GDT: #23: Predators at Flyers, November 27, 2015, 3:30 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (7-10-5, 4-4-3 home ) vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS (12-6-3, 5-5-1 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: SN, FS-TN, CSN-PH
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020331
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020331
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Predators' Stats: http://predators.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%
Predators| 21| 12-6-3 |7-1-2 |5-5-1 |5-4-1 |2.57 |2.48 |17.6| 80.3| 12.9| 30.5 |27.2| 48.7
Flyers|22 |7-10-5 |4-4-3 |3-6-2 |3-4-3 |1.73 |2.82 |15.9 |79.8 |12.2 |30.0 |33.1 |50.3

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Predators' Website: http://predators.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
52| Nick Cousins| C| 5' 11" |188 | Jul 20, 1993 | 22| Belleville, ON, CAN
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
36 | Colin McDonald | R| 6' 2"| 219 |Sep 30, 1984 |31| Wethersfield, CT, USA
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
53| Shayne Gostisbehere | 5' 11" |160 |Apr 20, 1993 |22| Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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| 26| 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 |10 - Brayden Schenn
24 - Matt Read|14 - Sean Couturier |17 - Wayne Simmonds
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |93 - Jakub Voracek
21 - Scott Laughton| 52 - Nick Cousins | 36 - Colin McDonald

Pairings

Name | Name
15 - Michael Del Zotto| 3 - Radko Gudas
55 - Nick Schultz |22 - Luke Schenn
82 - Evgeny Medvedev |53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason |30 - Michal Neuvirth (will start)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sam Gagner | expected out one week from Nov. 25 | severe cut above left eye
Vincent Lecavalier | available| could be a healthy scratch
Taylor Leier | not with team| sent to AHL, per transactions page
Brandon Manning | available| could be a healthy scratch
Mark Streit| LTIR; out six weeks from Nov. 14| surgery to repair a pubic plate detachment (Nov. 17)
R.J. Umberger |IR; could return next week| speculated as left foot (blocked shot)
Ryan White | IR; out 2-to-4 weeks from Nov. 15| upper body, speculated as right shoulder

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Brayden Schenn |Wayne Simmonds| Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek | Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2|Matt Read |Michael Raffl | Sean Couturier| Brandon Manning | Michael Del Zotto

NASHVILLE PREDATORS​

PREDATORS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
9 - Filip Forsberg |63 - Mike Ribeiro |18 - James Neal
33 - Colin Wilson | 12 - Mike Fisher | 15 - Craig Smith
57 - Gabriel Bourque | 19 - Calle Jarnkrok |11 - Cody Hodgson
24 - Eric Nystrom | 28 - Paul Gaustad (84) - Colton Sissons | 51 - Austin Watson

Pairings

Name | Name
59 - Roman Josi |6 - Shea Weber
5 - Barret Jackman|3 - Seth Jones
14 - Mattias Ekholm| 4 - Ryan Ellis

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Pekka Rinne (will start) | 30 - Carter Hutton

PREDATORS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Victor Bartley| available | could be a healthy scratch
Anthony Bitetto| available | could be a healthy scratch
Paul Gaustad |not specified | upper body (Nov. 25)
Miikka Salomaki | injured reserve | undisclosed
Colton Sissons | available| promoted from AHL (Nov. 26)

PREDATORS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Filip Forsberg | Mike Fisher |James Neal |Roman Josi | Shea Weber
No. 2| Colin Wilson| Mike Ribeiro | Craig Smith |Seth Jones | Ryan Ellis

PREDATORS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
57 |Gabriel Bourque |R |5' 10" |206 |Sep 23, 1990| 25| Rimouski, QC, CAN
12| Mike Fisher "A"| C |6' 1"| 216 |Jun 5, 1980 |35| Peterborough, ON, CAN
9 |Filip Forsberg |L |6' 1" |205 |Aug 13, 1994 |21| Ostervala, SWE
28 | Paul Gaustad |C |6' 5" |227 |Feb 3, 1982 |33| Fargo, ND, USA
11 | Cody Hodgson | C |6' 0" |191| Feb 18, 1990| 25| Toronto, ON, CAN
19 | Calle Jarnkrok | C |5' 11" |186 |Sep 25, 1991 |24| Gävle, SWE
18 | James Neal "A" | R |6' 2"| 221| Sep 3, 1987 |28| Whitby, ON, CAN
24 | Eric Nystrom | L |6' 1"| 200 |Feb 14, 1983 |32| Syosset, NY, USA
63 | Mike Ribeiro |C |6' 0"| 179| Feb 10, 1980| 35| Montreal, QC, CAN
20 | Miikka Salomaki |R| 5' 11"| 203 |Mar 9, 1993| 22| Raahe, FIN
(84)| Colton Sissons |C |6' 1" |200 |Nov 5, 1993 |22 |North Vancouver, BC, CAN
15 | Craig Smith | R| 6' 1" |208| Sep 5, 1989 |26| Madison, WI, USA
51 | Austin Watson | L |6' 4" |204 |Jan 13, 1992| 23| Ann Arbor, MI, USA
33 |Colin Wilson| L |6' 1" |221 |Oct 20, 1989 |26 |Greenwich, CT, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
64| Victor Bartley| 6' 0" |215 |Feb 17, 1988| 27| Ottawa, ON, CAN
2 |Anthony Bitetto| 6' 1" |210 |Jul 15, 1990 |25| Island Park, NY, USA
14| Mattias Ekholm| 6' 4" |21|5 May 24, 1990| 25| Borlange, SWE
4 |Ryan Ellis |5' 10" |180| Jan 3, 1991| 24 |Hamilton, ON, CAN
5 |Barret Jackman| 6' 0" |203 |Mar 5, 1981 |34| Trail, BC, CAN
3 | Seth Jones |6' 4"| 208| Oct 3, 1994 |21| Arlington, TX, USA
59 | Roman Josi "A"| 6' 1"| 201 |Jun 1, 1990| 25| Bern, CHE
6 |Shea Weber "C" | 6' 4"| 236| Aug 14, 1985 |30| Sicamous, BC, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Carter Hutton | 6' 1" |201 |Dec 19, 1985 |29| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
35 |Pekka Rinne | 6' 5" |217 |Nov 3, 1982 |33| Kempele, FIN

FLYERS vs. PREDATORS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Nashville Predators|10-4-3-4 | 7-2-1-2 | 3-2-2-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Nashville Predators| 0-0|0-0|0-0|0-0

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Nashville Predators| 4-1-1 in the last 6 | 5-0-1 in the last 6 |1-2-2 in the last 5

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Nov 28, 2015 | Philadelphia at NY Rangers |1:30 PM | CSN-PH, MSG
Tue Dec 1, 2015| Philadelphia at Ottawa |7:30 PM | TCN-PH, RDS2, TSN5
Fri Dec 4, 2015 | Philadelphia at New Jersey | 7:00 PM | CSN-PH, MSG+ 2
Sat Dec 5, 2015 | Columbus at Philadelphia | 7:30 PM | FS-O, CSN-PH
Tue Dec 8, 2015 | NY Islanders at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TVAS, MSG+, CSN-PH
Thu Dec 10, 2015 | Philadelphia at St. Louis |8:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-MW

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

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

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Center Ice Philly​

| http://centericephilly.com/

Anthony Mingioni's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AnthonyMingioni

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/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 and Inquirer​

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

Blog​

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

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Jeff Neiburg's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Jeff_Neiburg

Fox Sports Tennessee​

| https://twitter.com/FOXSportsTN

Rinkside Report​

| http://rinksidereport.com/

Jim Diamond's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/diamondhockey

The Tennessean ​

| http://www.tennessean.com/section/SPORTS02?nav=2

Adam Vingan's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/AdamVingan

102.5 The Game ​

| http://www.thegamenashville.com/nashville-predators/

Willy Daunic's Twitter​

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| https://twitter.com/WillyD1025

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Good Mourning/Black Friday" by Megadeth
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Not going to be a pretty game.

 

[boxcar65]

A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the Manning family.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

THURSDAY: Practice is 11:30 a.m. ET at Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ.

 

[Danko]

Im going to this game and also got some tickets to the Penn State vs Vermont game (4) that i wont be going to...If anyone is going to the game and wants them PM me

 

[chupanibre]

A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the Manning family.

Beautiful family!

 

[Curufinwe]

That's perfect.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Beautiful family!

You just ended the photo shop game !!

Perfection

 

[boxcar65]

That could be the most classic picture I've ever seen. I spit out my beer from laughing so hard.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

dammit i just realized this game is on at noon PST, and i'll be at work..

boooo

 

[JustJim]

Wouldn't it be nice if.....

Nashville left town on Friday afternoon with Lecavalier on their roster?
I dunno, I'm just wishing aloud.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Flyers fans in the States!!

 

[Striiker]

It'll never happen but if Hextall can manage to trade Lecavalier I'll get his face tattooed on my ass cheek and name my first child after him.

 

[bb12]

Any practice updates

 

[BernieParent]

It's a binary decision for the Flyers goal total in the prediction game.

 

[tymed]

At what point should one cease to spend 9 hours a week tuning in to this **** brigade?

 

[Curufinwe]

I watched the last game in 9 minutes and it was still a waste of time.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Any practice updates

Umberger returned to practice but won't play in either game this extended weekend.

Ryan White continues to skate but no contact. He won't play either game this weekend which isn't unexpected news. He said he is a few days away from contact.

 

[BernieParent]

Beautiful family!

Beautiful job. The expressions are perfect. Not where I would have put Manning's face, but beautiful all the same. Suggested revisions:
- Voracek as the little girl.
- Couturier (with full helmet and face shield) as the boy
- Lecavalier looking in the window

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

first game I'll miss this season. Thanks Friday matinees

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Two teams that have had problems scoring. Should be an instant classic.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The Predators made roster moves today: Miikka Salomaki was placed on IR and Colton Sissons was recalled.

 

[GKJ]

Nick Cousins is replacing Taylor Leier on the roster

 

[CodyTheHuman]

Nick Cousins is replacing Taylor Leier on the roster

I wonder what position he'll be playing. I imagine they'll stick him on wing.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Is Leier hurt?

 

[dats81]

Two teams that have had problems scoring. Should be an instant classic.

The Flyers are allowing so many shots per game right now, I doubt the Preds will have any trouble getting 3 or more this time.