Flyers-Islanders: Preseason Game 5 Preview

Kevin Durso

September 21 2018

(Photo: Kate Frese)

By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

For just the second time this preseason, the Flyers will be the home team. The game takes place in PPL Center, home to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, for the fourth annual preseason meeting in Allentown.

The Flyers will face a familiar opponent, the New York Islanders, for the fourth and final time this preseason.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.

The Flyers will send a pretty sizable group of NHL veterans to Allentown. Jake Voracek, James van Riemsdyk, Travis Konecny, Nolan Patrick, Ivan Provorov and Shayne Gostisbehere will all play in Friday's game.

Additionally, a few members from last year's Phantoms team are also confirmed to be playing in the game. Mikhail Vorobyev, Oskar Lindblom and Phil Myers will all play as well.

Michal Neuvirth and Carter Hart were expected to split duties in goal, but Neuvirth left the ice early in the morning skate after speaking with trainers. Anthony Stolarz skated with the non-game group later in the morning, but left the ice early and will travel to Allentown to serve as backup in the event that Neuvirth is unable to play.

Scott Laughton, Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Christian Folin skated as extras during the morning skate.

The line combinations at the morning skate were as follows:

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
25 James van Riemsdyk	19 Nolan Patrick	11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom	46 Mikhail Vorobyev	93 Jake Voracek
12 Michael Raffl	40 Jordan Weal	81 Carsen Twarynski
20 Taylor Leier	15 Jori Lehtera	22 Dale Weise
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
8 Robert Hagg	61 Philippe Myers
3 Radko Gudas	59 Mark Friedman
Goalie
79 Carter Hart	41 Anthony Stolarz

The Islanders will feature a solid mix of veterans and prospects in their lineup. Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Josh Bailey and Nick Leddy headline the veteran group. Prospects Josh Ho-Sang, Michael Dal Colle and Sebastian Aho will also play in the game.

Robin Lehner and Christopher Gibson will be the goalies for Friday's game.

The Islanders lines for Friday's game are as follows:

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
18 Anthony Beauvillier	13 Mathew Barzal	12 Josh Bailey
14 Tom Kuhnhackl	10 Jan Kovar	26 Josh Ho-Sang
21 Michael Dal Colle	51 Valtteri Filppula	47 Leo Komarov
32 Ross Johnston	56 Travis St. Denis	11 Tanner Fritz
Defense
3 Adam Pelech	6 Ryan Pulock
8 Dennis Seidenberg	2 Nick Leddy
28 Sebastian Aho	34 Seth Helgeson
Goalie
40 Robin Lehner	33 Christopher Gibson

Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia+
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

Flyers-Islanders: Preseason Game 5 Preview

Kevin Durso

Kevin Durso

Kevin Durso

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