"We have to keep doing what we're doing," Flyers captain Claude Giroux said. "I think if we take care of our games, we will be in a position to make the playoffs. Obviously it would be fun to have some help but at the end of the day, we just have to focus on ourselves.
"I think every night you kind of look at the games, see how it goes and kind of hoping a lot but at the end of the day, when all of the games are over, you have to look back and make sure we are playing well."
Flyers forward Jakub Voracek, who returned Saturday after missing nine games with a lower-body injury, has looked at the schedule and knows their upcoming opponents.
"It's going to come down to [a few points]," he said. "We play the Islanders [two] times, we play Pittsburgh [two times], we play Detroit once... those are games against teams right in front of us so we have to focus on that."
The Islanders were defeated 3-0 by the Dallas Stars on Saturday and went 0-2-1 on a three-game road trip, scoring a combined three goals.
"We have to try and find some offense if we are going to win games," coach Jack Capuano said. "I can't put my finger on it to be honest with you. We've always been a good offensive team. ... There were opportunities especially on a few of those games on the road and we didn't shoot the puck often enough and that was a little bit of an issue."
The Islanders return home to Barclays Center, where they are 21-8-4 and play eight of their final 12 games.
"We will find our way here. I think guys will get on the scoreboard here," Capuano said. "It's good to be back home and hopefully we can gain that touch."
Goalie Steve Mason will start for the Flyers, who are without Michal Neuvirth for three weeks after he sustained a lower-body injury.
Here are the projected lineups:
FLYERS
Jakub Voracek - Nick Cousins - Matt Read
Brayden Schenn - Claude Giroux - Wayne Simmonds
Michael Raffl - Sean Couturier - Sam Gagner
Scott Laughton - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Ryan White
Andrew MacDonald - Shayne Gostisbehere
Nick Schultz - Mark Streit
Brandon Manning - Radko Gudas
Steve Mason
Anthony Stolarz
Suspended: Chris VandeVelde
Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Jordan Weal (upper body), Michael Del Zotto (wrist)
Scratched: R.J. Umberger, Evgeny Medvedev
ISLANDERS
Brock Nelson - John Tavares - Ryan Strome
Josh Bailey - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo
Shane Prince - Nikolay Kulemin - Anders Lee
Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Cal Clutterbuck
Nick Leddy - Johnny Boychuk
Calvin de Haan - Travis Hamonic
Thomas Hickey - Brian Strait
Thomas Greiss
J-F Berube
Injured: Jaroslav Halak (groin), Marek Zidlicky (upper body), Adam Pelech (upper body), Mikhail Grabovski (undisclosed)
Scratched: Eric Boulton, Ryan Pulock, Steve Bernier
Status report:Stolarz was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Sunday to back up Mason. ... Capuano said he will use the same lineup from Saturday. ... Tavares, who will be playing in his 500th NHL game, said it's "definitely something to be proud of."
Who's hot:Raffl has four goals and five assists in nine games. ... Schenn has nine goals and nine assists in 16 games. ... Okposo has two goals and three points in five games. ... Tavares has three goals and six points in eight games.
