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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (3-3-1) are home on Saturday to take on Patrick Roy’s New York Islanders. The match marks the start of a five-game homestand for the Flyers. The team is 3-1-0 at home but winless (0-2-1) on the road.
The Flyers enter this game coming off a 2-1 loss in Ottawa on Thursday. Tyson Foerster (3rd) scored Philadelphia’s lone goal just 29 seconds after the opening faceoff of the game. Dan Vladar stopped 31 of 33 shots in a losing cause.
Time and broadcast: 12:30 p.m. EDT on NBCSP
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Confirmed Starting Lineup
Owen Tippett – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak– Matvei Michkov
Tyaso Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York– Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Adam Ginning – Noah Juulsen
Samuel Ersson
[Dan Vladar]
PP1: Drysdale, Tippett, Couturier, Konecny. Mickkov
PP2: Sanheim. Foerster, Cates, Brink, Zegras
Scratches: Jett Luchanko (healthy), Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Egor Zamula (healthy).
Flyers Daily: Oct. 23, 2025 edition
Jason Myrtetus discusses what what wrong in Thursday’s loss in Ottawa. The Flyers took backward steps in several areas that showed progress during the team’s 3-1-0 homestand. What are the keys to getting back on the right track against the Islanders? The Flyers are 3-3-1 for good reason when all the plusses and minuses of the early season come into play.
Let’s Go Flyers