The Flyers are in New York tonight to face the Islanders. The Flyers having picked up points in 4 straight games for the first time this season are coming off a 5-2 win in Atlanta over the Thrashers on Saturday. The Islanders are coming off 2-1 shootout loss in Washington against the Capitals on Sunday.

The Flyers lead the season series 3-1.

Mike Rathje is the only Flyer listed as injured, but Robert Esche is still suffering from back and neck spasms and wont be available.. Islanders have a list of injured, Shawn Bates, Joel Bouchard, Radek Martinek, and Alexei Yashin.

Antero Niittymaki is excepted to get the start in goal with Michael Leighton as backup. Nate Guenin was sent back to the Phantoms with the return of Randy Jones from injury.

There has been some reporting of Geoff Sanderson not being happy with being scratched the last few games after playing a few games since coming back from injury. I was also a bit surprised to see it. But the fact is the Flyers are 100% healthy up front which means someone has to sit. This gives Stevens some flexibility and can use the scratch to motivate players on his team and I think that is a good thing.