Flyers-Islanders preseason game No. 3: Roster, highlights, live stream and more

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VOORHEES, N.J. — The Flyers and Islanders might be best friends at this point.

The two teams meet Tuesday night for the third time in three days for another preseason game, after their prospects also competed in a rookie game prior to this stretch.

A few notables ahead of puck drop:

• Roster hopefuls Philippe Myers, Mikhail Vorobyev and Nicolas Aube-Kubel will not play after appearing in the team's first two exhibition games. Myers and Vorobyev played in the rookie game, as well. All three have impressed but head coach Dave Hakstol wasn't going to run them out for three games in three days.

• Prospects Morgan Frost and Isaac Ratcliffe were officially returned to their junior clubs shortly after the start of noon practice in which they did not participate. Both 19-year-olds, Frost had an outside shot at winning the third-line center job (see story), while Ratcliffe, a promising winger, was always set for his fourth season with the Guelph Storm.

• The Flyers' first line will be a reason to tune in tonight. Oskar Lindblom, Nolan Patrick and Travis Konecny will play together and the trio is easily the most intriguing part of a lineup with not-so-many regulars.

• Defenseman Christian Folin is a player quietly worth watching given he could be fighting for playing time with Myers — who everyone is watching — come the opening week of the regular season. That, of course, is if Myers cracks the roster with Andrew MacDonald sidelined. Folin's impression will have a big say in things.

Here's what Hakstol had to say about Folin after the morning skate:

What we expected out of him and what we're seeing is he's a real solid, two-way defenseman. He defends well, his feet and his mobility are good, his stick is very good and he's got a good understanding of reading plays that are coming at him.

Really efficient with his first pass and that's a key part of the game in getting us out of the zone.

Here are the essentials for tonight:

When: 7 p.m.
Where: Barclays Center
Live stream: The Flyers' official website

Projected lineup

Forwards
Oskar Lindblom-Nolan Patrick-Travis Konecny
Danick Martel-Phil Varone-Greg Carey
Michael Raffl-Jori Lehtera-Taylor Leier
Carsen Twarynski-German Rubtsov-Colin McDonald

Defensemen
Zach Palmquist-Christian Folin
T.J. Brennan-Mark Friedman
James de Haas-Reece Willcox

Goaltenders
Alex Lyon (starter)
Anthony Stolarz

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