The Philadelphia Flyers are coming off one of their most disappointing efforts of the season. After a big 7-3 win in Colorado against the best team in the league, they were shut out and failed to generate many scoring chances as they returned home against the Islanders on Monday night.
Not many Flyers players stuck out in a positive way, but Matvei Michkov did look like himself again and was moved up to the top line in the third period. That was just a temporary measure, though, based on the forward lines at practice on Tuesday.
However, there are some changes to the defensive pairs after Rasmus Ristolainen played 16:38 in his return to the lineup against the Isles.