{"id":538284,"date":"2026-04-03T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:32:56","slug":"metropolitan-division-foes-meet-when-islanders-host-the-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538284\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Division foes meet when Islanders host the Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Philadelphia Flyers (37-26-12, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New York Islanders (42-29-5, in the Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Elmont, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Islanders -148, Flyers +124; over\/under is 6<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers visit the New York Islanders in a matchup within the Metropolitan Division Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">New York has a 14-7-2 record in Metropolitan Division play and a 42-29-5 record overall. The Islanders have a 30-8-3 record in games they score three or more goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Philadelphia has a 37-26-12 record overall and a 9-9-5 record in Metropolitan Division play. The Flyers have a 6-5-8 record in one-goal games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The matchup Friday is the fourth meeting between these teams this season. The Islanders won 4-0 in the previous matchup. Jean-Gabriel Pageau led the Islanders with two goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TOP PERFORMERS: Mathew Barzal has 19 goals and 49 assists for the Islanders. Simon Holmstrom has five goals and one assist over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Travis Konecny has 27 goals and 39 assists for the Flyers. Noah Cates has scored five goals with three assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">LAST 10 GAMES: Islanders: 5-5-0, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.1 assists, 3.1 penalties and 9.3 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flyers: 6-3-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.2 assists, 3.8 penalties and 9.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">INJURIES: Islanders: Alexander Romanov: out (shoulder), Pierre Engvall: out for season (ankle), Simon Holmstrom: day to day (upper body), Tony DeAngelo: out (lower body), Semyon Varlamov: out for season (knee), Kyle Palmieri: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flyers: Rodrigo Abols: out (ankle), Nikita Grebenkin: out (upper body).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers (37-26-12, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New York Islanders (42-29-5, in the Metropolitan Division) Elmont, New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[61722,301,911,5,122,3328,159,5190,5189,4,292,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-538284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-islanders","8":"tag-61722","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-athlete-injuries","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-islanders","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-islanders","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkislanders","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-nhl-hockey","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116340326275304563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}