{"id":538609,"date":"2026-04-03T15:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538609\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:17:15","slug":"flyers-game-76-lines-notes-how-to-watch-islanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538609\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Game 76: Lines, Notes, &#038; How to Watch @ Islanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a fast turnaround for the Philadelphia Flyers (37-26-12) after their Thursday loss, who travel to Long Island to take on the New York Islanders (42-29-5) on Friday at UBS Arena.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s another do-or-die matchup for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers suffered back-to-back losses for the first time since the Olympic break, losing the game before and the first game after. If we\u2019re talking consecutive games, they haven\u2019t lost more than two in a row since their four-game losing streak to end January. Despite that, the Flyers are still 3-2-0 over the last 5, and 6-3\u20131 over the last 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders have also lost back-to-back games. They are 2-3-0 over the last 5 and 5-5-0 over the last 10. The Islanders are currently fighting off the Blue Jackets and Flyers to hold on to the third spot in the Metropolitan. <\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. EST at UBS Arena. Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/flyers-suffer-crushing-loss-for-playoff-hopes-vs-red-wings-on-thursday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flyers Suffer Crushing Loss for Playoff Hopes vs. Red Wings on Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flyers lines &amp; pairs @ Islanders<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Foerster\u2013Trevor Zegras\u2013Owen Tippett<br \/>Travis Konecny\u2013Christian Dvorak\u2013Porter Martone<br \/>Alex Bump\u2013Noah Cates\u2013Matvei Michkov<br \/>Sean Couturier\u2013Luke Glendening\u2013Carl Grundstrom<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Travis Sanheim\u2013Rasmus Ristolainen<br \/>Cam York\u2013Jamie Drysdale<br \/>Nick Seeler\u2013Emil Andrae<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Dan Vladar<br \/>Sam Ersson<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<br \/>PP1:\u00a0Ristolainen, Dvorak, Zegras, Foerster, Konecny<br \/>PP2:\u00a0Drysdale, Cates, Tippett, Martone, Michkov<\/p>\n<p>PK1:\u00a0Cates, Couturier, York, Sanheim<br \/>PK 2: Dvorak, Tippett, Seeler, Ristolainen<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/flyers-postgame-blog-impressive-effort-overshadowed-by-costly-mistakes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flyers Postgame Blog: Impressive Effort Overshadowed by Costly Mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s loss may have avoided the worst-case scenario, but it set up Friday\u2019s game to be a must-win to keep the postseason dream alive. For all intents and purposes, this game is the game in hand on the Blue Jackets, and a chance for the Flyers to get within one point of the third spot in the Metro while holding onto a game in hand on the Islanders. <\/p>\n<p>A win keeps the playoff hope alive, while a loss could be pretty damning. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/preview.htm?id=2025021205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MoneyPuck<\/a>, a regulation loss drops their playoff odds to 5.1%. A regulation win puts the back at 26.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Vladar should be back in goal for the Flyers after Sam Ersson got the start on Thursday. Philly is going to need him to be his best \u2014 the Dan Vladar from earlier this season. <\/p>\n<p>Alex Bump should draw into the lineup, and without a morning skate, I\u2019d expect him to take Denver Barkey\u2019s spot on the third line. Bump had missed the last two games because of the forward surplus, but it\u2019s his turn in the rotation. Tocchet has emphasized that Bump is not being held out because of his play. Rather, it\u2019s the surplus, and it\u2019s hard to take players out when they\u2019re playing well.<\/p>\n<p>Barkey did not have a very good game on Thursday, so I expect him to come out. It wasn\u2019t just him, however. The whole line of him, Noah Cates, and Matvei Michkov struggled on Thursday. Assuming they add Bump, I am looking for them to really have a good game, because they need it.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders allow the 5th fewest goals per game. That\u2019s because Ilya Sorokin is a damn good goalie, but even David Rittich has been great this year. The Flyers will have to be on point on Friday if they want a chance to win.<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch Flyers @ Islanders<\/p>\n<p>TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia+, NHL Network<br \/>Radio: 93.3 WMMR<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. EST at UBS Arena on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/flyers-add-more-firepower-with-tyson-foerster-returning-from-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flyers Add More Firepower With Exciting Winger Returning from Injury<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a fast turnaround for the Philadelphia Flyers (37-26-12) after their Thursday loss, who travel to Long Island&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[36308,17561,54227,5,36214,122,3328,159,5190,5189,4,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-538609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-islanders","8":"tag-flyers-game","9":"tag-flyers-lines","10":"tag-flyers-starting-goalie","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-how-to-watch-flyers-game","13":"tag-islanders","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-islanders","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkislanders","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-philadelphia-flyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116341443640625141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538609","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=538609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}