Day 3: Scrimmage and Preseason Game Wrapup
On Sunday morning, the players not participating in Sunday afternoon's preseason opener against the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum were instead involved in a morning scrimmage between "Team Orange" and "Team Black". Team Black prevailed in overtime, 3-2.
Jordan Weal set up Michael Raffl for a tap-in game winner against Liam Hughes in OT. The other goal scorers were Mike Vecchione (Team Black), Claude Giroux (Team Orange) and Corban Knight (Team Orange).
For a more in-depth look at the scrimmage, click here.
On Sunday afternoon, a Flyers roster consisting mostly of prospects and young NHL players took on an Islanders roster comprised of many of their established regulars. The Islanders dominated most of the game, collecting a 3-0 win.
New York cashed in each of its first two power play opportunities, taking a 2-0 lead to the first intermission. They added an even-strength goal in the middle stanza. Kieffer Bellows (power play), Cal Clutterbuck (power play) and Sebastian Aho scored for the Islanders. The Flyers showed signs of life in the third period but couldn't make any headway on the scoreboard.
For the Flyers, the most significant event in Sunday's game was an upper-body injury (it appeared to his left shoulder) sustained by Travis Sanheim in the second period. On the play, an errant pass from Christian Folin got behind Sanheim. The second year defenseman turned to retrieve the puck and was hit, from about 4 feet from the boards, by the Islanders' Matt Martin. Sanheim crashed awkwardly into the wall. He did not return to the game. Flyers GM Ron Hextall said there would be an update on Monday.
More in-depth information, including the Flyers' line combinations, is available here.
Monday Game Day Schedule
On Monday, the Flyers (who will dress many more regulars this time) will take on the Islanders (who will likely have a prospect and bubble-player filled lineup) at the Wells Fargo Center. Game time is 7 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on NBCSP+
The morning skate will be held at 10 a.m. in Voorhees. At noon, the non-participants in the game will have a practice session. Below is the Flyers morning skate group, from which 12 forwards and 6 defensemen will be chosen. There is a good chance that the line of Nolan Patrick centering James van Riemsdyk and Jakub Voracek will make its preseason debut as a unit (Patrick played in Sunday's loss in Uniondale). Michal Neuvirth and Carter Hart will split the goaltending chores.
FORWARDS 11 Travis Konecny 19 Nolan Patrick 20 Taylor Leier 21 Scott Laughton 22 Dale Weise 25 James van Riemsdyk 28 Claude Giroux 38 Corban Knight 39 Tyrell Goulbourne 40 Jordan Weal 46 Mikhail Vorobyev 54 Oskar Lindblom 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel 74 Mike Vecchione 76 Isaac Ratcliffe 93 Jakub Voracek
DEFENSEMEN 8 Robert Hà¤gg 9 Ivan Provorov 26 Christian Folin 53 Shayne Gostisbehere 59 Mark Friedman 61 Philippe Myers 70 Yegor Zamula
GOALTENDERS 30 Michal Neuvirth 79 Carter Hart