It’s a Wednesday in September and the band is breaking up. In what will be their third and fourth games against the Islanders during camp, the Flyers will split their squad tonight, sending half up to the Barclays Center, with the other making their annual appearance in the Lehigh Valley.
The Flyers have been relatively quiet over the past week, making few cuts to the roster. After Monday’s cuts the roster sits at 55 players.
With Sunday’s game serving to evaluate both the prospects who are closest to earning roster spots and the veterans who remain on the bubble, tonight’s match ups provide the chance to have a look at, well, pretty much everyone. We can expect that all of those whose positions are still in the balance will be working hard to make their case and be noticed, but be sure to look out for defensemen Travis Sanheim and Philippe Myers, who, after making some costly mistakes in Sunday’s game on Long Island, will look to redeem themselves and get back on track.
The Flyers have announced that Nolan Patrick and Shayne Gostisbehere will be sent up to Allentown for the game at the PPL Center. The game in Brooklyn could definitely be considered the “B” team, with only a handful of NHL-bound players on the Flyers roster.
Below are the rosters for both games.
New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers
7 p.m. | PPL Center, Allentown, Pa.
Watch on TCN, listen on 97.5 The Fanatic
FORWARDS
- 15 Jori Lehtera
- 22 Dale Weise
- 24 Matt Read
- 34 Corban Knight
- 36 Colin McDonald
- 54 Oskar Lindblom
- 58 Taylor Leier
- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
- 63 German Rubtsov
- 64 Nolan Patrick
- 75 Pascal Laberge
- 81 Carsen Twarynski/
DEFENSEMEN
- 23 Brandon Manning
- 39 Mark Alt
- 48 Robert Hagg
- 50 Sam Morin
- 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
- 57 Travis Sanheim/
GOALIES
- 30 Michal Neuvirth
- 32 Leland Irving/
COACHES
- Head Coach: Dave Hakstol
- Asst. Coach: Kris Knoblauch
- Goaltending Coach: Kim Dillabaugh/
Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders
7 p.m. | Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Streaming audio available via nhl.com/flyers
FORWARDS
- 11 Travis Konecny
- 12 Michael Raffl
- 21 Scott Laughton
- 40 Jordan Weal
- 42 Cole Bardreau
- 44 Phil Varone
- 46 Mikhail Vorobyev
- 52 Greg Carey
- 65 Radel Fazleev
- 70 Danick Martel
- 74 Mike Vecchione
- 82 Connor Bunnaman/
DEFENSEMEN
- 43 TJ Brennan
- 45 Will O’Neill
- 59 Mark Friedman
- 60 Reece Willcox
- 61 Philippe Myers
- 73 Maxim Lamarche/
GOALIES
- 49 Alex Lyon
- 79 Carter Hart/
COACHES
- Ian Laperriere, Gord Murphy/
