GDT: #58 | FLYERS at Blue Jackets | Fri., Feb. 16 2018, 7:00 pm ET | TVAS, FS-O, NBCSP

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (29-24-4) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (28-19-10)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: TVAS, FS-O, NBCSP [Free viewing on NHL.TV, see info at the bottom of this post]
• Radio: Streaming - 97.5 The Fanatic
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Security Check Required
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Blue Jackets' Website: Official Columbus Blue Jackets Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill-Meltzer/Flyers-Gameday-21618--CBJ/45/91038 or 5 THINGS: Flyers vs. Blue Jackets
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
• Blue Jackets' Stats: Columbus Blue Jackets Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
CBJ	57	29-24-4	62	17-10-1	12-14-3	148	158	14.7	75.7	47.6	.912	401
Flyers	57	28-19-10	66	14-9-6	14-10-4	168	162	21.6	75.0	53.1	.905	513

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
93 Jakub Voracek - 19 Nolan Patrick - 17 Wayne Simmonds
40 Jordan Weal - 21 Scott Laughton - 12 Michael Raffl
15 Jori Lehtera - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 22 Dale Weise​

Pairings​

9 Ivan Provorov - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
8 Robert Hagg - 47 Andrew McDonald
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

30 Michel Neuvirth (expected starter) - 49 Alex Lyon​

Injuries and Scratches

20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch
37 Brian Elliott could be out 5-to-6 weeks from Feb. 13. He underwent successful core muscle surgery.
39 Mark Alt could be a healthy scratch
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Power Play Units

1. Wayne Simmonds - Sean Couturier - Jake Voracek - Claude Giroux - Shayne Gostisbehere
2. Jordan Weal - Nolan Patrick -Valtteri Filppula - Travis Konecny - Ivan Provorov​

MEDIA CONTACTS
Courier-Post of South Jersey

Web site | Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter | Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

HockeyBuzz.com

Web site -- http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philly.com Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

Sons of Penn

Web site -- Home page – Right Sidebar
Twitter -- Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) | Twitter​

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Possible Lineup
Lines

9 Artemi Panarin - 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois - 13 Cam Atkinson
71 Nick Foligno - 10 Alexander Wennberg - 28 Oliver Bjorkstrand
38 Boone Jenner - 17 Brandon Dubinsky - 77 Josh Anderson
11 Matt Calvert - 45 Lukas Sedlak - 36 Jussi Jokinen ​

Pairings

8 Zack Werenski - 3 Seth Jones
7 Jack Johnson - 65 Markus Nutivaara
46 Dean Kukan - 58 David Savard​

Goalies

72 Sergei Bobrovsky (expected starter) - 70 Joonas Korpisalo ​

Injuries and Scratches

4 Scott Harrington could be a healthy scratch
27 Ryan Murray is on injured reserve due to an upper body injury
37 Markus Hannikainen could be a healthy scratch
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Power Play Units

1. Alexander Wennberg - Nick Foligno - Cam Atkinson - Artemi Panarin - Seth Jones
2. Pierre-Luc Dubois - Josh Anderson - Jussi Jokinen - Oliver Bjorkstrand - Zach Werenski​

Media Contacts
1st Ohio Battery

Web site -- 1st Ohio Battery
Rob Mixer's Twitter -- Rob Mixer (@RobMixer) | Twitter​

Athletic, The

Web site -- Blue Jackets - The Athletic
Aaron Portzline's Twitter -- Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) | Twitter​

Blue Jackets Radio Network

Twitter -- CBJ Radio (@cbjradio) | Twitter
Bob McElligott's Twitter -- Bob McElligott (@BobbyMacSports) | Twitter]​

Columbus Dispatch

Web site -- Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Hockey News, Stats, Scores & Injuries
George Richards' Twitter -- George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Ohio

Web site -- Columbus Blue Jackets News, Schedule, Scores, Stats, Roster
Jeff Rimer's Twitter -- Jeff Rimer (@jrimercbj) | Twitter
Dave Maetzold's Twitter -- Dave Maetzold (@DMaetzMedia) | Twitter
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FLYERS' SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
Sunday, Feb. 18	Philadelphia at NY Rangers	12:00 pm	NBC, TVAS	97.5
Tuesday, Feb. 20	Montreal at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, TSN2, RDS	97.5
Thursday, Feb. 22	Columbus at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-O	93.3
Saturday, Feb. 24	Philadelphia at Ottawa	2:00 pm	NHLN-US, TVAS, TSN5, NBCSP+	93.3
Monday, Feb. 26	Philadelphia at Montreal	7:30 pm	NBCSN, TSN2, RDS, NBCSP	97.5
Thursday, Mar. 1	Carolina at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-SE	93.3
Saturday, Mar. 3	Philadelphia at Tampa Bay	1:00 pm	SUN, NBCSP	97.5
Sunday, Mar. 4	Philadelphia at Florida	3:00 pm	TVAS, FS-F, NBCSP	97.5

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Next practice: Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in Voorhees.

The dark numbers:

• The Flyers are 0-5-6 in the last 11 at Columbus. The last win there was December 13, 2005.
• The Flyers have won just three of the past 17 games in this series.
• Columbus is 6-0 in OT/SO.

 

[FLYguy3911]

The BJ's scored 2 PP goals tonight. That's like a week's worth for them.

 

[YamCork]

The dark numbers:

• The Flyers are 0-5-6 in the last 11 at Columbus. The last win there was December 13, 2005.
• The Flyers have won just three of the past 17 games in this series.
• Columbus is 6-0 in OT/SO.

Wow!

I mean I know we normally suck against Columbus but I had no idea it was this bad.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Wow!

I mean I know we normally suck against Columbus but I had no idea it was this bad.

The Flyers lost 12 straight at New Jersey which ended in 2008. I think that is the record for consecutive road losses to one team. If it is, the possibility of matching that feat will be raised most certainly.

There have been longer winless streaks but those included ties.

 

[JXC]

Huge matchup

 

[FlyTimmo]

#FREESANHEIM

 

[dats81]

Another gut test game.

 

[klutch]

Columbus lineup is a lot scarier on paper than I thought. Hope the top line plans to score 3 times to win.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

When is this hockey movie version of groundhog day going to end. Why can't we have HAK playing the role of the BUM

 

[FlyTimmo]

Provorov and Ghost looked pretty worn down last game. It must be difficult to carry 3 AHL defenseman.

 

[deadhead]

It's difficult to play 6 games in 8 nights, and take a red eye home from Vegas.
Columbus will be a better gauge in terms of how well this team is playing, a couple days off and a relatively short flight.
If Bob beats them it's one thing, if they beat themselves quite another.

 

[Tripod]

getting just 1 point here would seem like a win give the record there.

 

[marcsson68]

Provorov and Ghost looked pretty worn down last game. It must be difficult to carry 3 AHL defenseman.

Yes, they really were. And injuries are very likely to happen soon to Ghost, G, Couts or other top minute players.

Still, some people think this would change if the Flyers promoted some young guns from LV. But would they really get more minutes immediately? And others argue, we should make use of momentum after a goal and always re-start with our best players. In addition, they should also be used more in the last minutes of a game when leading. Plus players like the "AHL defensemen" should never be used in a 4-4 or 3-3 situation.

The coach is so dumb in not managing to reduce ice time of Manning, Hägg, MacDonald, Filppula, Weise, Lehtera and Leier at the same time while saving our few top players from wearing down.

 

[The Rage Kage]

Yes, they really were. And injuries are very likely to happen soon to Ghost, G, Couts or other top minute players.

Still, some people think this would change if the Flyers promoted some young guns from LV. And others argue, we should make use of momentum after a goal and always re-start with our best players. In addition, they should also be used more in the last minutes of a game when leading. Plus players like the "ABL defensemen" should never be used in a 4-4 or 3-3 situation.

The coach is so dumb in not managing to reduce ice time of Manning, Hägg, MacDonald, Filppula, Weise, Lehtera and Leier at the same time while saving our few top players from wearing down.

If thats what you get from everyones posts I question your reading ability.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Yes, they really were. And injuries are very likely to happen soon to Ghost, G, Couts or other top minute players.

Still, some people think this would change if the Flyers promoted some young guns from LV. But would they really get more minutes immediately? And others argue, we should make use of momentum after a goal and always re-start with our best players. In addition, they should also be used more in the last minutes of a game when leading. Plus players like the "AHL defensemen" should never be used in a 4-4 or 3-3 situation.

The coach is so dumb in not managing to reduce ice time of Manning, Hägg, MacDonald, Filppula, Weise, Lehtera and Leier at the same time while saving our few top players from wearing down.

How do you reduce Manning/Hagg/MacDonald/Filppula/etc ice time? Not play them.

How do you alleviate pressure from the top units? Have better supporting units.

Every night we aren't icing the best group possible. NAK/Sanheim/Lindblom/Morin are all upgrades to our current lineup that would mitigate the strain on the top pair and top forward units.

 

[PelleLindbergh]

Waiting on Haggs 2nd goal.... anytime now

 

[deadhead]

How do you reduce Manning/Hagg/MacDonald/Filppula/etc ice time? Not play them.

How do you alleviate pressure from the top units? Have better supporting units.

Every night we aren't icing the best group possible. NAK/Sanheim/Lindblom/Morin are all upgrades to our current lineup that would mitigate the strain on the top pair and top forward units.

You hope they're upgrades.
You don't know they're upgrades.
Unless Hextall is a stone cold idiot, I doubt they're sure things right now.
Or they'd be playing for the Flyers.

 

[FlyTimmo]

You hope they're upgrades.
You don't know they're upgrades.
Unless Hextall is a stone cold idiot, I doubt they're sure things right now.
Or they'd be playing for the Flyers.

We already know Sanheim is an upgrade on 3 to 4 of our defenseman and I really hope that any of the forwards I listed would be an upgrade to Weise/Lehtera/Filppula.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Every night we aren't icing the best group possible. NAK/Sanheim/Lindblom/Morin are all upgrades to our current lineup that would mitigate the strain on the top pair and top forward units.

... and, most importantly of all, preparing for next season and beyond. But if it ain't broke, right?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

We already know Sanheim is an upgrade on 3 to 4 of our defenseman and I really hope that any of the forwards I listed would be an upgrade to Weise/Lehtera/Filppula.

The only way they could be worse is if they were actually dead.

 

[RANKKA]

We already know Sanheim is an upgrade on 3 to 4 of our defenseman and I really hope that any of the forwards I listed would be an upgrade to Weise/Lehtera/Filppula.

even sanheim would be better foward than lehterä/weise

 

[BernieParent]

Mark Alt are sitting around wiping popcorn "butter" off their fingers. With a congested schedule at the moment, switching them in as #6 D and 4th line would be of potential assistance. Is this not how roster adjustment is meant to be?

 

[WIP CALLER]

We already know Sanheim is an upgrade on 3 to 4 of our defenseman and I really hope that any of the forwards I listed would be an upgrade to Weise/Lehtera/Filppula.

There is really only two reasons the current trash continues to get playing time game in and game out. Either the organization is not playing the best available players in their system hence not putting the best possible line up together or the organization has completely failed at drafting if they think no one currently in the ahl is an upgrade over the trash on this team. It really is black and white.

 

[deadhead]

We already know Sanheim is an upgrade on 3 to 4 of our defenseman and I really hope that any of the forwards I listed would be an upgrade to Weise/Lehtera/Filppula.

No, we don't know.
Sanheim getting demoted had zero impact on this team, so he couldn't have been a difference maker.
Down the road, who knows?

If those forwards were so great, they'd be dominating the AHL.
They may be future NHL starters, but it's hard to point to any who have a high probability of being impact players this March.
I thought Lindblom was coming around, but something is wrong there.
NAK looks good, but his 10 minutes a night on the 4th line is unlikely to be a season saver.