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Flyers-Islanders Game 2: TV, odds, streaming, notes

Today's faceoff is at 3 o'clock as the NHL (and, more correctly, NBC) try to squeeze in a doubleheader at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena.

Travis Konecny is knocked off the puck by Leo Komorov during the second period of Monday night's series opener.
Travis Konecny is knocked off the puck by Leo Komorov during the second period of Monday night's series opener.Read moreAP

What: Game 2, Eastern Conference semifinals

When: Today, 3 p.m.

Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

TV: NBCSN. Radio: 97.5-FM The Fanatic. Streaming: NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app.

Series so far: The Islanders won the opener, 4-0, with a suffocating first period and three goals in the third.

Also Wednesday: Boston-Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.; Colorado vs. Dallas, 10:30. Both on NBCSN.

Three things:

  1. The Flyers are 18-18 in series that were tied 1-1. They are 3-15 when down 0-2. Those three comebacks came against Boston in 2010 (were down 0-3), Pittsburgh in 2000 (helped by the five-overtime game) and Toronto in 1977.

  2. Travis Konecny had his most active real playoff game this postseason with four shots on goal. The Konecny-Kevin Hayes-Joel Farabee line has been the Flyers’ best the last couple of games.

  3. Barring a very early goal, Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov will break Hall of Famer Billy Smith’s team record for longest shutout streak in the postseason. Varlamov enters Game 2 having not allowed a goal in 136 minutes, 20 seconds -- 40 seconds shy of Smith’s mark set in 1980, the first of four consecutive years the Isles won the Cup.

From the sportsbooks: The Flyers are around -115 for Game 2, but as high as +180 for the series at William Hill in a sampling of houses done by the Inquirer on Tuesday evening. Their Stanley Cup odds are up to 11-1 at DraftKings and FanDuel. They were at 12-1 entering bubble exhibition play in late July.

He said it: Islanders forward Leo Komarov on the burden of playing four games in 5 1/2 days. “It’s nice to play games then just sit in the hotel.”