Back on home ice for the first time in five games, the Philadelphia Flyers exacted revenge against the New York Islanders, but it wasn’t easy. Heading into this clash, the Flyers had everything to prove against their inter-divisional rival. Alain Vigneault implemented a bold strategy to raise the physicality and intensity, sending a message to the entire locker room. Travis Konecny was a healthy scratch, which meant Samuel Morin entered the lineup. That decision punctuated the result of this game.
Looking for their model identity, Philadelphia was without their brand new folk-hero, Nate Prosser.