAPPY WITH THAT. I’LL TAKE THAT. XFINITY MOBILE ARENA IS THE NEW NAME OF THIS BUILDING. >> Brian: I WILL TAKE THE OLD ONE. >> Jim: I FIGURED YOU WOULD. HERE’S DEBOROK. AND THE ISLANDERS MOVE UP. CHARGE IS ON IAN BUT THURSTON WAS THERE AS DEFENSIVE SAMHEIM — SANHEIM. HE’S AN INTERESTING FORWARD. >> Brian: HE IS, PLAYS HARD. BUT EARLIER IN THE COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, MICHKOV WITH THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE FEED FROM SEGRIS. AN INTERESTING LINE HERE. THREE VERY OFFENSIVELY TALENTED PLAYERS. YOU WILL WANT TO REMOTE THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF IT BUT IT IS PRESEASON. TRYING TO SEE HOW THEY MESH TOGETHER. Z I REALLY LIKE THAT COMBINATION. AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN FINDS SOME CHEMISTRY EARLY ON. AND THAT CONFIDENCE KIND OF JUST TAKES OFF. IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT WILL BE A GREAT DEVELOPMENT AND OBVIOUSLY, SEGRIS HE WANTS TO PLAY CENTER. LAST YEAR HOE WAS PLAYING WINGS IN ANAHEIM. BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM HERE IN PHILADELPHIA WITH THE LACK OF CENTER DEPTH. IF HE CAN DO A JOB AND HAVE THAT CHEMISTRY WITH MICHKOV. BOY THEY COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE. >> Jim: SLIGHT DELAY THERE AS THE OFFICIALS WERE TELLING THE COACHES ABOUT THE TIME CLOCK SITUATION. STUCK AT 9:33 HERE. YOU SEE 6:18 REMAINING HERE. GARRETT RENKEN IS WORKING THIS GAME. AND HERE IS COUTURIER. HE GETS THE PUCK BACK. SOROKIN WILL BRING THAT DOWN. HE GOES FOR THE BLUE DOESN’T HE. >> Brian: HE DOES, HE DOES. IF NOT FOR A GOOD STICK BY SOROKIN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN. >> Jim: DOWN THROUGH CENTER. SAMULA SENDS IT BEHIND THE ISLANDERS NET. QUICK PASS ACROSS. HE’S GOT IT NOW. DROPS IT OFF FOR ZAMULA. ZAMULA OFF THE MARK FOR MICHKOV. LEAD CHECKED, TIPPETT MOMENTARILY HAD IT BACK. JINNIG TRYING TO GO BACK. HE DOESN’T WANT TO KEEP THAT AWAY FROM BARZAL. AFTER THE PUCK AGAIN, AND SEGRES WILL KNOCK IT AWAY. SHAFFER STEPS IN. 18-YEAR-OLD AND A 20-YEAR-OLD THERE IN A BATTLE. MICHKOV, ALL THE WAY TO SANHEIM. FENDED OFF BY SOROKIN. AND THE FORE CHECK HAS YIELDED SOME DIVIDENDS. C1 >> Jim: TRAVIS SHORTHANDED GOAL, THE ONLY GOAL. GET YOUR TICKETS AT XFINITY MOBILE ARENA. BE HERE FOR ALL THE BIGGEST MATCH UPS THIS SEASON. GET YOUR TICKETS AT PHILADELPHIA FLYERS.COM. FIRST OVER ALL PICK IN LAST YEAR’S DRAFT. OR THIS SUMMER’S DRAFT. MATTHEW SCHAEFER. THE BIGGEST OF PRESSURE, A BIT OF A PANIC PLAYED FOR THE YOUNGSTER THERE. GET THOSE PLAYS OUT OF THE WAY IN THIS PRESEASON. BUT, APPARENTLY NEED A LITTLE MORE POISE THAN THAT WHEN YOU’RE IN THE BACK END. >> Jim: HE’S EXTREMELY TALENTED. VERY MATURE FOR HIS AGE OFF THE ICE. MANY HOCKEY FANS KNOW THIS STORY. LOST HIS MOM. AND IS JUST, RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT HIM AS A KID. HIS MATURITY AND EVERYTHING BUT HE STILL JUST TURNED 18. AND HAD ONLY 17 GAMES DUE TO THAT BROKEN CLAVICLE. >> Brian: THAT’S WHAT YOU MISS. THE NECESSARY REPS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. THIS IS A BIG TRAINING CAMP FOR HIM. I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO KEEP HIM AROUND. AND MAYBE THEY SPOT DUTY HIM DURING THE START OF THE SEASON BECAUSE HE IS A TALENTED KID. HE’S GOING TO SEE THAT TYPE OF FORE CHECK IS GOING TO PRESENT ITSELF A LOT WHEN THE REGULAR SEASON STARTS. BUT HE GOT AWAY WITH THAT ONE THERE. >> Jim: AND TRYING TO WRAP, FOUR MINUTES TO PLAY. AS CHRISTIAN BANKS THAT ONE DOWN — CHRISTIAN DVORAK WAVES THAT ONE OFF THE ICE. IT’S EVEN WITH SEVEN SHOTS A PIECE. THAT PUCK GOES THROUGH CENTER OFF. >> Brian: KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TON A PHILADELPHIA FLYER. OBVIOUSLY A COLLABORATIVE COACH. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ICE, PATRICK WALL MAYBE THE COACH WITH THE HOTTEST FEET PERHAPS IN THE NHL. I THINK FOR HIM IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT THE ISLANDERS GET OFF TO A GOOD START. IN AN AGING ROSTER. THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO BE A TEAM THAT’S RELEVANT COME SPRINGTIME. BE IN THE PLAY OFFS. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FIND A MORE COMPETITIVE GOAL TENDER THAN PATRICK. >> Jim: THE BEST NEVER PLAY THE GAME. HE’S ONE OF THE MOUNT RUSHMORE GOALIES. YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY ABOUT PATRICK, YOU SPEND 90 SECONDS AROUND HIM, AND YOU WANT TO GO PLAY FOR HIM. >> Brian: YEAH, YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH A WALL. >> Jim: SOLID ENERGY. AND NEW GM LOU AMARELLO. WHENEVER THERE’S A NEW GM AND NEW COACH. >> Brian: IT IS. INJURIES WERE A PROBLEM LAST YEAR. A HEALTHY MATTHEW BARZAL WILL GO A LONG WAY IN RECTIFYING THAT. >> Jim: LOOKING FOR HOLMSTROM. FOUND BY TRAVIS. LOOKING TO HIS BUDDY, THE OTHER TRAVIS KONECNY. 2:38 TO GO. TIME TO CHECK ON THE COUNT DOWN TO OPENING NIGHT. PROVIDED BY FIDELITY. THE FLYERS WILL START ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT. WE’LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE. AND THEY’LL SEE THE DEFENDING STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS BOTH IN THEIR SEASON OPENER AND IN THE FLYERS HOME OPENER AND IT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT TIME TO SEE THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. >> Brian: YEAH, NO BARKOV. >> Jim: DOES THAT MAKE IT A CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO EVEN MAKE THE PLAY OFFS? >> Brian: ABSOLUTELY — NO THEY’LL BE FINE MAKING THE PLAY OFFS. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A TOUGH, TOUGHER ROAD. BUT THIS TEAM GETS IN THE PLAY OFFS AND LOOK OUT. I MEAN THEY SEEM LIKE THEY’RE BUILT FOR PLAY OFFS WITH THE STYLE THAT THEY PLAY. >> Jim: SHOULD HAVE TKACHUK BACK FOR THAT. WE’VE BEEN HEARING RUMBLING ABOUT MAYBE BARKOV IN THE PLAY OFFS BUT DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT. HERE IS LEE. LEE WHO TOOK A SPILL WHEN THESE TEAMS PLAYED IN THE FOUR PRESEASON GAMES. AND PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT GAME HERE FONT. THERE HE IS LOOKING AT THE DEFLECTION. PUCK KEPT IN BY THE ISLANDERS. SENT DEEP SIDE OF THE NET. THERE IS LEE DIGGING AWAY. AND TAKES OVER. ROMONOV IS FORCED THERE BY TIPPETT. AND A PASS BY THE ISLANDERS GOBBLED UP BY KONECNY. 1:18 TO PLAY. COUTURIER. TRYING TO GET IT TO THE POINT. HERE IS BARZAL. MATTHEW BARZAL SO TALENTED. MOVES IN. DROPS IT BACK OUT. SCHAFER TO BARZAL. THE ISLANDERS KEEP IT IF. TO ZEKAS. — CIZIKAS WILL BRING IT AROUND THE NET. THERE’S GINNING WHO WILL BRING IT OUT. SCHAEFER BACK ON IT. IT’S IN ON THE FORE CHECK. CUT OFF BY GINNING. AND NOW SABAN. BACK OUT IT GOES. SHOT BY PELECH. >> Brian: GOOD ENTRY HERE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. AND ERICKSON WHO HAS BEEN STRONG IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES, GOOD READ. CLEAR SIGHT LINES AS FOERSTER GETS INTO THE LINE. ABLE TO SNAG IT BUT A GOOD OPENING 20 FOR ERSSON SO FAR. >> Jim: HE WANTS THIS ONE TO BE A CRISP ONE. SO FAR FOR HIM IT IS. AS HE STOPS ALL NINE SHOTS FIRED HIS WAY. AND THIS ONE PULLS ONE INTO THE OTHER END. A SHORTHANDED SHOT BY TRAVIS ZEGRAS. TONIGHT’S FIRST PERIOD WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY, YOUR PHILADELPHIA AREA CHEVY DEALERS. VISIT CHEVROLET.COM. COMING UP BETWEEN PERIODS ONE AND TWO. WE WILL REMEMBER THE ONE, THE ONLY BIRDIE >> Jim: TONIGHT’S SECOND PERIOD ON NBC SPORTS FILL PHILADELPHIA IS PRESENTED BY CADILLAC. VISIT YOUR CADILLAC TRI STATE DEALERS. FLYERS WITH THE 1-0 LEAD. STREAM YOUR TEAM ALL SEASON LONG WHEN YOU’RE ON THE GO WITH THE NBC SPORTS APP. AS PRESENTED BY LUNDY LAW. IT’S ALL ABOUT STREAMING THESE DAYS, VOUCH. >> Brian: IT IS, YOU CAN STREAM YOUR FLYERS. A GUY WHO WAS STREAMING IN THAT. SCREAMING WAS McGRENKEN. I THOUGHT HE HAD A REALLY SOLID FIRST PERIOD. YOU COULD SEE HIS TO MAKE PLAYS IN TIGHT AREAS. THREE SHOTS FOR GREBENKIN. AND OUTSIDE, INSIDE MOVE THAT LEADS FOR A RELEVANTLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY. A GUY THAT’S REALLY PLAYED HIS WAY INTO THE CONVERSATION TO MAKE THIS TEAM OUT OF TRAINING CAMP. >> Jim: GOOD SIZE, TAKES 2-2-0- 9. WITH THE SOLID AT MOVE. AND UNTIL — HE CERTAINLY CAN GET TO WHERE HE NEEDS TO. AND HAS A LOT OF ENERGY. VERY HUMOROUS INDIVIDUAL AND STILL LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. HE AND MICHKOV TOGETHER NOW TO HELP EACH OTHER WITH THAT PROCESS. AS WE’RE UNDER WAY IN PERIOD NUMBER TWO. SANHEIM TO YORK. THAT’S KNOCKED DOWN BY LEE. THERE IS SANHEIM. TRIED TO SHOOT IT DOWN. THAT ONE DEFLECTS OUT OF PLAY. FLYERS SEASON TICKET MEMBERSHIPS FOR THE 25-26 SEASON ARE AVAILABLE NOW. GET EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS, CONCESSIONS AND MERCHANDISE DISCOUNTS. NEW REWARDS AND MORE, JOIN THE TEAM. >> Jim: SEAN COUTURIER LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SEASON. AS HE HAS NOW GOTTEN PAST THE, LET’S KNOCK OUT WHAT DO THEY SAY. BACK TO BACK PROCEDURES ON HIS BACK. ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH DEPLOYMENT LAST YEAR. SOMETIMES HE WAS SCRATCHED IN THE FOURTH LINE IN THE WING. FLYERS ARE FINALLY PUTTING HIM IN THE MIDDLE. AS MOVING UP. ALL THE WAY IN THE SHOT. AND THAT ONE STAYED OUT AND RATTLED AROUND. BUT ERSSON GOT ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OUT. AND THE DEFENDERS FROM THE ISLANDERS THERE. PELECH IS BACK. IT’S LIKE WE’VE BEEN SAYING PELECH AND PULOCK FOR 15 YEARS. BUT THEY’RE BOTH ACTUALLY IN THEIR 30s. THEY’RE QUITE THE DUO BACK THERE FOR THE ISLANDERS. CUTTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE. WAIT, HOLDS AND THEN FIRES. THE SAVE MADE BY SOROKIN. DRIBBLES RIGHT BACK TO THE ISLANDER GOAL TENDER. >> Brian: ISLANDERS REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE TO START THIS SECOND PERIOD. AND IT COMES FROM THE BACK END. PULUCK FAIR SHOT. GETS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE. REALLY GOOD SAVE BY ERSSON AS HE’S ABLE TO STAY WITH HIM AND PULOCK NOT REALLY BEING ABLE TO ELEVATE. AND THANKFULLY THE THROW BY OLSON IS NOT GOOD EITHER. >> Jim: ANTHONY DECLARES THERE. MICHKOV IN GOOD DEFENSIVE POSITION. THAT’S BLOCKED BY SIELER. SO HE’S IN MID-SEASON FORM. IT’S A BLOCK. AT OVER 200 BLOCKS EACH OF THE LAST TWO SEASONS. GUYS IT INTO THE MIDDLE. BUT JUST FAILED TO COME UP WITH THAT. SWINGING AROUND THE OTHER WAY FOR MICHKOV. HE WILL LET IT GO BACK OUT TO DRYSDALE. BACK TO MICHKOV. GOT IT BACK TO SEGRIS. NOW IT’S ZEGRAS ACROSS TO ZAMULA AND SHIFT. ZEGRAS AFTER IT AGAIN. THAT GOES OUT OF PLAY. >> Brian: LET’S LOOK AT THE CHANGES MADE BY DANNY BRIER IN THE OFFSEASON. ARRIVING OF COURSE RICK TOCHET AND THE NEW DEFENSIVE COACH. AND THE PLAYERS, DVORAK. WHO WILL GET TO START SATURDAY 1A OR MAYBE BACK OUT TO SAM EARNST. AND NOAH JUULSEN AND SEALER. >> Brian: OBVIOUSLY WITH RASMUS OUT A CHANCE FOR NOVEMBER. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH DEFENSE DEPTH IN THE ORGANIZATION. >> Jim: NICE PLAY THERE BY THE FLYERS. THE ARM GOES UP. PENALTY GOING UP AGAINST PHILADELPHIA AS THE STICK WENT FLYING. AND A TRIPPING INDICATION FROM REFEREE LANKEN. >> PENALTY NUMBER 19, TWO MINUTES TRIPPING. >> Jim: ONE OF THE PENALTY KILLERS. >> Brian: HE’S USED QUITE A BIT BY THE FLYERS. DIVING TO THE PUT, GETS TANGLED UP WITH SASIKAS. DIVING TO GET TO THE PUCK BUT TRIPS UPCIZIKAS. >> Jim: THEY BREAK UP THE PLAY HERE. AND SHAEFER THE JUST TURNED 19- YEAR-OLD WILL RUN THE POWER PLAY. SWINGS WIDE. MOVES IT AROUND. THE KICK PLATE BACK TO SANHEIM WILL SEND IT BACK TOWARD LEE. THE PUCK BACK UP THE WALL. KONECNY TRYING TO DIG IT OUT OF THERE. THEN TAKEN DOWN WAS YORK. NO CALL THERE. THE PUCK GOES BACK TO HINEMAN. >> Brian: ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT AS WE LOOK AT THE PLAY BY HEINEMAN. LOOKS VERY AGGRESSIVE. LOOKS LIKE THE PRESSURE POINT. THE FLYERS SCORED. HOVAT WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE. LED TO A TURNOVER. IF TEAMS ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY LIKE THAT THEY’LL HAVE TO DO IT THREE PASSES. IT’S REALLY NOT ALLOWING THE ISLANDERS TO SET UP. IT’S VERY MUCH LIKE THEIR PENALTY KILL TWO YEARS AGO. LAST YEAR THEY WERE, 20th ON THE KILL, ONLY FOUR SHORTHANDED GOALS. THERE’S THE TIPPETT -RS IN — IN THERE AND SCORES. A POWER PLAY GOAL FOR THE ISLANDERS TIES THIS GAME AT ONE. >> Brian: ON THE SET UP IN ZONE. THE AGGRESSIVENESS OF THE PENALTY KILL WAS DOING A TERRIFIC JOB. SO IF YOU’RE THE ISLANDERS, WHY NOT TRY IT OFF THE RUSH? THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HATCHED. WAS ABLE TO, MAKE A PLAY OFF THE RUSH. IN A NICE LITTLE AREA FEED AND A NICE REDIRECT. AS A GOAL TENDER IN PARTICULAR, YOU DON’T EXPECT PLAYS TO RUSH OFF THE POWER PLAY. YOU OFTEN EXPECT THIT SET UP. SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE SURPRISING BUT IT’S A REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING WHEN SHORTHANDED AS THE ISLANDERS MAKE A GOOD PLAY OFF THE RUSH. >> Jim: RICK TOCHET I’M SURE HAPPY TO SEE. HE’S A PRETTY BIG SIGNING FOR THEM. ONLY A ONE YEAR DEAL. BUT AFTER A GREAT YEAR IN THE KHL. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE FLYERS ONE OF THE TEAMS SEEKING HIS SERVICES IN THE OFFSEASON. AND THEY’RE GOING TO NEED HIM TO PRODUCE. AND HE CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT WITH HIS REDIRECT. HE’S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THIS GAME. HE’S HAD THE PUCK A LOT. TRYING TO MAKE PLAYS. BACK OUT, THAT DEFLECTS OUT OF PLAY. >> Brian: I AGREE WITH YOU J.J. HE’S BEEN A NOTICEABLE PLAYER IN THIS GAME. A LOOK AT THE SHABANOV GOAL. AND RECOGNIZING THAT SHABANOV IS DRIVING THAT CENTER LANE AND NEEDS TO PUT IT IN THE AREA. PRETTY GOOD HANDS TO REDIRECT IT ON SHOULDERS. ISLANDERS DESPERATELY NEED OFFENSE IN THE LINE UP. AND THEY’RE HOPING THAT SHABANOV CAN BE. — COME IN AND HELP OUT DEFENSIVELY. >> Jim: 1-2-2 IN THE PRESEASON. FLYERS COULD NOT GET THAT PUCK OUT OF THE ZONE BUT NO HARM. AS CAM YORK COMES OUT WITH IT. INTO THE ISLANDERS ZONE. DVORAK WINDS IT DOWN. HE REVERSED. NOW YORK. CUTTING TO THE MIDDLE IN THE BACK END AND THE SAVE MADE BY SOROKIN. LEE, FUMBLE ED IT AT THE LANE AND THAT CAUSED THE PLAY TO GO OUTSIDE. FRUSTRATION FOR THE ISLANDER CAPTAIN. LEGEND GARY PLAYER TALKS ABOUT RETURNING TO THE SITE OF THE HIS 1962 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WIN. HIS THOUGHTS ON PHILADELPHIA AREA GOLF AND MORE ALL IN THE NEW EPISODE OF TAKE UP WITH CLARK PRESENTED BY MAKE FIELD PUTTERS. >> Brian: SEEING THIS IN THE PRESEASON, YORK REALLY GETTING INVOLVED OFFENSIVELY. JUMPING IN PLAYS AND THAT’S THE NEXT EVOLUTION TO HIS GAME RIGHT. GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE OFFENSIVELY. GOOD SAVE BY SOROKIN. >> Jim: THERE’S DRYSDALE. BACK TO CENTER TO GET TO IT. AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE IS EXPECTED TO GET SOME POWER PLAY TIME MAYBE IN THE SECOND UNIT. THAT WILL HELP AS WELL. A SHOT BY ZEGRAS THAT DEFLECTS WIDE. NOW PAJO GATHERS ISLANDERS HAVE RESPONDED. FLYERS TOOK THE PLAY TO THE ISLANDERS EARLY ON IN THIS GAME. BUT ISLANDERS I THOUGHT HAD A STRONG FINISH IN THE FIRST PERIOD. AND THE STILL PRETTY GOOD. >> Brian: I FEEL THE LAST FIVE MINUTES THE ISLANDERS STARTED TO FIND THEIR GAME. YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SHABANOV TO FIND HIS WAY. THEY DIDN’T HAVE A LOT IN THE TRADE. THEY PICKED UP RICHIE A FORMER FIRST ROUND PICK OF COLORADO. BUT BY AND LARGE PRETTY THIN DOWN IN THE FARM. SO GETTING A GUY LIKE SHABANOV TO COME OVER AND PLAY PROHOCKEY. KHL, IT’S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT HE GET COMFORTABLE RIGHT AWAY AND CAN HELP CHIP IN. >> Jim: EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST TEAMS IN THE NHL. GOING TO LOWER THAT AVERAGE AGE. AND TH >> WE ARE BACK HERE ON NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA. TIED GAME SOME FLYERS PRESEASON ACTION. AND TRAVIS ZEGRAS HAS A PERSONALITY THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET ALONG WITH. YOU CAN TELL HE’S REALLY COMFORT HERE. SO MUCH SO THAT HE’S GIVEN HIS COACH A NEW NICKNAME, TACO. AND RICK TOCHET SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW WHY IT’S TACO. THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, DURING PRACTICE HE STARTED HEARING TACO. >> Jim: I DON’T KNOW IF THE HEAD COACH LIKES THAT NICKNAME. >> Brian: IF IT’S A BAD DAY I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY IT. >> Jim: YEAH, MAKE SURE IT’S, BUT TREVOR ZEGRAS HAS A VERY GOOD PENALTY. THERE’S MICHKOV. AND WILL FLOAT ONE OUT TO CENTER. CHECKED THERE BUT TIPPETT WILL HOIST IT INTO THE ISLANDERS ZONE. AND THEN IN THE CORNER AND LEE REALIZING HIS MISTAKE IS DILIGENT TO MOVE THAT BACK TO TSYPLAKOV. PHILADELPHIA LINE BUT OUTSIDE WAS LEE SO THE WHISTLE STOPS. >> Brian: AS WE LOOK AT TREVOR ZEGRAS. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THINGS WENT SIDEWAYS FOR HIM IN ANAHEIM. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HE WASN’T HEALTHY IN ANAHEIM. NEW COACH CAME IN AND YOU KNOW THEY DRAFTED MORE CENTERS AND IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIM. HE GETS A FRESH START HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. THIS TO ME IS A PERFECT SITUATION. THEY NEED TALENT. HE BRINGS ALL THAT. PLUS HE’S GOT PENALTY. I EXPECT HIM TO GET COMFORTABLE RIGHT AWAY AND REALLY SHOW WHAT HE DID IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS IN THE NHL. THAT’S A HIGH SKILL LEVEL. AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS NOT ONLY ON THE POWER PLAY BUT ALSO FIVE ON FIVE. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ZEGRAS HERE. >> Jim: LAST YEAR, 57 GAMES, THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, HE HAD KNEE SURGERY AND PLAYED ONLY, 31 GAMES. SO REALLY PLAYED WHAT? ONE FULL SEASON PRETTY MUCH OVER THE LAST TWO. >> Brian: AND HIS FIRST TWO YEARS, HIS FIRST YEAR, 61 POINTS. REALLY NOT HIS FIRST FULL YEAR BUT HIS SECOND YEAR: THEN 65 POINTS THE NEXT YEAR. AND THIS IS ON TEAMS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, NOT VERY GOOD IN ANAHEIM RIGHT. THAT HE FACED SOME TOUGH MATCH UPS YET WAS ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO PRODUCE. BUT I THINK THE ADVERSITY HE’S FACED EARLY ON IN HIS CAREER IS GOING TO SERVE HIM WELL. IT’S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. I THINK THE PERFECT COACH TO BE WITH HIM. TO HELP HIM NAVIGATE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HIS CAREER. >> Jim: CERTAINLY WILL HELP THE FLYERS IN THE SHOOT OUT. FORCED TO TRY TO GET THAT PUCK IN THE BLUE. HE’S 13 OF 21 IN HIS CAREER IN SHOOT OUTS AT THAT POINT. IT’S THE BEST PERCENTAGE IN NHL HISTORY. I BELIEVE HE’S TAKEN AT LEAST 20 ATTEMPTS IN THE SHOOT OUT. WITH SAM HERRISON SO GOOD IN SHOOT OUT, I THINK THE FLYERS WILL BE A GOOD SHOOT OUT TEAM. THEY WERE LAST YEAR, 6-3. AND THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT THE. >> Brian: NOT AS MANY TEAMS END UP IN A SHOOT OUT. BUT THE FLYERS SEEMED TO BE IN A LOT OF THEM LAST YEAR. IF YOU HAVE A GUY THAT GETS YOU ON THE BOARD RIGHT AWAY THAT WILL HELP YOU. AND YOU HAVE A GOALIE WHO’S GOOD AT IT. THOSE POINTS ADD UP. >> Jim: AFTER THE PUCK FOR THE ISLANDERS. PICKS IT UP AND PUSHES IT INTO THE ISLANDERS ZONE. PULOCK IS THERE. SHABANOV WILL BOUNCE THAT ONE WIDE OF ERSSON. REACH OF TIPPETT WITH THAT PASS. AND Y, GOR WILL SEND IT INTO CENTER. HERE’S GINNING. SO TEMPTED TO SAY GIINMULA. >> Brian: THEY FORMED INTO ONE PLAYER. >> Jim: PHYSICAL ON HIM. HE’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS GETTING INTO HIS TERRITORY. THE CROSS ICE. HE’S HAMMERED. DUCLEIR BACK AND CENTERS IT UP FRONT. BUT I DON’T THINK THERE’S A BACK AFTER THE PUCK. THE PUCK TO THE OTHER SIDE. DEVORAT TRIED TO GET TO IT. IT DEFLECTS OFF THE SIDE OF THE ISLANDERS NET. DVORAK WILL GET IT BACK. SECOND HALF OF REGULATION TIME IN THIS ONE. RAYFIELD IS UP. THE VETERAN. ACROSS ICE WITH IT. WIDE OPEN IS MAYFIELD. HE WILL BLAST. AND A SAVE BY ERISON OFF WIDE WITH THAT ONE. THAT SHOT BY ROMANOV WITH IT. NOW MCCLAIN. TIPPED AWAY. AND GOT IT UP THE RIGHT WING. CUT OFF BY MCCLAIN TRIES TO POWER THROUGH. WITH THE PUCK IN THEIR SKATES. DUG OUT OF THERE BY, THE FLYERS AND GROBENKEN. IT WILL GO BACK TO THE POINT. SEELER BACK TO DRYSDALE. AND KONECNY, THE SHOT AND HE CORES. GREBENKIN AGAIN, WOUND UP WITH THE SIX. AND THE FLYERS END UP WITH THE GOAL. IT’S 2-1 PHILADELPHIA. >> Brian: GOOD PATIENCE BY THE FLYERS. GREBEN KIN IS A GUY WHO IS ABLE TO HANG ON TO IT. A LITTLE BIT OF A POISE. FLYERS UNTIL THE MIDDLE. DOESN’T ALLOW QUICKLY ON THE FEED FROM SEELER. GOOD POISE BY GREHENKIN. >> Jim: TWO AWAY FROM 200 GOALS OF REGULAR SEASON NHL PLAY. >> Brian: I THINK EVEN IF THEY WERE CHECKING THAT, FOR GOAL TENDER INTERFERENCE THAT G ROBENKOV WAS OUTSIDE. ANDERS LEE THE CAPTAIN FROM THE SLOT BEATING ERSSON. AND SO, JUST 15 SECONDS AFTER KONECNY HAD GIVEN THE FLYERS THE LEAD, THE CAPTAIN TIES IT UP. >> Brian: ABLE TO WIN THE PUCK IN THE CORNER. LEADS IN A GOOD SPOT, PERHAPS A SCREEN BY ONE OF THE ISLANDERS WHO COMES THROUGH PULOCK. THAT DOESN’T ALLOW ERSSON TO SEE IT. IT SEEMS TO ME ERSSON WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING UP HIGH. BUT LEE ABLE TO SLIP IT THROUGH THE FIVE HOLE AND TIE THIS ONE UP. >> Jim: THOSE ARE THE KIND OF HOLES YOU WILL HAVE TO AVOID WHEN THE GAMES START COUNTING. THEY’RE BACK BREAKERS. CIZIKAS THE SHOT. ONE HANDED AHEAD BUT RIGHT THERE IS LEE TO SEND IT BACK DEEP INTO THE PHILADELPHIA ZONE. LEE FOR BARZAL. ONE HANDED, DENIED GOAL. AND THE SAVE MADE BY ERSSON. AND WE HAVE LEE POSSESSED. GOT IT OUT IN FRONT. SCHAEFER COMES IN. WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE SKATES LINE. HE LIFTS IT UP TO CENTER. AND NOW SCHAEFER WILL GET IT TO THE. HERE’S TIPPETT. IT WAS BLOCKED OFF. TIPPETT DIGS IT OUT. SHUFFLE SHUFFLEBOARDS IT AHEAD. GINNING OVER THERE WITH ZAMULA. DROPS IT BACK. THIS WAY, HE’S GOT ROMONOZ. NOW BACK OFF TO ROMANOV. NOW THE SHOT OF — SHOT THERE DEFLECTED. THE SAVE MADE BY ERSSON. LEADS TO AN ISLANDER POWER PLAY. GOALS AT EACH >> Brian: ALL TIED UP AT TWO HERE AT XFINITY MOBILE ARENA. THE FLYERS FACED OFF AGAINST THE PANTHERRED ON OCTOBER 15th. ALL FANS GET A FLYERS HOME OPENER T-SHIRT. THE THIRD PENALTY OF THE HOCKEY GAME FOR THE FLYERS. AS ZAMULA GETS TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER FOR HOOKING. AND THE ISLANDERS ONE FOR TWO IN THE POWER PLAY GO TO WORK. >> Jim: THE FLYERS PENALTY KILL IS GETTING WORK HERE TONIGHT. HERE’S HATHAWAY. STOPPED BY SCHAEFER. LEE WILL DUMP IT BACK. AND THE ISLANDERS WILL GET SET UP. HEINEMAN BACK TO SCHAEFER. AND THE 18-YEAR-OLD TO CENTER WITH IT. PLAYS IT UNDER WING. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM LAST SEASON. THE ISLANDERS WITH THE STRUGGLES AS WE MENTIONED IN THE POWER PLAY. IT’S DVORAK AGAIN. HI WAS FULL BY SOMEHOW AN TO GET A BODY PART ON IT OR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AT LEAST AND KEPT IT OUT. HERE’S BARZAL THE OTHER WAY. AND THEY GET SET UP QUICKLY AS SCHAEFER WILL TAP IT BACK TO BARZAL. NOW LEE. BARZAL AGAIN. FLYERS SITTING BACK A BIT MORE HERE. IT’S AN ATTEMPT TO GET IT TO THE MIDDLE DEFLECTED BY GINNING. HE HOPES THE PUCK THERE, BARZAL TO IT. NOW HE WILL FLIP IT. IT’S BASICALLY PLACED TO HEINEMAN. DUCLAIR WELL TRAVELED WITH THE ISLANDERS. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE ISLANDERS, KONECNY. AS HE WAS BACK, 23 SECONDS LEFT ON THE POWER PLAY. KONECNY ON A LATE SHIFT. NOT A LOT OF GAS IN THE TANK THERE. >> Brian: A GOOD READ, A GOOD JUMP AND LED TO A TURNOVER. >> Jim: RICHIE INTO THE PHILADELPHIA ZONE. OFF FOR SHABAT OFF. TO BOQUIST. FLYERS BACK TO FULL STRENGTH -FPT OUT OF THE BOX IS ZAMULA AND HE WILL, GET IT TO THE LINE. AND MAYBE JUST OUT. THE PUCK STIPES AHEAD TO FOERSTER. HE WILL TURN 25 SHORTLY. THAT PUCK TO CENTER: HERE IS CAM YORK FOR PHILADELPHIA. NOW DRYSDALE. BIG SEASON FOR JAMIE DRYSDALE ON HIS LAST YEAR FOR THE FLYERS. NOW ROMANOV THE SHOT. THAT DOES NOT GET THROUGH AS ERSSON WAS THERE. A 2-2 HOCKEY GAME. TIPPETT TAKES A SPILL. THE PUCK GOES TO THE CORNER AND NOW IT’S CIZIKAS. LONG TIME ISLANDERS, NOW 34 YEARS OF AGE. OPTED BACK AND WILL ISLANDERS WILL MOVE IT AHEAD. DROPPING IT FOR MCCLAIN. ERSSON WENT OFF A FLYER AND ERSON REACTED WELL. NOW THE ISLANDERS WILL CHANGE SO SOME TIME FOR DRYSDALE. OFF KONECNY AND INTO YORK’S ZONE. AN ARM UP AND FLASHING CALL INDICATED. WE WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT, WHEN WE COME BACK. >> Brian: TWO SECOND PERIOD GOALS FOR THE ISLANDERS. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS, EXCUSE ME DOWNLOAD THE NEW PHILADELPHIA FLYERS APP. THE ONLY PLACE TO MANAGE YOUR TICKETS. GET THE LATEST NEWS AND GET THE LATEST NEWS ON SPECIAL OFFERS. GET THE FLYER APP AT THE APP STORE. >> Jim: THERE SITS MCCLAIN. POWER PLAY FOR THE FLYERS. THE NUMBERS AREN’T ALL THAT GOOD. 6 FOR 20 BUT IT’S LOOKED BETTER — SIX FOR 20, BUT IT’S LOOKED BETTER. YOU WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE. SIE TPW-RBGS RES HAS WORKED ON. AND CONSULTED ON. GOOD GUY TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE FROM. FLYERS REACH OUT TO RECOVER THAT PICKS IT FROM KONECNY. MICHKOV AHEAD. KONECNY TIPS IT. OWEN WILL DROP IT BACK TO KONECNY. THE FLYERS LOOKING TO GET ORGANIZED. THREE MINUTES TO GO IN THE PERIOD. HERE IS ZEGRAS. OFF OF DRYSDALE TURN OVER WATCH OUT. HE WILL WAIT, HE WILL GIVE IT TO PELECH AND HE WILL SCORE. SO PELECH WITH A SHORTHANDED TALLY. SO IT’S 3-2 ISLANDERS. >> Brian: FLYERS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ORGANIZED AND GETTING OUT OF THEIR OWN ZONE THROUGH THE NEUTRAL ZONE. AND PAST IT TO DRYSDALE HAS A HANDLE AND JUST CHIP IT. CHIP IT OFF THE WALL. GET IT IN AND ALLOW THE PHRAOáEUERS — FLYERS TO GET IT IN. NOT EASY FOR A GOAL TENDER TO GET IT TO THE GOAL TENDER. AS HE GETS IT TO PELECH. >> Jim: WHATEVER YOU CAN DO I CAN DO BETTER I GUESS. I CAN DROP IT BACK TO A DEFENSEMAN FOR A SHORTHANDED GOAL TOO. WASN’T AS FANCY AS DVORAK. THROUGH SOME TRAFFIC UP FRONT. NOW THE FLYERS WILL TRY TO RECOVER THE PUTT. NOW FOERSTER, DOWN THE SIDE OF THE WALL. 55 SECONDS REMAIN IN THE POWER PLAY. THE ISLANDERS HAVE THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THIS GAME. AS YORK DROPS TO BRINK AND QUICKLY TO CATE. OFF OF THE EAST-WEST PASSES. IT IS DEFLECTED BACK. HE’S LOOKING TO GO CROSS SIDE. GOT IT. YORK, AND HE SCORES. SLAM DUNK. POWER PLAY GOAL FOR NOAH CATE S AND WE’RE TIED. >> Brian: NOT ABLE TO GET A FULL ICE CLEAR. AND FLYERS ABLE TO RETRIEVE IT. AND GET TO WORK. HERE IS COUTURIER ABLE TO GET IT TO THE WEAK SIDE OF THE ICE. JUST A STRONG PLAY TO ESCAPE PELECH ON THE FAR SIDE. ONCE HE DOES THAT IT OPENS UP THE REST OF THE ICE. AND FOERSTER. TO ME IT ALL STARTS WITH COUTURIER’S PLAY OUT FROM THE BLUE LINE. HE DRAWS UP PELECH TO IT. IS ABLE TO PROTECT IT. THEN THAT OPENS UP THE ICE FOR FOERSTER AND THE FLYERS ARE ABLE TO PUT IT AWAY FOR A POWER PLAY GOAL. >> Jim: THIS AN INTERESTING TOPIC. DO YOU PLAY THAT LINE AS A LINE ON THE POWER PLAY? THE SECOND UNIT PROBABLY. KNOCKED DOWN. WHY NOT. THEY’RE GOOD AT EVEN STRENGTH. PROBABLY BE GOOD AT THE POWER PLAY TOO, RIGHT. >> Brian: YEAH, YOU WOULDN’T. TYPICALLY THINK OF CATES AS YOUR POWER PLAY GUY. BUT LISTEN, THE CONFIDENCE THAT HE PLAYED WITH LAST YEAR AND HOW HE GREW INTO IT. WHY NOT? WHY NOT GIVE IT A SHOT. >> Jim: TRYING TO SCREEN DEBOER OUT THERE. 1:20 TO GO HERE IN THIS SECOND PERIOD. THE WITH THREE NOW. FIVE GOALS HERE IN THE SECOND PERIOD. ROMANOV. GOT A PIECE OF IT. NOW SCHAEFER. HE WAS REALLY WELCOMED TO THE NHL BY DELORAINE. >> Brian: YEAH HE STARED HIM OFF AFTER TWO. >> Jim: HE WILL PURSUE WITH MAYFIELD. MAYFIELD GOT THERE. JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF KONECNY. SCHAEFER BACK, AND NOW MAYFIELD WILL BANK IT OUT TO CENTER. HAS A BOUNCING PUCK TO DEAL WITH. AND WILL NAVIGATE IT AWAY FROM HINEMAN. BACK TO HOLMSTROM. ALL THE WAY AROUND BEHIND. BACK OUT, PELECH. RIGHT SIDE PAGEOUT. WAIT, HOLDS, REBOUND RIGHT IN FRONT. ANOTHER SAVE AND A REBOUND. AND IT BOUNCES BACK TO PULOCK. WE END THE SECOND PERIOD IN A 3- 3 TIE. >> Brian: AND THE ISLANDERS WITH A STRONG SECOND PERIOD AS FAR AS PLAYING IN THE OFFENSIVE ZONE. PULOCK WAS AROUND IT ALL PERIOD LONG. GETS THAT INITIAL SHOT THROUGH. HERE’S HIS TEAMMATE TO PICK IT UP LATE. AND TIME RAN OUT AS PULOCK HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY BUT A COUPLE OF NICE SAVES THERE. FIRST ON PULOCH. ALL TIED UP AFTER 40 MINUTES. >> Jim: TONIGHT’S SECOND PERIOD BETWEEN THE FLYERS AND ISLANDERS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY, THE PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY. PLAY TO WIN WITH THE P.A. LOTTERY. VISIT P.A. LOTTERY.COM OR DOWNLOAD THE APP TODAY. PLAYERS MUST BE 18 OR OLDER. PLEASE PAY RESPONSIBLY. AND WE’LL TALK TO TRAVIS KONECNY SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. THAT AND MORE CO >> Jim: TONIGHT’S THIRD PERIOD ON NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA BROUGHT TO YOU BY GMC. VISIT YOUR TRI STATE GMC DEALERS. PRESEASON GAME SIX FOR THE FLYER. >> Brian: LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOYOTA CAMRY TURNING POINT OF THE GAME. IT CAME IN IN THE SECOND PERIOD. GREAT JOB BY COUTURIER. COUTURIER DOESN’T GET AN ASSIST BUT HE STARTED IT. THAT TIES THE GAME AT THREE. THAT IS OUR TOYOTA CAMRY TURNING POINT OF THE GAME. >> Jim: MAYBE ANOTHER TURNING POINT OR TWO IN THIS ONE. 3-3 GAME. FLYERS TRYING TO LEVEL THEIR RECORD AT 3-3 IN THE PRESEASON. THOSE OF YOU WHO WORRY ABOUT THAT, I DON’T THINK THE COACHES WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT ONE LOSS RECORD IN THE PRESEASON. YORK RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF HIS OWN NET. IT WAS A TURNOVER. AND LEE JAMMED AWAY AT THAT PUCK -PL AND IT WAS KNOCKED TO THE SIDE. BACK OUT, BOQUIST. STARTS THE FLYERS BACK THE PASS TO BRINK. HE WILL SWING IT DEEP INTO THE ISLANDERS ZONE. THE PUCK ROLLS FREE, AND THERE IS LEE AGAIN. ACROSS TO TSYPLAKOV. LET’S LOOK AT THE EVENING FOR TRAVIS KONECNY, ONE GOAL, ONE SHOT, ONE HIT, ONE BLOCK IN 11:36 OF ICE TIME. KONECNY, TRAVIS SANHEIM WERE VERY LOCAL LAST YEAR IN THE POSTSEASON BREAK UP DAY. ABOUT HEY, IT’S TIME FOR US TO TAKE MORE STEPS IN TERMS OF MAYBE GETTING TO THE PLAY OFFS. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY’RE GETTING TO THEIR LATE 20s NOW. AND THEY HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE PLAY OFFS NOW IN FIVE YEARS SO THEY WANT TO GET BACK THERE. BUT AGAIN, THE ORGANIZATION, IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING PROGRESS. SEEING WHO IS PART OF THE REBUILDING TO MOVE FORWARD. AS DANNY SAID, IT’S THE REBUILD PART. THE FLYERS ARE IN THE RACE COME TRADE DEADLINE I DON’T THINK YOU WILL SEE THE FLYERS TRADING OFF PLAYERS THE WAY THEY DID LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AS WELL. IF THEY’RE OUT OF THE PLAY OFF RACE, THEY OF COURSE WILL ADD. >> Brian: THE PLAYERS DETERMINE THAT. YEAH. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE GUYS ARE SAYING. I MEAN IT’S FRUSTRATING TO BE LOOKING AT GOING TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL THE TIME. RIGHT. YOU WANT TO BE PLAYING IN THE PLAY OFFS AND BUT AT THE SAME TIME, DANNY BRIERE KNOWS THAT IT’S NOT ABOUT JUST GETTING IN. IT’S ABOUT HAVING GETTING IN AND HAVING SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS YEAR AFTER YEAR. THAT’S THE GOAL, THE LONG TERM GOAL OF MANAGEMENT BUT ALSO HEARING THE PLAYERS. DANNY IS THE NEXT PLAYER HE GETS IT. HE UNDERSTANDS THE FRUSTRATION. THEY TRY TO WORK IN CONCERT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS ONE WHERE THEY GET IN AND STAY IN FOR A LONG TIME. >> Jim: DANNY BRIERE WAS A PLAYER WITH THE FLYERS BACK WHEN THAT WAS THE CASE. FLYERS WERE REGULAR PLAY OFF PARTICIPANTS AND NOT JUST ONE AND DONE. THEY WERE MAKING RUNS. ACCORDING TO THE FINALS OF 2010. THEN THE FLYERS SET AN NHL RECORD FOR MAKING THE PLAY OFFS AND MISSING THE PLAY OFFS IN CONSECUTIVE, 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF IN AND OUT. THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY’RE BUILDING FOR HERE. THEY’RE BUILDING FOR CONSISTENTLY IN THE PLAY OFFS. THAT SHOT BY BOQVIST KNOTTED WIDE. AND IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, REALLY ONLY ONE CUT THE FLYERS HAVE TO MAKE. DVORAK A LITTLE TOO DEEP. THE FLYERS DOWN IN 24 HEALTHY BODIES. YOU CAN CARRY 23 AS OF MONDAY. TURN OVER AND A QUICK SHOT THERE WENT WIDE FROM BOBBY BRINK. NOT SURE IF SOROKIN GOT A PIECE OF THAT OR NOT. SO REALLY THE FLYERS COULD MAKE ONE MOVE TO CARRY 23 OR THEY COULD CARRY 22. >> Brian: THE INJURY TO RISTOLAINEN GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. YOU CAN KEEP A DEFENSEMAN AROUND OR KEEP THE GOAL OF KEEPING LUCHANKO. >> Jim: AND LUCHANKO’S SITUATION, IF HE DOES NOT MAKE IT THIS YEAR, HE CANNOT PLAY NEXT YEAR. >> Brian: IT’S A BIT OF GAP YEAR HERE FOR HIM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANT YOUNG PLAYERS PLAYING LOTS, GETTING A LOT OF TOUCHES. TO ME THAT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN PLAYING 12 MINUTES A GAME. YOU JUST CAN’T GET THOSE, THOSE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU CAN BE A GO TO GUY LIKE THAT AND DEVELOP. YOU JUST DON’T GET IT BACK. THERE’S NO OTHER LEAGUE YOU CAN DO IT IN. SO IF YOU CAN GO DO IT IN JUNIOR. BUT GIVE HIM THE TIME HERE. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP HIM HERE IF A WHILE. WHO KNOWS IF THERE’S INJURIES THINGS CAN CHANGE. BUT THAT MIND THINKING EARLY ON WITH LUCHANKO. HE’S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME NHLER. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE LONG LENS. >> Jim: HERE’S SANHEIM TO KONECNY AS THE FLYERS TRY TO APPLY SOME PRESSURE TO GET THE LEAD BACK. YOU KIND OF FORGET THAT JET JUST TURNED 19. STILL A VERY YOUNG PLAYER. BOBBY BRINK, BRINK ESCAPES THE CHECKING. INTO THE SLIDE TRYING TO CUT TO THE MIDDLE WAS WAS YORK. NOW YORK WILL JUST WIND IT BACK IN AS THE FLYERS BEGIN TO CHANGE. LUCHENKO COMING OFF HIS LAST GAME. NOTICED HIS SPEED. >> Brian: TOCHET TALKED ABOUT HIM WANTING TO BE A MORE SHOT FIRST GUY. IT IS TOUGH WHEN YOU’RE A YOUNG PLAYER. YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE MAKING YOUR LINE MEN HAPPY. >> Jim: BATTED AWAY BY SOROKIN DESPITE THE SCREEN OF BRINKS NOW. GOING ACROSS, GETTING THE SHOT AND THE SAVE MADE. THE GOAL TENDER BREAKS. SEGRES GETS IT BACK. BRINK GETS THERE AHEAD OF WALKS IN FRONT AND JUST LOST CONTROL AS HE WAS READY TO TAKE THE SHOT. AND OUT TO GINNING AGAIN. OFF TO ZEGRAS. GINNING. >> Brian: SAYING THAT PUCK CAME OUT. >> Jim: JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY ON THE CALL. THEY THOUGHT HE GOT AWAY WITH IT BUT HE DID NOT. SO A FACE OFF AT CENTER ICE. TIME TO COUNT DOWN. THE FLYERS STARTING THE REGULAR SEASON A WEEK FROM NOW IN SUNRISE FLORIDA. WHERE THE CUP WAS WON. AGAINST THOSE PANTHERS. THEY’LL SEE THE PANTHERS TWICE. THE PRESIDENT’S TROPHY WINNING JETS AND THE HURRICANES IN THEIR FIRST FEW GAMES. >> Brian: THOSE GAMES WILL BE TESTS. >> Jim: THEY WILL BE TESTS. >> Brian: I DO LIKE THE NEXT FEW HOME GAMES. >> Jim: THERE’S JUST ONE MORE ROAD GAME I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER IN OTTAWA. FLYERS WILL BE LARGELY AT HOME THROUGH, OFF TO A GOOD START FOR THE SEASON. WE’LL SEE. DESLAURIERS. >> Brian: HAVEN’T SEEN RICHIE FOR A WHILE. I DON’T THINK HE’S ON THE BENCH. >> Jim: THAT’S THE LAST THING, IF THERE’S ONE OBJECTIVE IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF PRESEASON GAMES FOR BOTH COACHES IS THAT. EVERYBODY STAY HEALTHY. MAYFIELD WILL SEND IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND TAKEN BY SCHAFER. HATHAWAY IS NOT A GUY THAT LOOKS LIKE A ROOKIE. >> Brian: MAKE HIM FEEL WELCOME RIGHT. >> Jim: PROPER WELCOME TO THE NHL. IN ACROSS THE LINE. SWINGS WIDE. THREW IT TO THE MIDDLE. S EASES HIS WAY IN TO LEE. ALL THE WAY BACK TO TSYPLAKOV. NOW THE >> TIED GAME HERE THIRD PERIOD. AND GETTING READY FOR FLYERS REGULAR SEASON. AND I KNOW GRITTY IS GETTING READY FOR THE REGULAR SEASON. HE’S ALWAYS READY. AND I KNOW YOU TALKED TO RICK TOCHET. A FUNNY STORY ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW THE FLYERS PLAYERS. >> DELORI I LIKE DELORI. HE COMES FLYING BY. SCARED OF COMING IN. LIKE THERE’S A COACH IN THE HOT TUB. I WOULD RATHER THEM COME AND SAY GET OUT. >> IT’S FOR US. >> ANY WAY. >> COACH TOCHET DEFINITELY GETTING ALONG WITH HIS PLAYERS. WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO HIM IN THE PREGAME, YOU CAN SEE IT ON NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA YOU TUBE CHANNEL. J.J. SEND IT BACK OVER TO YOU. >> Jim: BE HONEST NOW, WHO’S MORE FUN TO TALK TO GRITTY OR TOCH. >> GRITTY DOESN’T REALLY TALK. HE’S FUN TO BE AROUND. >> I WOULD RATHER HANG OUT WITH GRITTY – THAT’S THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR BUT ASHLEY TOO POLITE TO DO THAT. PREGAME LIVE. KONECNY BACK DOWN. TRYING TO BANK THAT BACK THROUGH TO COUTURIER. BUT THE ISLANDERS KNOCK IT DOWN AS IT WILL SLIDE OUT TO CENTER ICE. BOTH TEAMS CHANGING HERE AS THE ISLANDERS ARE BACK FOR THE PUCK. ADD DAM BOQVIST GOT THAT STICK OUT INTO THE PHILADELPHIA ZONE. STEELER BACK. TO CENTER ICE FOR TY SON. OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE FOR CATES. WILL TURN BACK WITH IT. HE’S BODIED BY HOLM BUT FORCED IT THREE. HERE’S SEELER WITH THE POINT. TO MCCLAIN. TURNS AWAY FROM HIM WITH THE PUCK. WRAPPED AROUND. BUT IT DID NOT GO. SEELER IS GOOD FOR KIND OF FIT TOWARD THE NET. ONCE IN A WHILE. >> Brian: CATES WIND THE PUCK. NO I HAVE TO TAKE THIS AND JAM IT. ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> Jim: BORAK WITH THE PUCK. MAKES IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. BREAK, IN FRONT FOR DEBORAK. THAT WAS KNOCKED DOWN. STILL DOING A GOOD JOB PWHRAOEUPBD THE NET. BUMPED BY ZAMULA. MAYFIELD TO THE PUCK. NOW MAYFIELD, ANOTHER LONG TIME ISLANDER. HIS TENTH YEAR. WILL MOVE THE PUCK TO BARZAL. AROUND A COUPLE OF FLYERS BUT BACK BY MOORE. >> Brian: EXPERIENCE PHRAOáEUERS HOCKEY LIKE NEVER BEFORE. ENJOY THE GUIDELINES AND ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE EVENTS AND MORE. TEXT CLUB TO 26251 TO ELEVATE YOUR GAME. AN OPPORTUNITY HERE THE WORK BY SEELER GETS PAST McCLAIN. SEELER WANTED IT AND SAID, NO I’M TAKING IT TO THE NET. SOME GOOD WORK DOWN LOW BY CATES AND COMPANY. >> Jim: NOT SURE IF IT WAS INTENDED BUT POSTGAME, CATES COULD SAY, I’M NOT SURE IF YOU WANTED IT. >> Brian: OFF HIS SKATES, YEAH. >> Jim: FROM MICHKOV, HE WILL ALLOW ONE TOWARD CENTER. SIEGRES IS RIGHT THERE TO TUCK IT RIGHT BACK INTO THE ISLANDERS ZONE. AND NOW THE STRETCH BACK TO THE ISLANDERS FROM HOMSTROM. FLYERS HAVE THE PUCK. SANHEIMUP AHEAD FOR TIPPETT. GOES BACK AFTER IT WITH PULOCK. RIGHT BACK TO MICHKOV. AND NOW IT’S SIEGRES AGAIN. TO THE POINT YORK. YORK. TO SANHEIM. SANHEIM WILL BRING IT BACK TO ZEGRAS. ONLY TO BE MET BY TSYPLAKOV. ONE OF THE BETTER DEFENSEMEN IN THE NHL. >> Brian: YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LINE, OR ZEGRAS IS A LITTLE TIRED. THEY’VE MADE SOME PLAYS ALONG THE WALL AND IN THE CORNERS. >> Jim: HERE’S KONECNY DROPPING IT OFF FOR DRYSDALE. CLEARED OUT BY BOQVIST. CIZIKAS AT CENTER. HE WILL PLAY IT TO BOQVIST, DELIVERS IT TO LEE. TO ROMANOV. TO IT IT’S POKED. HOLDING, WAITING BY TRYING TO GET BACK AS THE ISLANDERS CHANGE. THEY FEEL SHOCK BLOCKED. WHIPPED >> Jim: FLYERS HOCKEY AT NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOYOTA. WITH AVAILABLE ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THAT’S MORE THAN ANY OTHER BRAND: FIND YOURS AT TOYOTA.COM, TOYOTA, LET’S GO PLACES. BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF PHILADELPHIA, THIS 3-3 GAME. THE GUYS BREAK DOWN THE FINAL POSITION BATTLES AS THE OPENING NIGHT ROSTER TAKES SHAPE. FOLLOW YOUR TEAM ALL SEASON LONG WITH JOE AND JORDAN ON THEIR FLYERS TALK PODCAST. IT’S THE SHOT THAT DEFLECTS UP FRONT. HEINEMAN WAS THERE BUT COULD NOT GET IT TOWARD THE NET. 8-1/2 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE THIRD PERIOD OF THIS GAME. FLYERS BOTH OF THEIR WINS IN THE PRESEASON HAVE BEEN WITH EXTRA TIME. IN FACT, THEY BOTH BEEN SHOOT OUT WINS. I TOLD YOU THEY WOULD BE BETTER IN SHOOT OUTS. I’M NOT SO SURE THEY WANT TO SEE ANOTHER SHOOT OUT HERE. ERSSON SHOT THAT ONE OUT. >> Brian: THAT’S PRETTY EASY. YOU MIGHT AS WELL PRACTICE IT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE HOW MANY DO HAVE? IT WASN’T LIKE NOBODY WAS SCORING. I THINK MOST THESE, AT LEAST TWO OF THEM FLYERS GOT THE LAST ONE FOR THE WIN. MIGHT HAVE BEEN THREE. EACH OF THEIR PLAYERS SCORING. HERE’S COUTURIER AHEAD. SANHEIM TWIRLS IT DOWN LOW. KONECNY GOT IT BACK TO YORK. AND BACK INTO THE MIDDLE FROM SANHEIM WAS OFF THE MARK. RETAKEN. HERE IS KONECNY ON TO YORK. SAVED ON THE SHOT. SLIPPED AWAY FROM COUTURIER. LEANS INTO ONE WIDE. BOUNCES FREE. SANHEIM IS OVER THERE AGAIN. THAT CUT OFF BY ROMANOV AND DID IT AGAIN. IN CENTER. PLAYED IN BY PELECH. CHECKED IN BEHIND. BUT HOLMSTROM STILL ABLE TO PLAY THAT IN. STILL TRYING TO KEEP IT FREE AND THEY GET IT TO HATHAWAY. HATHAWAY TURNED BACK BY HTSYPLAKOV. AND THAT ONE SEEN ALL THE WAY BY SOROKIN. >> Brian: SCORE THE ARTIST PASS AND THE OKTOBERFEST T- SHIRT BY ARTISTS COLLECTIVE. THE KIDS LOVE GRITTY DON’T THEY. >> Jim: THEY CERTAINLY DO. MAYBE MORE THAN ASHLAND APPARENTLY. >> Brian: THAT’S FOR SURE. >> Jim: ASHLAND WAS HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH GRITTY WITH GREAT TREPIDATION. WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO NEXT. >> Brian: PLEASE GET THAT FINGER OUT OF MY EAR. >> Jim: HERE IS DRYSDALE AHEAD. HE HAS TREVOR ZEGRAS. TURNING WITH IT. PROTECTING THAT PUCK WET. BACK OUT ZEGRAS. ALL HE COULD DO IS TAKE THAT OUT OF THE NET. HE DEFENDS WIDE. FOR ZEGRAS. NOW BACK TO MICHKOV. ALL KINDS OF ROOM, FIRES. GOT BACK FROM TIPPET BUT COULD NOT GET MUCH OFF THE SHOT. BATTLE FOR IT AGAIN. MICHKOV DEPOSITED OFF THE ICE. GET BACK ON THE ICE BY TIPPETT. PREFIRES IT CHANGE. THEY WILL TAKE ONE. >> Brian: AND NICE PLAYS BY TIPPET. DRYSDALE DOING A GOOD JOB. >> Jim: THIS WILL NOT BE ICING. IT WAS DEFLECTED. TIPPETT HAS SO MUCH SKILL. BOUCH, THAT STARTS SHOWING UP WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATS. OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR, HE GETS PLENTY OF SHOTS AND OF COURSE THOSE SHOTS HAVE A LOT ON IT. AND YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS YOU THINK, 30 TO 40 GOALS SCORED BUT. >> Brian: IT’S NOT TO PUT PRESSURE ON A GUY. BUT I MEAN WHEN YOU WATCH HIM, IT’S EASY TO SEE THAT THIS GUY HAS THE CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT. I THINK A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH, WHO HE PLAYS WITH. AND FIGURING OUT HOW HE CAN, PLAY WITH OTHER PLAYERS WHERE THEY GET HIM THE PUCK SO HE CAN DO HIS THING. DOING A LOT OF WORK HE DOES, HE DOES IT ON HIS OWN. >> Jim: OUTSIDE THE CALL. AT THE PHILADELPHIA LINE. LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO GO REGULATION TIME I HAVE TO SAY. TIED WE’RE GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE. AND >> Brian: THE RAV4 MINUTES TO PLAY, IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOYOTA. TOYOTA, LET’S GO FLYERS. >> Jim: THE TONES, BRIAN BOUCHER. FLYERS FANS STREAM YOUR TEAM ALL SEASON LONG SO YOU CAN HEAR BRIAN BOU CH ER WHEN YOU’RE ON THE GO. >> Brian: IT’S ALL ABOUT CONSISTENCY YEAR AFTER YEAR. >> Jim: IT IS. HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER. >> Brian: WENT TO THE SHORE, WENT BACK HOME TO RHODE ISLAND. PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF. A LOT OF BEACH TIME. >> Jim: YOU TOLD ME YOU FIGURED YOUR GOLF GAME OUT, RIGHT. >> Brian: YEAH I DID. STARTING TO HIT DOWN ON IT. REALLY COMPRESSING THE GOLF BALL. I LIKE IT. >> Jim: BE WARE, JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU GOT THAT GAME FIGURED OUT. >> Brian: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. >> Jim: IT COMES BACK AND BITES YOU. ARE YOU JOINING THE JUNIOR TOUR. >> Brian: NO I’M JUST TALKING ABOUT WINNING SOME MATCHES. >> Jim: OH YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE SOME PROFIT. AND YOU CAN SHOOT THE BALL. FLYERS CUP GATHERING AHEAD IN SEPTEMBER TO PLAY GOLF. HERE’S HOLMSTROM. I’M ROOTING FOR YOU. >> Brian: I POSTALL MY SCORES. >> Jim: OH LOOK OUT. ALMOST TO HOLMSTROM. P AS WE ENTER THE RAV4 MINUTES TO GO. AND ROMANOV’S SHOT STOPPED. WILL GET IT OUT TO THE NEUTRAL ZONE. GET RIGHT BACK IN BY THE ISLANDERS. THEY’VE OUTSHOT THE FLYERS 26- 20 FOR THE GAME. NO SCORING HERE IN THE SECOND AFTER — IN THE THIRD I SHOULD SAY AFTER FIVE GOALS WERE SCORED IN THE SECOND PERIOD. DRYSDALE STARTING UP. WING TIP IT. HE’LL BANK IT IN. GO AFTER IT WITH SCHAEFER. SCHAEFER COULDN’T CONTROL IT. WHEN IT WAS BLOCKED, MICHKOV GOT IT BACK TO. THEY DO CLEAR IT AHEAD AND THEY FIND ANTHONY DUCLAIR WITH 2:54 TO GO THE ISLANDERS TAKE A 4-3 LEAD. >> Brian: AND THIS IS THE, THE CONUNDRUM THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU PUT OFFENSIVE PLAYERS TOGETHER. THIS LINE LOOKS VERY GOOD OFFENSIVELY. THE ZEGRAS LINE. BUT ONE PLAY OUT, AND DRYSDALE GETS CAUGHT. AND MICHKOV NOT ABLE TO COVER FOR HIM. AND THAT LEADS TO A BREAK. CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, WINNING PUCK BATTLES BUT YOU GIVE UP THIS ONE CHANCE AND IT ENDS UP IN THE BACK OF YOUR NET. SO YOU GET, THE GOOD WITH THE NOT SO GOOD AND HEINEMAN ABLE TO GET IT BACK. >> Jim: AND A FINE PASS BY DUCLAIR. HE WAS SIGNED TO A, FREE AGENT DEAL BEFORE LAST SEASON AT JUST SEVEN GOALS AND 11 POINTS. HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME ISSUES. THEY NEED HIM BACK. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR DEPTH OFFENSIVELY. SO THE FLYERS NOW DOWN A GOAL WITH JUST 2-1/2 MINUTES TO GO IN THE THIRD PERIOD. SANHEIM BUT RIGHT THERE IS PULOCK. YORK POPS THIS ONE OUT TO CENTER. AND THE FLYERS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TO CENTER AS THE PUCK GOES BACK. THEY LOOK TO THE BENCH TOO AS WE SKATE TOWARD TWO MINUTES TO GO. SANHEIM LINES UP. AND TURNS THE PUCK, GOES AFTER IT FOR ROMAN O, V — ROMANOV GETS TO IT. DRYSDALE GOES BACK. REVERSES TO SEELER. AND SEELER FOR CATES. NOAH CATES WHO HAS ONE OF THE FLYERS GOALS OFF TO FOERSTER. THERE HE GOES TO THE BENCH. EXTRA ATTACKER ON FOR THE FLYERS. THEY TRY TO TIE THIS BACK UP. AND TRY TO GET THIS TIED FOR A FOURTH TIME. HERE’S BRINK SLUGGING IT INTO THE CORNER. FLYERS GOT IT OUT TO CENTER. IT WILL BOUNCE ALL THE WAY BACK INTO PHILADELPHIA I. ICE. COUTURIER BACK. SEAN COUTURIER. BLASTING IT IN. MOVES IT IN. BLOCKED, BOUNCES BEHIND THE NET. BRINK IN THERE AS WELL. BACK OUT TO YORK. YORK DOWN LOW. OPENING FOR ZEGRAS. HE WENT AFTER IT. YORK KNOCKS IT DOWN. BUT NOW ALL THE WAY DOWN AND OFF THE POST. AND NO ICING AS SANHEIM GOES BACK TO GET THE PUCK. 45 SECONDS TO GO. YORK AHEAD. CONNECTED ACROSS. IT’S KNOCKED DOWN. GETS BACK UP. GOT IT AS FAR AS BARZAL. HE HAS THE EMPTY NET TO FIRE IT. IT’S OFF THE STICK OF DRYSDALE AND WHY. DRYSDALE PROBABLY SAVES THE GAME AND GIVES THE FLYERS ONE MORE CHANCE. KONECNY BACK OUT. 18 SECONDS ZAMULA. TO DRYSDALE. DRYSDALE TO MICHKOV COULDN’T HANG ON. TO THE CORNER. FOERSTER OFF OF IT. ONE LAST CRACK AT IT. BATTED THE POST. AND IT’S ICING. 14 SECOND REMAINING ON THE THIRD PERIOD CLOCK. >> Brian: TRYING TO THINK THE FLYERS WILL UTILIZE A TIME OUT TO GIVE THEIR GUYS A REST. >> Jim: AND THEY HAVE. >> Brian: TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GAME SUMMARY HOW HE GOT HERE SHORTHANDED. DEVORAK. AND THE POWER PLAY. KONECNY MADE IT 2-1 AND THE ANSWER BY ANDERS QUICKLY TO TIE IT UP AT TWO. 2-0. THEN ON THE POWER PLAY, CATES TIDE IT UP AT THREE. AND HERE IN THE THIRD PERIOD, THE FAST BREAK. BEAUTIFUL FEED BY DUCLAIR TO HEINEMAN. >> Jim: THEY’RE KEEPING THE CLOCK AT 3.5 SECOND. THAT’S WHAT THE FLYERS HAVE WORK WITH. AS IT COMES OFF HIGH. FLYERS ARE LOOK FOR ONLY THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE PRESEASON. BOTH WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD. AND NOT ONE AT HOME YET. THE FLYERS HAVE ALSO NOT WON AT HOME YET IN THE PRESEASON. IT’S ONLY THEIR SECOND GAME HERE AT XFINITY MOBILE. COUTURIER AGAINST MCCLAIN ON THE DRAW. GOES TO THE WALL. KONECNY BACK, IT DEFLECTS TO MAYFIELD AND THAT’S IT. THE ISLANDERS ABLE TO OUTLAST THE FLYERS. GET THE LAST GOAL WITH LESS THAN THREE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK. HEINEMAN IS THE GAME WINNER AND THE FINAL IS 4-3. AND THE FLYERS DROP TO 3-4 ON THE SEASON. >> Brian: A LOOK AT OUR CHEVROLET PLAYER OF THE GAME AND IT’S ON THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS SIDE. HEINEMAN ABLE TO SURVIVE SOME TIME IN THEIR OWN ZONE. HEINEMAN WITH THE FINISH. FOREHAND, BACK HOLE. HEINEMAN CAME OVER FROM THE MONTREAL CANADIENS. THE GAME WINNER AND THE ISLANDERS GET OUT OF HERE WITH A VICTORY. >> Jim: FLYERS WRAPPING UP THEIR PRESEASON SLATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS THEY WELCOME THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS TO XFINITY MOBILE ARENA. AGAIN, DIFFERENT START TIME FOR THAT ONE 12:30 OUR COVERAGE. ACTUALLY THE GAME STARTS AT 12:30, COVERAGE STARTING, ACTUALLY COVERAGE IS STARTING AT