Today at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Philadelphia Flyers (18-21-7, 43 points) and New York Islanders (30-14-1, 61 points) faceoff live from the Nassau Coliseum in New York for the fourth and final meeting against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Philadelphia fans can hear all of the action on 97.5 The Fanatic while New York fans can do the same on WRHU 88.7.
Philadelphia has dropped two of its last three games while New York has won four of its last five matches.
The Islanders took the first meeting from the Flyers this season with a 1-0 shootout victory on Nov. 24.
New York sits atop the Metropolitan Division and is one of only three teams with 30 wins thus far on the campaign while Philadelphia is in fifth in the Metro and sits 11 points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Flyers are coming off of a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres and will look to continue to surge.
Jakub Voracek paces Philadelphia with 53 points off of 17 goals and 36 assists. Claude Giroux is second on the Flyers with 49 points off of 14 tallies and 35 helpers while Mark Streit has found the twine six times and added 26 assists for 32 points.
The Islanders are coming off of a 6-4 loss to the Monteal Canadiens on Saturday that saw them snap their four-game winning streak.
Captain John Tavares leads New York with 44 points off of 20 goals and 24 assits. Kyle Okposo has 14 markers and 29 helpers for 43 points to place second on the Islanders in scoring while Ryan Strome has lit the lamp eight times and added 24 assists for 32 points.
New York is set to turn to Jaroslav Halak between the pipes and he is 24-9-0 with a 2.36 GAA and a .812 save percentage.
Philadelphia counters with Steve Mason in the crease and he is 8-12-6 with a 2.46 GAA and a .920 save percentage.
Two division rivals face-off when the puck drops on the Flyers and Islanders live this afternoon from the Nassau Coliseum.
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