The Philadelphia Flyers embark on their 2nd preseason contest of the 2023-24 season, this time on the road against the New York Islanders at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park in New York. After a rough showing last game, they will look to improve and get themselves in the win column.
The lineup tonight will feature a lot of players vying for the final roster spots, AHL players, and a glut of bottom-6 forwards. 12 Lehigh Valley Phantoms – played with them at some point last year – will be in tonight from Samu Tuomaala, Zayde Wisdom, Brendan Furry, Tanner Laczynski, Cooper Marody, Ronnie Attard, Louie Belpedio, Adam Ginning, Emil Andrae, Adam Karashik, Samuel Ersson, and Felix Sandström.
In Sean Couturier’s return to the ice, the Flyers fell to an NHL-heavy lineup in New Jersey. They scored 4 goals in the first 5 minutes and never looked back as they dominated from top to bottom. The Flyers had a few NHLers of their own but for the most part had a lot of inexperienced and young prospects.
Denver Barkey and Oliver Bonk both played in the opener, but were part of the first 5 players cut from the training camp roster, also including Carter Sotheran, Sam Sedley, and Jonathan Fauchon. They weren’t expected to stick around too long, especially with Barkey’s and Bonk’s London Knights kicking off their regular season in short order.
When: 7:00pm ET
Where: UBS Arena, Elmont, NY
PHI Goalie: Felix Sandström (2022-23: 3-12-3, .880 SV%, 3.72 GAA, 0 SO w/Philadelphia, 4-1-2, .911 SV%, 2.39 GAA, 0 SO w/AHL Lehigh Valley)
NYI Goalie: Ilya Sorokin (2022-23: 31-22-7, .924 SV%, 2.34 GAA, 6 SO w/New York)
PHI Projected Lineup
#21 Scott Laughton – #27 Noah Cates – #56 Samu Tuomaala
#44 Nicolas Deslauriers – #25 Ryan Poehling – #19 Garnet Hathaway
#60 Zayde Wisdom – #49 Rhett Gardner – #17 Wade Allison
#91 Brendan Furry – #58 Tanner Laczynski – #20 Cooper Marody
#36 Emil Andrae – #23 Ronnie Attard
#50 Adam Ginning – #37 Louie Belpedio
#98 Victor Mete – #95 Adam Karashik
#32 Felix Sandström
#33 Samuel Ersson
NYI Projected Lineup
#10 Simon Holmström – #14 Bo Horvat – #13 Mathew Barzal
#37 Rushan Ishakov – #46 Karson Kuhlman – #26 Oliver Wahlstrom
#57 Eetu Liukas – #53 Casey Cizikas – #17 Matt Martin
#75 Dmytro Timashov – #51 Brian Pinto – #16 Julien Gauthier
#3 Adam Pelech – #8 Noah Dobson
#7 Dennis Cholowski – #2 Robin Salo
#45 Travis Mitchell – #34 Paul LaDue
#30 Ilya Sorokin
#50 Ken Appleby
News and Notes
– Felix Sandström will start tonight’s contest and play the first period. Samuel Ersson is expected to finish the rest of the game.
– Emil Andrae and Ronnie Attard will quarterback the power play units tonight.
– Travis Konecny returned to practice today and is expected to suit up this week. As for Cam Atkinson, he was spotted in the gym but once again was not on the ice taking reps.
Broadcast Info: TV – PhiladelphiaFlyers.com, Radio – 97.5 The Fanatic
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