GDT: #20| FLYERS at Islanders|Mon., Nov. 24, 2014| 7:00 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (8-9-2, 2-6-0 away) vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (14-6-0, 6-2-0 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TCN-PH, MSG+
• Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
  1. http://atdee.net/index.html
  2. http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
  3. http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=icehockey
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2014020313

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020313
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=102379&navid=DL|PHI|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Islanders' Stats: http://islanders.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Teams' Stats

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers| 19| 8-9-2 |6-3-2 |2-6-0 |4-6-0 |3.00| 3.05| 23.5| 71.9| 9.6 |31.8 |32.4 |50.8
Islanders| 20| 14-6-0| 6-2-0| 8-4-0 |8-2-0 |3.20 |2.85 |19.5 |75.4 |11.2 |32.8 |29.0 |48.3

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

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

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
42| Jason Akeson | R |5' 10" |190| Jun 3, 1990 |24| Ottawa, ON, CAN
78| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare| L |6' 0"| 198| Mar 6, 1985| 29| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14| Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |21 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
28| Claude Giroux "C" | C |5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |26| Hearst, ON, CAN
49 | Scott Laughton| C| 6' 1" | 190 |May 30, 1994 | 20| Oakville, ON, CAN
40| Vincent Lecavalier| C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980 |34| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12| Michael Raffl | L |6' 0"| 195 |Dec 1, 1988 |25| Villach, AUT
24| Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986| 28 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo| C |5' 11"| 169| Jun 15, 1990 |24| Mississauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1"| 190 |Aug 22, 1991 |23| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R |6' 2"|183|Aug 26, 1988| 26| Scarborough, ON, CAN
18 | R.J. Umberger | C |6' 2" |214 |May 3, 1982 |32 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76| Chris VandeVelde| C |6' 2" | 190 |Mar 15, 1987 | 27 | Moorhead, MN, USA
93 | Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |25| Kladno, CZE
25 | Ryan White | C | 6' 0"|193|Mar 17, 1988 |26 | Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
26 | Carlo Colaiacovo | 6' 1" | 200| Jan 27, 1983 | 31| Toronto, ON, CAN
5 |Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985 |29| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
15 | Michael Del Zotto | 6' 0"| 195| Jun 24, 1990| 24| Stouffville, ON, CAN
8 | Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |29 |Stockholm, SWE
47| Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 190| Sep 7, 1986| 28| Judique, NS, CAN
20 | Chris Pronger |6' 6" |220| Oct 10, 1974| 40| Dryden, ON, CAN
22 | Luke Schenn |6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989 |25 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55 | Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203 |Aug 25, 1982| 32 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32 | Mark Streit "A" |5' 11"| 191 |Dec 11, 1977| 36| Bern, CHE
44 | Kimmo Timonen | 5' 10" | 194 |Mar 18, 1975 | 39 | Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 |Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |32| Hamilton, ON, CAN
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 26| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
10 Brayden Schenn | 28 Claude Giroux | 93 Jakub Voracek
24 Matt Read | 14 Sean Couturier |17 Wayne Simmonds
18 R.J. Umberger |49 Scott Laughton | 40 Vincent Lecavalier
36 Zac Rinaldo | 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |

Pairings

Name | Name
5 Braydon Coburn |55 Nick Schultz
8 Nicklas Grossmann |32 Mark Streit
15 Michael Del Zotto |47 Andrew MacDonald
22 Luke Schenn| (seven d-men)

Goalies

Name | Name
35 Steve Mason (expected starter) | 29 Ray Emery

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Jason Akeson | healthy | could be scratched
Carlo Colaiacovo | available | expected to be scratched
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Michael Raffl |could practice the week of Nov. 24; IR; out six weeks from Nov. 5| right foot (blocked shot)
Kimmo Timonen | out indefinitely; to be re-examined in January | blood clots in lungs and right calf
Chris VandeVelde | questionable| lower-body
Ryan White| could be out five months from Aug. 27; non-contact skate mid-Nov. | left pectoralis muscle surgery

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek | Mark Streit
No. 2| Vincent Lecavalier | Matt Read |Sean Couturier|Michael Del Zotto | Andrew MacDonald

NEW YORK ISLANDERS​

ISLANDERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
29 Brock Nelson|91 John Tavares | 86 Nikolay Kulemin
84 Mikhail Grabovski | 51 Frans Nielsen | 21 Kyle Okposo
27 Anders Lee | 18 Ryan Strome | 12 Josh Bailey
17 Matt Martin |53 Casey Cizikas |15 Cal Clutterbuck

Pairings

Name | Name
2 Nick Leddy | 55 Johnny Boychuk
37 Brian Strait | 3 Travis Hamonic
46 Matt Donovan | 11 Lubomir Visnovsky

Goalies

Name | Name
41 Jaroslav Halak (expected starter) |30 Chad Johnson

ISLANDERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Eric Boulton | injured reserve| lower body
Matt Carkner | injured reserve| back
Cory Conacher | available | could be scratched
Calvin de Haan | not expected to play | ill
Michael Grabner | injured reserve| lower body
Thomas Hickey| not expected to play | ill

ISLANDERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brock Nelson | Frans Nielsen | Kyle Okposo |John Tavares |Johnny Boychuk
No. 2| Mikhail Grabovski |Josh Bailey | Anders Lee |Lubomir Visnovsky |Ryan Strome

ISLANDERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
12 |Josh Bailey | L| 6' 1" |194 |Oct 2, 1989| 25| Bowmanville, ON, CAN
36| Eric Boulton | L| 6' 0" |225 |Aug 17, 1976| 38| Halifax, NS, CAN
53| Casey Cizikas |C |5' 11"| 201 |Feb 27, 1991 |23| Toronto, ON, CAN
15| Cal Clutterbuck | R| 5' 11"| 215| Nov 18, 1987| 27| Welland, ON, CAN
89| Cory Conacher |C| 5' 8"| 182| Dec 14, 1989| 24| Burlington, ON, CAN
40| Michael Grabner | R |6' 1" |202| Oct 5, 1987 |27| Villach, AUT
84| Mikhail Grabovski | C| 5' 11"| 183| Jan 31, 1984 |30| Potsdam, DEU
86| Nikolay Kulemin |L |6' 1"| 226| Jul 14, 1986| 28 |Magnitogorsk, RUS
27| Anders Lee |C |6' 3"| 227 |Jul 3, 1990 |24| Edina, MN, USA
17 | Matt Martin | L |6' 3" |215 |May 8, 1989| 25 |Windsor, ON, CAN
29 | Brock Nelson | C |6' 3" |206| Oct 15, 1991| 23| Warroad, MN, USA
51| Frans Nielsen "A" | C| 6' 1"| 190| Apr 24, 1984 |30| Herning, DNK
21 | Kyle Okposo "A" |R| 6' 0"| 217 |Apr 16, 1988| 26| St. Paul, MN, USA
18 | Ryan Strome | C |6' 1" |196 |Jul 11, 1993 |21| Mississauga, ON, CAN
91| John Tavares "C" | C |6' 1"| 209 |Sep 20, 1990| 24 |Mississauga, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
55| Johnny Boychuk | 6' 2" |225 |Jan 19, 1984 |30| Edmonton, AB, CAN
7 | Matt Carkner | 6' 5"| 233| Nov 3, 1980| 34 |Winchester, ON, CAN
46| Matt Donovan | 6' 1" |205| May 9, 1990 |24 |Edmond, OK, USA
3 |Travis Hamonic | 6' 2"| 217 |Aug 16, 1990 |24| St. Malo, MB, CAN
14 | Thomas Hickey | 6' 0" |190 |Feb 8, 1989| 25 |Calgary, AB, CAN
2 |Nick Leddy |6' 0" |194 |Mar 20, 1991 |23 |Eden Prairie, MN, USA
37 | Brian Strait | 6' 1"| 209 |Jan 4, 1988 |26 |Waltham, MA, USA
11 | Lubomir Visnovsky | 5' 10" |192 |Aug 11, 1976 |38| Topolcany, SVK
44 |Calvin de Haan | 6' 1"| 193 |May 9, 1991| 23| Carp, ON, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41| Jaroslav Halak | 5' 11"| 186| May 13, 1985| 29| Bratislava, SVK
30| Chad Johnson | 6' 3" |193 |Jun 10, 1986| 28| Saskatoon, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|129-87-26-8 | 75-33-11-4 | 54-54-15-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Islanders| 3-1|14-11 |10-4|4-7

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|30-3-4 in the last 37| 17-1-2 in the last 20 |8-1-2 in the last 11 and 15-2-2 in the last 19

• Series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=901025

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Mon Nov 24, 2014|Philadelphia 0 at NY Islanders 1 (SO)|7:00 PM |TCN-PH, MSG+
Mon Jan 19, 2015|Philadelphia at NY Islanders |1:00 PM|NHLN-US, SN, TCN-PH, MSG+
Thu Feb 5, 2015|NY Islanders at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |TVA, SN360, MSG+, CSN-PH
Tue Apr 7, 2015|NY Islanders at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |SNE, SNO, SNP, MSG+ 2, CSN-PH

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=10/03/2014&team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Wed Nov 26, 2014| Philadelphia at Detroit |7:30 PM |NBCSN, TCN-PH, FS-D+
Fri Nov 28, 2014| NY Rangers at Philadelphia |1:00 PM | NBC, SN
Sat Nov 29, 2014|Philadelphia at NY Rangers |1:00 PM |CSN-PH, MSG
Tue Dec 2, 2014 | Philadelphia at San Jose |10:00 PM |NBCSN, CSN-PH
Wed Dec 3, 2014 | Philadelphia at Anaheim |10:30 PM | TCN-PH, FS-W
Sat Dec 6, 2014 | Philadelphia at Los Angeles |4:00 PM | TVA2, CSN-PH, FS-W
Tue Dec 9, 2014| Philadelphia at Columbus |7:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-O
Thu Dec 11, 2014 | New Jersey at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | MSG, CSN-PH
Sat Dec 13, 2014| Carolina at Philadelphia |1:00 PM | FS-CR, CSN-PH

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: November 24, 1993​

The Flyers out-scored Montreal 6-1 in the second period en route to a 9-2 home win vs. Montreal. Mark Recchi had five points, Garry Galley had four points and Kevin Dineen recorded a hat trick.

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

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/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

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/

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli

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

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/islanders

Katie Strang's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/katiestrangespn

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/index.html

New York Post ​

| http://www.nypost.com/sports/islanders

Brett Cyrgalis's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/brettcyrgalis

New York Times​

| http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/

Newsday ​

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders

Mark Herrmann's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/markpherrmann

Arthur Staple's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/StapeNewsday

SportsNet New York ​

| http://islanderspointblank.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Updates will be made when issued.

The Flyers will hold a practice on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET in Voorhees.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Don't pull your foot off the gas. These guys are actually not bad this year.

 

[Sombastate]

Big game. Gotta build off of the last two performances

 

[flyersfan187]

The Islanders have a lot better record than I expected with that team. Hopefully the Flyers can keep it going and get a W

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Emery better not start this game...

 

[dats81]

I have no clue what to expect from this one.
The Isles have been great as of late and could do some serious damage to the struggling Flyers.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Fast skillful team, still very iffy about their D though.

 

[Vikke]

I expect Tavares to score 7-8 points while providing Bergeron-like shutdown D.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Goalies: Mason vs. Halak.

Flyers will probably use seven defensemen again tonight. That likely means Akeson is scratched.

 

[chupanibre]

it's about time for the Islanders to implode. Lets get the ball rolling on that.

 

[King Forsberg]

Can we trade for Mez just for Islanders games?

 

[TheSpectrum]

Going to be there tonight but have this feeling the Flyers are going to be walking into a major buzz saw ... Islanders have been strong at home all year and are coming off two wins against Pittsburgh

 

[swflyers93]

I have no idea what to expect with this team but I hope we get the W, we need it.

 

[tade]

I had a great laugh reading Isles board for this game. They are acting like they are some powerhouse which has been lighting up league for some years already but in reality they are off to a good start for the first time in like what? Ten or more years?

They don't know that our defense is recently playing much better than it looks on paper, it's just PK which has been playing like crap.

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

I hope the Flyers win. The Islanders people on this board were brutal before the season and are even worse now.

 

[YEM]

Going to be there tonight but have this feeling the Flyers are going to be walking into a major buzz saw ... Islanders have been strong at home all year and are coming off two wins against Pittsburgh

more likely that we catch them in a good spot coming off the home-&-home with Pitt
pen's coach said something about this past weekend's games being like a playoff
primer as as you can see from the results the Isle didn't take these games lightly
so I think we won't see their best game tonight...

 

[bennysflyers16]

Going with 7 D again, I hope one less fwd don't bite them this game. Isles can skate and they will have to go hard to keep up. I do like the better fwd double shifting with 4th though so hope it works .

 

[Vikke]

The worst D-core in the league and Berube decides it's time to roll with seven of them, hah.

 

[Nvxs07]

I had a great laugh reading Isles board for this game. They are acting like they are some powerhouse which has been lighting up league for some years already but in reality they are off to a good start for the first time in like what? Ten or more years?

They don't know that our defense is recently playing much better than it looks on paper, it's just PK which has been playing like crap.

Saw that too, trashing our fanbase and everything. Kind of funny, kind of annoying. ANYWAYS.. I hope we get this win so I can have another laugh in the morning

 

[The Rage Kage]

Wow. Just read their GDT

 

[SuchySays]

Wow. Just read their GDT

Bill is hilarious.

 

[Flyotes]

Bill is hilarious.

He's pretty passionate in his dislike.

Weird. Honestly, I've never had a poor encounter with an Islander fan. So hats off to them.

 

[chupanibre]

Bill is hilarious.

Well to be fair he does have a couple of things right...

1) we are all low life punks

2) Grossman sucks

 

[Curufinwe]

I hope the Flyers win. The Islanders people on this board were brutal before the season and are even worse now.

Not winning a playoff round since 93 made them go crazy.