Blues lost as a dog in Winnipeg, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. I think we had the right side and would win that bet 9 times out of 10. Pavelec was hot as heck and the Blues couldn't capitalize. Moving on. Have a 2u play on the NHL slate for today, as well as a 2u NFL play! Let's make it rain today!
Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Islanders // Jan 22
At center ice The Philadelphia Flyers head to Long Island to take on the New York Islanders in an evening match up. The Flyers (22-19-6) are still very much in the playoff hunt with 51 points this year, whereas the Islanders are trying to get out of the basement.
Flying high
The Flyers are only 8-12-3 on the road this season, but the Islanders have not been a challenging foe for the Flyers in the recent past. The Flyers are 4-0 agains the Islanders in their last four games and three of those wins have come on the road. What’s even more impressive is a larger sample size of success against NYI. The Flyers are 37-6 in their last 43 games against and 24-7 when traveling to New York.
Michal Neuvirth will likely start in nets for the Flyers Sunday and he, like his team, has found success against the Islanders. He is 8-2-1 against them and 5-0 in New York. As an underdog on the road, the Flyers are 8-6 vs. the Islanders. And if Mason starts? well, he's 7-2 vs. the Isles, so same story.
The new New York Islanders The Isles are on a three-game winning streak and have won back-to-back games since firing their former head coach Jack Capuano. They are outscoring their opponents 11-2 in that stretch. Thomas Greiss will get the nod in goals for the Isles on Sunday and has had a good stretch in the last 10 games. He is 6-2-1 with a 1.89 goals against average.
The Isles catch a struggling Flyers team. In the past 15 games, they are 3-9-3 and the Flyers are 0-7-2 in their last nine games on the road.
The Final Breakdown
The Flyers are struggling at the moment and they need a big lift to shift them in the right direction. The Isles are the perfect team to do that for them.