Hoping to keep their ever so slim playoff chances alive, the Philadelphia Flyers played host to the New York Islanders in the first half of back-to-back contests.
Carter Hart received the start and opposed Robin Lehner in-net for the Isles. Lehner had a 2.23 Goals-Against Average with a .926 save percentage coming in. The Flyers had to bring their best offensive efforts if they wanted any chance to defeat a defensively sound Islanders squad.
Philadelphia basically began the game on the penalty-kill, as Radko Gudas committed a hooking penalty just 26 seconds into the contest.