GDT: #72 | FLYERS at Hurricanes | Sat., Mar. 17, 2018, 7:00 pm ET | FS-CR, NBCSP

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

CAROLINA HURRICANES (30-29-11) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (35-25-11)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: FS-CR, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Philadelphia Flyers
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Hurricanes' Website: Official Carolina Hurricanes Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 THINGS: Flyers vs. Hurricanes
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
• Hurricanes' Stats: Carolina Hurricanes Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Hurricanes	70	30-29-11	71	16-13-6	14-16-5	185	216	19.9	78.0	53.8	.893	441
Flyers	71	35-25-11	81	17-13-6	18-12-5	206	204	20.3	74.9	53.7	.905	606

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
12 Michael Raffl - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 17 Wayne Simmonds
15 Jori Lehtera - 21 Scott Laughton - 24 Matt Read​

Pairings​

9 Ivan Provorov - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
47 Andrew McDonald - 6 Travis Sanheim
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

34 Petr Mrazek - 49 Alex Lyon (expected starter)​

Injuries and Scratches

8 Robert Hagg is out two weeks from Mar. 10 due to an upper body injury. March 16 update: appears to be ahead of schedule.
20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch.
22 Dale Weise could be a healthy scratch.
29 Johnny Oduya is day-to-day with a lower body injury. Participated in practice March 14.
30 Michel Neuvirth is on IR. Originally stated as out 4-to-6 weeks from Feb. 20 with a lower body injury, he participated in a practice on March 14.
37 Brian Elliott is on IR. He could be out 5-to-6 weeks from Feb. 13 after core muscle surgery. He could return prior to the end of the regular season.
40 Jordan Weal could be a healthy scratch.​

Power Play Units

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

CAROLINA HURRICANES

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Possible Lineup
Lines

20 Sebastian Aho - 11 Jordan Staal - 86 Teuvo Teravainen
23 Brock McGinn - 28 Elias Lindholm - 14 Justin Williams
53 Jeff Skinner - 49 Victor Rask - 34 Phillip DiGiuseppe
42 Joakim Nordstrom - 7 Derek Ryan - 21 Lee Stempniak ​

Pairings

74 Jaccob Slavin - 22 Brett Pesce
4 Haydn Fleury - 27 Justin Faulk
5 Noah Hanifin - 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk ​

Goalies

30 Cam Ward - 33 Scott Darling
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Injuries and Scratches

6 Klas Dahlbeck could be a healthy scratch.
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Power Play Units

1. Sebastian Aho - Jordan Staal - Elias Lindholm - Teuvo Teravainen - Justin Faulk
2. Victor Rask - Derek Ryan - Justin Williams - Noah Hanifin - Jeff Skinner
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Carolina Hurricanes

Mike Sundheim's Twitter -- Mike Sundheim (@MikeSundheim) | Twitter
Michael Smith's Twitter -- Michael Smith (@MSmithCanes) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Carolina

Web site -- Carolina Hurricanes News, Schedule, Scores, Stats, Roster
John Forslund's twitter -- John Forslund (@JohnForslund) | Twitter​

Raleigh News and Observer

Web site -- Carolina Hurricanes: NHL Professional Hockey News | News & Observer
Chip Alexander's Twitter -- Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) | Twitter
Luke DeCock's Twitter -- Luke DeCock (@LukeDeCock) | Twitter​

FLYERS' SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
Sun., Mar. 18	Washington at Philadelphia	5:00 pm	NHLN-US, NBCSP, NBCSWA	97.5
Tue., Mar. 20	Philadelphia at Detroit	7:30 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP	97.5
Thu., Mar. 22	NY Rangers at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, MSG	93.3
Sun., Mar. 25	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	12:30 pm	NBC, TVAS	97.5
Tue., Mar. 27	Philadelphia at Dallas	8:30 pm	FS-SW+, NBCSP	97.5
Wed., Mar. 28	Philadelphia at Colorado	10:00 pm	ALT, NBCSP+	93.3
Sun., Apr. 1	Boston at Philadelphia	12:30 pm	NBC, TVAS	93.3
Tue., Apr. 3	Philadelphia at NY Islanders	7:00 pm	MSG+ 2, NBCSP+	93.3

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[FLYguy3911]

How long is Oduya’s day-to-day issue going to last?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

How long is Oduya’s day-to-day issue going to last?

He participated in practice yesterday. An update should be issued the next full session or morning skate.

 

[Rebels57]

Ahhhh the classic game they are supposed to win that they still lose.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Ahhhh the classic game they are supposed to win that they still lose.

I bet you anything they win this and we start to hear people wondering why we overreacted with our trademark negativity because we are mindless internet buffoons on a forum and not head coaches in the NHL.

 

[Garbage Goal]

We’re due for a win just by sheer numbers. Lost a lot lately, can’t lose em all. Not that I necessarily want them to win, but still.

 

[klutch]

Nah they’ll lose to make it extra dramatic. Williams penciled in for a 3 point night

 

[Magua]

Speaking of firing Hakstol, future coaches, retreads, and the like........

I certainly wouldn't mind Carolina fire Bill Peters under their new management circus, and Hextall invites him into the Flyers fold. With Carter Hart (he might cry), better forwards, and an equal-better defense, I'd still bet on him long-term and the idea he got a bad hand. He'd be my kind of upside, aggressive hockey-ing re-tread @JojoTheWhale. Maybe close to the ideal.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I feel like if we were going to change our nickname and you ran a poll for our new one right now, the winner would probably be something like "Philadelphia National Embarrassments," and they would call us "The Ass" the way they call Colorado "The Avs" and it's all thanks to North Dakota not having the coin or the balls to keep Geoffrey David Daniel "Jeff" Hakstok and accept their loser point in the NCAA championship tournament. EASILY my least favorite state at the moment, and may make the list if this goes on for another full season.

 

[TheKingPin]

The team certainly played better last game. They put up points and could have had more but bob. Lindblom looks like he could go off anytime and will soon enough. That will be huge for that line. G keeps going. Get Couts going would be massive. Simmer will take some time after oral surgery but should be back soon hopefully. Couts, Lindblom, and Simmer slumping means a lot to this team. Go with Lyon in this one. If we get the win we talk about 2-2 in the last 4 and not 1 win in 9.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Speaking of firing Hakstol, future coaches, retreads, and the like........

I certainly wouldn't mind Carolina fire Bill Peters under their new management circus, and Hextall invites him into the Flyers fold. With Carter Hart (he might cry), better forwards, and an equal-better defense, I'd still bet on him long-term and the idea he got a bad hand. He'd be my kind of upside, aggressive hockey-ing re-tread @JojoTheWhale. Maybe close to the ideal.

Yeah, I'm pretty open about my admiration for the way that org was run. I don't know that I would think of him as a retread even though he is.

Off the top of my head impressions of Peters' staff and teams:

• Plays a clear top 4 D. Not a huge minutes gap between them at 5v5, but does mix the pairings among the top 4.
• Plays a clear top 3 F lines. 4th line gets 4th line Minutes. Fairly rigid with the personnel on his top line and 4th lines with more variety in the Middle 6.
• Less extreme jumps than Hakstol in either direction for D deployment based on Score. This one in particular stands out to me as a lineup construction issue. His top 4 D play those Minutes so there's less need to adjust.
• Leans harder on his top Forwards when trailing in high Standings leverage situations.
• Doesn't ride his top guys as hard overall. In this context, that would be Provorov, Couturier, and Giroux.
• Overall excellent at generating 5v5 shots in close and to a lesser degree from the wings. Still not great between the circles.
• Gives up way too many close shots on the PK.
• The PP fires a ton from in close and the right circle. The point shots on the PP are overwhelmingly from the middle of the ice.

 

[Juicy Pop]

These lines need to change. Simmonds should be tossed on the 4th line/PP2 at this point for lack of a desirable situation.

Manning and Gudas need to be split and both need to have their wrists broken in practice if they keep dumping pucks on net with nobody around to clean up.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Will Lyon start?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Will Lyon start?

My guess is yes, and then he’ll start again against the Caps and get shelled.

 

[marcsson68]

A win is due. But it will be necessary to have someone between the pipes this time. I mean, even if I stood upright inside the goal crease a few pucks would automatically hit me...
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Lindblom, Simmer and Couts finally finding the back of the net would help as well.

 

[dats81]

Carolina can beat any team in the league but they are just as inconsistant as the Flyers.
Put their defense behind our offense and you win 5 cups in a row. But as everything stays as it is, both teams won't win shit the next couple of years.

 

[FlyRoutine]

Carolina can beat any team in the league but they are just as inconsistant as the Flyers.
Put their defense behind our offense and you win 5 cups in a row. But as everything stays as it is, both teams won't win **** the next couple of years.

This team wont win anything with that current bottom 6.

Anyhow, that negativity is overblown. Sure, the team is extremely inconsitent, most likely due to our bottom 4 defensepairs, bellow average bottom 6 and inconsistent goaltending (I am not going to comment about our coaching, thats being debated enough already).
Since our pipeline is stacked with talent to replace those weak spots, things can change rather quickly.
Watch the shitbirds before they had decent depth besides their star players. They didnt come close to winning another cup before then.

 

[Tripod]

Hard to believe, we are still top 3 in the division

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Hard to believe, we are still top 3 in the division

Wow, you are right. Granted, NJ has the game in hand now. The silver lining in all of this is that if we make the playoffs now we won't be slumping in because we have to win some games.

 

[Tripod]

Wow, you are right. Granted, NJ has the game in hand now. The silver lining in all of this is that if we make the playoffs now we won't be slumping in because we have to win some games.

Yup. 11 games left for us, and we only need to play better than 1 out of 3 other teams. Doable.

 

[Psuhockey]

The Flyers have 6 games remaining against teams outside of the playoffs starting with Carolina. If they just win those games, they should make it.

 

[BernieParent]

woo. let's win this.

 

[Rebels57]

Yup. 11 games left for us, and we only need to play better than 1 out of 3 other teams. Doable.

Is it though?

 

[Rebels57]

Fitting that the final nail in the coffin will come against the most bland, vanilla team in the NHL.

 

[Tripod]

Is it though?

Yes. If this team has shown us anything, it's that it's unpredictable.