GDT: #16: Coyotes at FLYERS, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, 7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

ARIZONA COYOTES (7-6-0) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (7-7-1)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSP, FS-A PLUS
• Radio: 97.5 FM 97.5 The Fanatic unless a change to 93.3 FM 93.3 WMMR - Everything That Rocks!
• Flyers 24/7: Flyers Radio 24/7
• 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
• Coyotes' Website: Official Arizona Coyotes Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: Arizona Coyotes - Philadelphia Flyers - November 8th, 2018
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2018-2019
• Coyotes' Stats: Arizona Coyotes Stats | 2018-2019

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%
Coyotes	13	7-6-0	14	4-3-0	3-3-0	36	29	15.8	90.2	51.4	.926
Flyers	15	7-7-1	15	2-4-0	5-3-1	47	56	15.7	69.1	54.9	.873

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier -11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
22 Dale Weise - 40 Jordan Weal - 17 Wayne Simmonds
21 Scott Laughton - 15 Jori Lehterä - 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel ​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 8 Robert Hägg
53 Shayne Gostisbehere - 26 Christian Folin
6 Travis Sanheim - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

37 Brian Elliott - 33 Calvin Pickard (could start)
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Power Plays

PP1: Giroux, Couturier, Patrick, Konecny, Gostisbehere
PP2: Simmonds, Weal, Voracek, Sanheim, Provorov
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Injuries and Scratches

10 Corban Knight is on IR. He has a broken collarbone and could miss four months (Oct. 31).
22 Michael Raffl (F) is on IR due to a left foot injury (Oct. 23). He should return late Nov./early Dec. (Nov. 5).
25 James van Riemsdyk (F) is on IR due to a lower body injury (Oct. 8). He is 10-to-14 days from playing (Nov. 5).
30 Michal Neuvirth (G) is on IR. He has a reported lower body injury (Nov. 4).
37 Brian Elliott (G) practiced Wednesday. He was injured in a collision at practice (Nov. 4)
47 Andrew MacDonald (D) could be a healthy scratch.​

MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site - The Athletic (@TheAthleticPHI) | Twitter
Alexander Appleyard's Twitter - Alexander Appleyard (@avappleyard) | Twitter
Charlie O'Connor's Twitter - Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) | Twitter​

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​

ARIZONA COYOTES

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Possible Lineup
Lines

14 Richard Panik - 17 Alex Galchenyuk - 9 Clayton Keller
11 Brendan Perlini - 21 Derek Stepan - Christian Fischer
40 Michael Grabner - 15 Brad Richardson - 13 Vince Hinostroza
67 Lawson Crouse - 20 Dylan Strome - 25 Nick Cousins​

Pairings

23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 55 Jason Demers
33 Alex Goligoski - 82 Jordan Oesterle
44 Kevin Connauton - 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson ​

Goalies

32 Antti Raanta (could start) - 35 Darcy Kuemper​

Injuries and Scratches

6 Jakob Chychrun (D) is on IR due to off-season knee surgery. He could play at Philly on Thursday.
18 Christian Dvorak (F) is on IR due to a lower body injury.
45 Josh Archibald (F) could be a healthy scratch.
46 Ilya Lyubushkin (D) could be a healthy scratch​

MEDIA CONTACTS
Arizona Coyotes

Dave Vest's Twitter -- Dave Vest (@davest4yotes) | Twitter​

Arizona Republic

Web site -- Arizona Coyotes hockey news, scores, schedules, photos, videos - azcentral sports
Richard Morin's Twitter -- Richard Morin ️ (@ramorin_azc) | Twitter​

Arizona Sports 98.7 FM

Web site -- Arizona Coyotes - Arizona Sports
Luke Lapinski's Twitter -- Luke Lapinski (@LukeLapinski) | Twitter​

Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic
Craig Morgan's Twitter -- Craig Morgan (@craigsmorgan) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Arizona

Web site -- https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/arizona-coyotes-team​

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
November 10	vs. Chicago	1:00 pm	NHLN-US, NBCSP, NBCSCH
November 13	vs. Florida	7:00 pm	TVAS, NBCSP, FS-F
November 15	vs. New Jersey	7:00 pm	NBCSP, MSG+
November 17	vs. Tampa Bay	1:00 pm	NHLN-US, SN, NBCSP, SUN
November 21	at Buffalo	7:30 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP+
November 23	vs. NY Rangers	1:00 pm	NBC (Black Friday Game)
November 24	at Toronto	7:00 pm	NHLN-US, CBC, SN1, NBCSP

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[FlyerFan22]

So most years its a big old L for my birthday. Is it too much to ask for a win?

 

[klutch]

Deja vu?

Assuming Pickard should have enough rest to start again.

What’s the timeline on JVR’s return?

 

[RANKKA]

Deja vu?

Assuming Pickard should have enough rest to start again.

What’s the timeline on JVR’s return?

5th week of 5-6week timeline, im pretty sure he is skating could play anyday if everything goes well

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Deja vu?

Assuming Pickard should have enough rest to start again.

What’s the timeline on JVR’s return?

This was mentioned yesterday: He is 10-to-14 days from playing.

With a travel day today, the team will probably skate Wednesday when I will assume additional injury updates will be provided.

 

[klutch]

5th week of 5-6week timeline, im pretty sure he is skating could play anyday if everything goes well

This was mentioned yesterday: He is 10-to-14 days from playing.

With a travel day today, the team will probably skate Wednesday when I will assume additional injury updates will be provided.

Thanks guys

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Should be interesting. If we face Raanta, I think we're f***ed.

 

[Rebels57]

This road trip is the reason we will have Hakstol as coach for the next 149 games instead of Joel Quenneville. Yay.

 

[1865]

Should be interesting. If we face Raanta, I think we're ****ed.

Nobody let you in a locked room with shoelaces!

Raanta or not, we can do this again. There's not much you could lay at the goalies feet last night, we played a good game. I also feel that we have the advantage if it continues along the physical line. Nothing to fear here, but we need to learn to win at home.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I do really hope that Voracek is back on the 1st PP unit.

 

[wasup]

This road trip is the reason we will have Hakstol as coach for the next 149 games instead of Joel Quenneville. Yay.

We could take 19 out of 20 points in a row and all you would do is come on here and bitch . We took 7 out of 8 points this trip be happy for the team .

 

[Rebels57]

We could take 19 out of 20 points in a row and all you would do is come on here and ***** . We took 7 out of 8 points this trip be happy for the team .

Because we aren't going anywhere with Hakstol and every win keeps him here longer. I care about seeing them finally win a Cup a lot more than I care about a road trip in November.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Hey, a game starting at a normal time! Yay!

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@JojoTheWhale @HakstolisAFartVacuum I feel like this is the kind of thing you guys are referring to when you talk about "WIP hot takes," right?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@JojoTheWhale @HakstolisAFartVacuum I feel like this is the kind of thing you guys are referring to when you talk about "WIP hot takes," right?

Yes, yes it is. Ignoring context, all reasonable criticism, etc.

WIP (like all Northeast local sports talk) would usually follow it with some Skip Bayless type crap like, "AFTER 30 YEARS, THE FLYERS HAVE FOUND THEIR ANSWER IN NET!"

 

[flyersjim73]

@JojoTheWhale @HakstolisAFartVacuum I feel like this is the kind of thing you guys are referring to when you talk about "WIP hot takes," right?

Who’s this F’ing loser?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Who’s this F’ing loser?

Looks at profile...

Editor at WIP.com.

Lulz.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Who’s this F’ing loser?

In his bio, it says he works for WIP and is a "hoops guy."

 

[Striiker]

Nothing in the world more predictable than the media not knowing anything about hockey.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Any competent fan could see that despite going 3-0-1 on the road trip, we are still a bad hockey team.

We beat two bottom feeders, and we didn't even outplay them.

The loss to SJS shouldn't have been even close. The Sharks were a far better team.

The Flyers didn't play poorly against Arizona, but largely won off of luck and Pickard.

And in only one of those games did we have to face the teams top goalie. Anaheim and Arizona, despite not being that good themselves rested their starters against us because we aren't the least bit scary to face.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I expect a 4-1 loss on Thursday.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Any competent fan could see that despite going 3-0-1 on the road trip, we are still a bad hockey team.

We beat two bottom feeders, and we didn't even outplay them.

The loss to SJS shouldn't have been even close. The Sharks were a far better team.

The Flyers didn't play poorly against Arizona, but largely won off of luck and Pickard.

And in only one of those games did we have to face the teams top goalie. Anaheim and Arizona, despite not being that good themselves rested their starters against us because we aren't the least bit scary to face.

Right? Dang yotes played such a fast game compared to what asswipe bumblecrack has this team playing in regular basis. Not that buys couldn't keep up, just sayin.

 

[JXC]

LETS GO

 

[Curufinwe]

WHERE

 

[wasup]

Because we aren't going anywhere with Hakstol and every win keeps him here longer. I care about seeing them finally win a Cup a lot more than I care about a road trip in November.

Oh i'm not saying i don't agree with ya i'm just saying we won a few games Yah for the Flyers . The Hakshell thing has been beaten to death on every thread there is on here and we ain't going to be able to do anything about it anyways . I am also more pro Flyers than i am anti Hackshell and do realize that we are still a few years away from being a contender . Right now i am just looking forward to some of the younger players making stride forwards but also realize players like our goalies Weise Lehtera MacDonald Simmer will not be here when we are contending . Probably 1 or 2 of our top 6 forwards and a couple of our top 6 d won't be either so i don't sweat it right now .
Our team that can contend will have to have players like Hart Frost Allison Farabee Myers Rubtsov etc on it and they are a few years away . Right now if playing well we have a okay team but have too many holes to be considered a contender with or without a new coach . A new coach might give us a short spike but it would be short lived , we do not have enough pieces in place yet . imo