Game 76 and Hell Week Game 2: Islanders at Flyers

New York Islanders: 33-35-7, 73 points
Philadelphia Flyers: 37-28-10, 84 points

Wade Dubielewicz v. Martin Biron

After an exciting yet aggravating win over the Rangers on Friday, the Flyers will try to make it two in a row in Hell Week. The Flyers are 5-1-0 against the Islanders this season, with the games gradually becoming more lopsided as the season wears on. The first three wins have been decided by one and two goal margins, and the last two have been won by three goals.

Martin Biron will be in net tonight, and according to those who attended the season ticket holding meeting, that's where he'll be the rest of the season.

Rick DiPietro has suffered yet another season ending injury, so Dubie will get the start. Normally this would be the kind of thing that gives the Flyers an edge, but DiPietro has never been that good against Philadelphia. His career GAA is just under 3 with a sub-.900 SV%. Those numbers have been much worse just in this season. Dubie is 2-0-1 against the Flyers in his career, with an outstanding 1.82 GAA and .938 SV%. If they start Joey MacDonald, we smoked him twice last year, and it won't be a problem.

The power play will need to come up big again tonight. In the last meeting, all four Flyer goals were scored on the power play. The PP has been great all season long, but it's been a source of frustration as well. You'd like to see them take advantage of more 5 on 3 and 4 on 3 situations when there's a lot of open ice. We have a ton of skilled players, and it really shouldn't be a problem.

Bill Meltzer has scratches.