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NHL on NBCSN doubleheader: Flyers-Isles, ‘Hawks-Sharks

Flyers Islanders Hockey

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Samuel Morin (50) looks on as Flyers left wing Nicolas Aube-Kubel (73) skates between New York Islanders right wing Kirill Petrov (90) and islanders defenseman Thomas Hickey (14) during the third period of an NHL preseason hockey game at the Barclays Center in New York Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)

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Wednesday night is a busy one in the NHL -- 13 games all told -- and that’s reflected on NBCSN with a pair of games:

Philly taking on the Isles in Brooklyn, followed by the Blackhawks taking on the Sharks in San Jose.

Tonight’s games will be available online via NBC Sports’ Live Extra.

First up, Flyers-Isles.

Philly’s looking to win back-to-back games for the first time in a month, after beating the ‘Canes 3-2 on Monday. The club will, however, have to try and get that win without the services of forward Sam Gagner, who was injured on a Brad Malone hit the other night.

Former Islander Colin McDonald was called up to replace Gagner, and is likely to draw into the lineup at Barclays.

The Isles, meanwhile, haven’t played since a 4-2 loss to Montreal on Sunday. In that game, goals from Anders Lee and John Tavares were for naught as New York struggled mightily with special teams; Montreal scored three times on the power play and once shorthanded, sweeping its season series with the Isles in the process.

After Isles-Flyers, it’s onto Sharks-Blackhawks.

Wednesday’s game will be the first of four meetings between the two sides this season. Chicago comes in having lost 6-3 to Vancouver on Saturday, a game in which Daniel and Henrik Sedin torched the Blackhawks for nine combined points.

It looks as though head coach Joel Quenneville is making a lineup change against San Jose -- Andrew Shaw appears ready for first-line duties next to Jonathan Toews and Ryan Garbutt. That would drop Marian Hossa down to the third unit.

As for the Sharks, the big (well, relatively speaking) news this week is that 37-year-old veteran Dainius Zubrus signed a one-year pact with the club. Zubrus, who spent time under San Jose head coach Peter DeBoer while the pair were together in New Jersey, hasn’t played this year but successfully converted a PTO with the Sharks into a new contract.