GDT: #1: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, Flyers at Lightning, 7:30 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (0-0-0, 0-0-0 away ) vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (0-0-0, 0-0-0 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• TV: TVAS2, CSN-PH, SUN
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020007
• Streams: Anyone can post a link to a webstream in this GDT. Update (one that has been posted): http://firstrowca.eu/watch/377515/1/watch-tampa-bay-lightning-vs-philadelphia-flyers.html

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020007
• Stats and Notes: None for this game.
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Lightning's Stats: http://lightning.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Lightning|
Flyers |

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Lightning's Website: http://lightning.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L |6' 0"|198|Mar 6, 1985| 30| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |22| Phoenix, AZ, USA
89 |Sam Gagner | C| 5' 11" |202| Aug 10, 1989| 26 |London, ON, CAN
28 | Claude Giroux "C"| C| 5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980| 35| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12 | Michael Raffl | L |6' 0" |195| Dec 1, 1988 |26| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185| Jun 14, 1986| 29 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1" |190| Aug 22, 1991| 24 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R| 6' 2" |183|Aug 26, 1988 |27|Scarborough, ON, CAN
20 | R.J. Umberger |C |6' 2"| 214 |May 3, 1982 |33| Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76 | Chris VandeVelde | C |6' 2" |190| Mar 15, 1987 |28| Moorhead, MN, USA
93 |Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |26| Kladno, CZE
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0"| 201| Mar 17, 1988| 27 |Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
15| Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |25 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
3 |Radko Gudas |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990| 25| Prague, CZE
23| Brandon Manning | 6' 1"| 195 |Jun 4, 1990| 25 |Prince George, BC, CAN
82| Evgeny Medvedev | 6' 3"| 198| Aug 27, 1982| 33 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229 |Nov 2, 1989| 25| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |37| Bern, CHE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4" |217 |May 29, 1988 |27 |Oakville, ON, CAN
30 | Michal Neuvirth| 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988 |27| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
12 - Michael Raffl | 28 - Claude Giroux |93 - Jakub Voracek
10- Brayden Schenn |14 - Sean Couturier | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
24 - Matt Read |21 - Scott Laughton | 20 - R.J. Umberger
76 - Chris VandeVelde |78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 25 - Ryan White

Pairings

Name | Name
55 - Nick Schultz| 32 - Mark Streit
15 - Michael Del Zotto|23 - Brandon Manning
82 - Evgeny Medvedev | 22 - Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (expected starter) | 30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sam Gagner | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Radko Gudas | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Vincent Lecavalier | available | expected to be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Michael Raffl | Claude Giroux |Wayne Simmonds |Mark Streit | Jakub Voracek
No. 2|R.J. Umberger| Sean Couturier | Brayden Schenn | Michael Del Zotto|Evgeny Medvedev

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING​

LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Jonathan Drouin | Steven Stamkos | Ryan Callahan
Ondrej Palat | Tyler Johnson | Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn | Valtteri Filppula | Erik Condra
Brian Boyle | Vladislav Namestnikov | J.T. Brown

Pairings

Name | Name
Victor Hedman| Anton Stralman
Jason Garrison | Matt Carle
Braydon Coburn| Andrej Sustr

Goalies

Name | Name
Ben Bishop (expected starter) | Kevin Poulin

LIGHTNING INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Nikita Nesterov | available | could be a healthy scratch
Cedric Paquette | available | could be a healthy scratch
Andrei Vasilevskiy | injured reserve | blood clot, left collarbone area

LIGHTNING POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Ondrej Palat| Tyler Johnson | Nikita Kucherov |Steven Stamkos |Anton Stralman
No. 2 |Jonathan Drouin| Valtteri Filppula |Ryan Callahan |Jason Garrison | Victor Hedman

LIGHTNING ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
11 | Brian Boyle | C |6' 7"| 243| Dec 18, 1984| 30| Hingham, MA, USA
23 | J.T. Brown | R| 5' 10" |175 |Jul 2, 1990| 25 |Burnsville, MN, USA
24 | Ryan Callahan | R |5' 10" |186 |Mar 21, 1985| 30| Rochester, NY, USA
22 | Erik Condra | R |5' 11" |183 |Aug 6, 1986 |29 |Trenton, MI, USA
27 | Jonathan Drouin| L |5' 11" |188| Mar 28, 1995| 20| Ste-Agathe, QC, CAN
51 | Valtteri Filppula | C |6' 0" |196 |Mar 20, 1984| 31| Vantaa, FIN
9 |Tyler Johnson | C| 5' 8"| 185 |Jul 29, 1990 |25 |Spokane, WA, USA
17| Alex Killorn | C| 6' 2"| 198 |Sep 14, 1989| 26 |Halifax, NS, CAN
86| Nikita Kucherov | R| 5' 11"| 178 |Jun 17, 1993 |22| Moscow, RUS
90 | Vladislav Namestnikov | C| 5' 11" |180 |Nov 22, 1992 |22| Zhukovskiy, RUS
18 |Ondrej Palat | L| 6' 0" |188| Mar 28, 1991| 24| Frydek-Mistek, CZE
13 |Cedric Paquette| C| 6' 1"| 199| Aug 13, 1993| 22| Gaspe, QC, CAN
91 | Steven Stamkos "C" | C |6' 1"| 194 |Feb 7, 1990| 25| Markham, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
25| Matthew Carle | 6' 0"| 197| Sep 25, 1984 |31| Anchorage, AK, USA
55 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5"| 226| Feb 27, 1985| 30|Shaunavon, SK, CAN
5 |Jason Garrison |6' 2"| 223 |Nov 13, 1984 |30| White Rock, BC, CAN
77 |Victor Hedman | 6' 6"| 223 |Dec 18, 1990 |24 |Ornskoldsvik, SWE
89| Nikita Nesterov | 5' 11" |191| Mar 28, 1993| 22 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
6 |Anton Stralman | 5' 11" |190 |Aug 1, 1986 |29| Tibro, SWE
62 | Andrej Sustr |6' 7"| 220| Nov 29, 1990| 24| Plzen, CZE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 | Ben Bishop | 6' 7"| 216 |Nov 21, 1986 |28| Denver, CO, USA
35 | Kevin Poulin | 6' 2"| 206 |Apr 12, 1990 |25| Montreal, QC, CAN
88 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 6' 3" |207 |Jul 25, 1994| 21| Tyumen, RUS

FLYERS vs. LIGHTNING SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Tampa Bay Lightning|43-34-8-4 |21-13-7-2| 22-21-1-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Tampa Bay Lightning |1-1 |7-6|4-2| 3-4

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Tampa Bay Lightning| 2-9-1 in the last 12 | 1-0-0 in the last 1| 0-6-2 in the last 8

Series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1810689

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Oct 10, 2015| Philadelphia at Florida | 7:00 PM| CSN-PH, FS-F
Mon Oct 12, 2015 | Florida at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | NHLN-US, FS-F, CSN-PH
Wed Oct 14, 2015 | Chicago at Philadelphia | 8:00 PM | NBCSN
Tue Oct 20, 2015 | Dallas at Philadelphia | 7:30 PM | NBCSN, CSN-PH
Wed Oct 21, 2015 | Philadelphia at Boston | 8:00 PM | NBCSN, TVAS

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Blog​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/

Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/sports/flyers

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/topic/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

Fourth Period, The​

| http://www.thefourthperiod.com/Philadelphia/

David Strehle's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger ​

| http://www.nj.com/flyers/

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Jeff Neiburg's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Jeff_Neiburg

Philadelphia Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Fox Sports Florida​

| http://msn.foxsports.com/florida/tampa-bay-lightning

Paul Kennedy's Twitter| ​

https://twitter.com/PaulKennedyFOX

Tampa Bay Lightning​

Bryan Burns' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/BBurnsNHL

Tampa Bay Times ​

| http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/

Blog| ​

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightning/

Joe Smith's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/TBTimes_JSmith

Tampa Tribune​

| http://tbo.com/sports/lightning/

Erik Erlendsson's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/erlendssonTBO

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Metallica
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

MONDAY: Info will be updated later this week. Submitted for conversation.

TUESDAY: Updates made after each team's practice.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

are we doing the prediction comp. again this year ??

 

[Swic21]

So damn excited. I mean the bad news is our first game is against Tampa lol... But should be fun still.

 

[Karma]

Pumped for this game but that 0-6-1 record in our last 7 road games against Tampa has me worried.

 

[dats81]

Tampa owns us at their building.
I'm not expecting a win but maybe they can at least play well for parts of the game and have something to build on.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Play hard and fast. Excited for this!!!

 

[Hiesenberg]

I hope the first period starts like they want to be there, too many times I watched games where they just sleep walked in the 1st and were down by 3

 

[He Is Knocking]

It's been such a good year so far. Been a fan since the mid seventies and I'm seeing changes in this organization that I've never thought would happen.

As far as I'm concerned as a fan Hextall has the rebuild/retool in overdrive and we're on house money. None the less can't wait to see what's in store this coming season.

Go Flyers!

 

[Curufinwe]

I think that six day break after the first four games is going to be really interesting.

 

[Rebels57]

While Tampa is a far superior squad and probably blood-thirsty after losing in the Finals last season, all bets are off for the first game of a new season.

Should be a fun game, but I don't expect the Flyers to fully show the effects of Hakstols influence until a quarter of the way, or even halfway through the season.

 

[Hiesenberg]

I think that six day break after the first four games is going to be really interesting.

Oh that yearly week off after a handful of games is still going on?

 

[sa cyred]

Schenn seems to be with Laughton & Read is back with Couturier.

Was really hoping they would leave Cout & Schenn together :/

 

[tade]

Wooho! Let's get it started! Go Flyers! It was such a looong off-season.

 

[Curufinwe]

I wonder if that means BSchenn is back to RW:

Read-Coots-Simmonds
Umberger-Laughton-BSchenn

 

[Rebels57]

Schenn seems to be with Laughton & Read is back with Couturier.

Was really hoping they would leave Cout & Schenn together :/

Maybe trying to give the 3rd line a little bit more pop?

Ugh.

Hopefully the increased ozone starts for Coots and Read make them more effective.

 

[Rebels57]

I wonder if that means BSchenn is back to RW:

Read-Coots-Simmonds
Umberger-Laughton-BSchenn

Hopefully. Watching him tear down the RW, past the defensemen, and swoop in front of the net on his backhand before tucking it in flying the air against the Isles in preseason was one of the best plays I have ever seen him make.

 

[Garbage Goal]

They're going to be really interesting to watch until we have a good feel for how the new lines and players look and how Hakstol appears. So I'm more curious than anything else, aside from excited that it's finally here.

I have classes from 5 to 10:30 though =/, gonna be hard to avoid the score for a full day when I have fantasy hockey stuff to check on.

 

[Rebels57]

According to Meltzer, Hak is still likely to start 10 with 14 and 24 with 21, despite lines at practice today.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Practice sometimes is just that...practice.

 

[Curufinwe]

Not a game... not a game...

 

[sa cyred]

Also according to Bill M, Raffl will be on the top PP and B. Schenn is moved to the 2nd PP.

This will be a big season for Raffl. Top line & top PP.

 

[Lindberg]

Also according to Bill M, Raffl will be on the top PP and B. Schenn is moved to the 2nd PP.

This will be a big season for Raffl. Top line & top PP.

Raffl gets a lot of unwarranted hate from some posters. He isn't ever going to be a top point producer but he has definitely earned his right to attempt to secure a spot on the top PP. I'm not a huge believer in stacking the top line and firmly believe spreading out talent serves a team better overall. If he receives decent PP time I don't think it is that unlikely he walks away this year with something like ~25 goals/~20 assists.

 

[ApeZilla]

97.5 FM the Fanatic held Meet the Flyers last night. Claude Giroux, Michael Del Zotto, Jake Voracek, Sam Gagner, Radko Gudas and head coach Dave Hakstol were on.

here is the mp3 download link (can't find a stream)

http://975thefanatic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2015/10/MeetTheFlyers_FullShow_100515.mp3


For those who don't trust a direct d/l link you can go here and scroll down....
http://975thefanatic.com/

 

[Curufinwe]

Raffl gets a lot of unwarranted hate from some posters. He isn't ever going to be a top point producer but he has definitely earned his right to attempt to secure a spot on the top PP. I'm not a huge believer in stacking the top line and firmly believe spreading out talent serves a team better overall. If he receives decent PP time I don't think it is that unlikely he walks away this year with something like ~25 goals/~20 assists.

If that's what they have in mind for him then Hextall should already have an extension ready to go. Don't wait till he actually puts up those points and is too expensive to re-sign.