GDT: #25: Flyers at Senators, Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 7:30 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (9-10-5, 4-6-2 away ) vs. OTTAWA SENATORS (12-6-5, 5-3-4 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TCN-PH, RDS2, TSN5
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020361
• 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=2015020361
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Senators' Stats: http://senators.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%
Flyers|24 |9-10-5 |5-4-3 |4-6-2 |4-4-2 |1.83 |2.67 |16.4 |80.7 |12.3 |30.5 |32.8 |50.4
Senators| 23| 12-6-5 |5-3-4| 7-3-1| 5-2-3 |3.17 |2.83 |21.4 |78.8 |12.4 |28.7 |34.1| 50.9

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Senators' Website: http://senators.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 |27| 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
82 - Evgeny Medvedev |22 - Luke Schenn
23 - Brandon Manning| 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sam Gagner | expected out one week from Nov. 25 | severe cut above left eye
Vincent Lecavalier | available| expected to be a healthy scratch
Nick Schultz | practiced Monday; doubtful| upper body
Mark Streit| LTIR; out six weeks from Nov. 14| surgery to repair a pubic plate detachment (Nov. 17)
R.J. Umberger |IR; could return this weekend| speculated as left foot (blocked shot)
Ryan White | IR; could return as early as this weekend | 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|Evgeny Medvedev | Michael Del Zotto

OTTAWA SENATORS​

SENATORS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
68 Mike Hoffman| 7 Kyle Turris| 6 Bobby Ryan
27 Curtis Lazar |93 Mika Zibanejad|61 Mark Stone
9 Milan Michalek | 44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 90 Alex Chiasson
10 Shane Prince |15 Zack Smith| 25 Chris Neil

Pairings

Name | Name
3 Marc Methot |65 Erik Karlsson
2 Jared Cowen | 5 Cody Ceci
74 Mark Borowiecki |45 Chris Wideman

Goalies

Name | Name
41 Craig Anderson (confirmed as starter) | 32 Chris Driedger

SENATORS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Colin Greening |available | could be a healthy scratch
Andrew Hammond |injured reserve | head
Clarke MacArthur| injured reserve| concussion
Chris Phillips |injured reserve | back
Patrick Wiercioch |available | could be a healthy scratch

SENATORS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Milan Michalek | Kyle Turris | Mika Zibanejad |Bobby Ryan |Erik Karlsson
No. 2 | Alex Chiasson |Curtis Lazar | Mark Stone |Chris Wideman |Mike Hoffman

SENATORS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
90 |Alex Chiasson | R| 6' 3"| 208| 1 Oct 1990 |25| Montreal, QC, CAN
14 | Colin Greening | L| 6' 2" |212 |9 Mar 1986 |29 |St. John's, NL, CAN
68 |Mike Hoffman | L| 6' 1" |180 |24 Nov 1989 |25| Kitchener, ON, CAN
27 | Curtis Lazar |R |6' 0" |209 |2 Feb 1995| 20 |Salmon Arm, BC, CAN
16 | Clarke MacArthur| L |6' 0" |195| 6 Apr 1985| 30| Lloydminster, AB, CAN
9 |Milan Michalek | L |6' 2" |220 |7 Dec 1984 |30| Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE
25 | Chris Neil "A" | R| 6' 1" |206 |18 Jun 1979 |36| Flesherton, ON, CAN
44| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C| 5' 10" |180| 11 Nov 1992| 23| Ottawa, ON, CAN
10 | Shane Prince | L |5' 11" |185 |16 Nov 1992 |23| Rochester, NY, USA
6 |Bobby Ryan |R |6' 2" |209| 17 Mar 1987 |28| Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
15 | Zack Smith |C |6' 2"| 209 |5 Apr 1988 |27 |Maple Creek, SK, CAN
61 |Mark Stone | R| 6' 3" |205 |13 May 1992 |23| Winnipeg, MB, CAN
7 |Kyle Turris "A" | C |6' 1" |190 |14 Aug 1989 |26| New Westminster, BC, CAN
93| Mika Zibanejad | C |6' 2"| 222 |18 Apr 1993 |22| Huddinge, SWE

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
74 |Mark Borowiecki |6' 2" |205 |12 Jul 1989 |26| Ottawa, ON, CAN
5| Cody Ceci |6' 3" |205| 21 Dec 1993| 21| Ottawa, ON, CAN
2 | Jared Cowen | 6' 5"| 238 |25 Jan 1991 |24| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
65 | Erik Karlsson "C"| 6' 0" |191 |31 May 1990| 25| Landsbro, SWE
3 |Marc Methot | 6' 3" |228 |21 Jun 1985 |30| Ottawa, ON, CAN
4 |Chris Phillips "A" | 6' 3" |219 |9 Mar 1978 |37| Calgary, AB, CAN
45 | Chris Wideman | 5' 10" |180| 7 Jan 1990| 25 |St. Louis, MO, USA
46 | Patrick Wiercioch | 6' 5" |202 |12 Sep 1990 |25| Burnaby, BC, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41|Craig Anderson |6' 2"| 184| 21 May 1981| 34| Park Ridge, IL, USA
32 |Chris Driedger | 6' 4" |205 |18 May 1994| 21 |Winnipeg, MB, CAN
30| Andrew Hammond| 6' 1"|220 |11 Feb 1988| 27| Surrey, BC, CAN

FLYERS vs. SENATORS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Ottawa Senators|41-31-8-6| 25-13-2-2|16-18-6-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Ottawa Senators| 0-2|3-8|2-4|1-4

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Ottawa Senators|1-2-1 in the last 4 | 6-2-1 in the last 9 | 1-1-2 in the last 4

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Fri Dec 11, 2015| Philadelphia at Dallas |8:30 PM |TCN-PH, FS-SW
Tue Dec 15, 2015| Carolina at Philadelphia| 7:00 PM |FS-CR, CSN-PH
Thu Dec 17, 2015| Vancouver at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |SN360, CSN-PH

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

Ottawa Citizen |​

http://ottawacitizen.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/senatorsextra

Wayne Scanlan's Twitter| ​

https://twitter.com/HockeyScanner

Ken Warren's Twitter| ​

https://twitter.com/Citizenkwarren

Ottawa Sun |​

http://www.ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/senators

Don Brennan's Twitter |​

https://twitter.com/SunDoniB

Bruce Garrioch's Twitter |​

http://twitter.com/SunGarrioch

TSN 1200 |​

http://www.tsn1200.ca/

Steve Lloyd's Twitter |​

https://twitter.com/TSNSteveLloyd

Brent Wallace's Twitter |​

https://twitter.com/tsn_wally

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Again" by Alice In Chains
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Good team, but hopefully we can have a similar, if not better kind of effort against the Sens. Here's hoping for V to be back with G and Mason being stellar.

 

[boxcar65]

We are now two games into my prediction of a five game winning streak. Definitely the best game of the year yesterday. Would love to see the momentum carry over into Tuesday night.

On another note, I'm sure Chris Neil is a little concerned that Manning might be back in the lineup. He will definitely be looking for some revenge against the Senators pugilist.

 

[flyersfan018]

We are now two games into my prediction of a five game winning streak. Definitely the best game of the year yesterday. Would love to see the momentum carry over into Tuesday night.

On another note, I'm sure Chris Neil is a little concerned that Manning might be back in the lineup. He will definitely be looking for some revenge against the Senators pugilist.

 

[TheKingPin]

We are now two games into my prediction of a five game winning streak. Definitely the best game of the year yesterday. Would love to see the momentum carry over into Tuesday night.

On another note, I'm sure Chris Neil is a little concerned that Manning might be back in the lineup. He will definitely be looking for some revenge against the Senators pugilist.

Your boy has been playing better since getting his old partner back in ghost.


Keep the Wayne train moving along this game! Can't wait to see that pic back on here when he starts tearing it up again.

Can't believe read played as well as he did. It's like they both decided to take the puck to the net and make crisp accurate plays. Thing of beauty.

 

[Rebels57]

Your boy has been playing better since getting his old partner back in ghost.

Keep the Wayne train moving along this game! Can't wait to see that pic back on here when he starts tearing it up again.

Can't believe read played as well as he did. It's like they both decided to take the puck to the net and make crisp accurate plays. Thing of beauty.

He was benched the last 2 games in favor of Medvedev, who showed why he is the far superior defensemen.

 

[tymed]

Voracek-Giroux-Schenn
Read-Coots-Simmer
Laughton-Cousins-Macdonald
Raffl-PEB-VDV

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Your boy has been playing better since getting his old partner back in ghost.

yea hes been riding the pressbox like a champ..

hahaa

 

[Curufinwe]

Voracek-Giroux-Schenn
Read-Coots-Simmer
Laughton-Cousins-Macdonald
Raffl-PEB-VDV

There's more chance of Ghost playing LW than Jake.

 

[TCTC]

I can't even remember the last time the Flyers won 3 games in a row. It's time for a winning streak.

 

[boxcar65]

Your boy has been playing better since getting his old partner back in ghost

KingPin, it's nice to see someone else out there that can recognize the obvious. The best is yet to come from ManDog!!

 

[Rebels57]

KingPin, it's nice to see someone else out there that can recognize the obvious. The best is yet to come from ManDog!!

You're having way too much fun with this.

 

[TheKingPin]

Haha. He has improved but there's no way he is over any of the guys in ahead of him.

Thinking of it now. Ghost looked a lot better in the D Zone when with manning. He has had some minor issues the last two games. A defensively efficient ghost with his offense is one of the better dmen in the division. Pretty awesome.

 

[Striiker]

The last two games they played significantly better opponents... Ghosts quality of play has zero to do with Manning, other than the fact that he doesn't have to carry all of that dead weight anymore.

 

[Rebels57]

Haha. He has improved but there's no way he is over any of the guys in ahead of him.

Thinking of it now. Ghost looked a lot better in the D Zone when with manning. He has had some minor issues the last two games. A defensively efficient ghost with his offense is one of the better dmen in the division. Pretty awesome.

The Predators and Rangers are significantly better than the Hurricanes and even Islanders.

 

[dats81]

Any word on the status of Schultz?

 

[Delete99991]

Yeah, he still stinks

 

[bb12]

The problem with the Ghost/Meds pairing is they both are offensive minded, Ghost is more of a one way D and Meds is a 2-way, has skills on both ends of the puck but seems to me to be more offensive minded. That being said, Hak should stop "carrying momentum" or "dont fix what isnt broke" and chance the pairings.

There is a very good reason MDZ and Gudas both look so good. Balance. I'd like to see Shultz or Schenn with Ghost as Ghost doesnt need to worry that no one is staying home, and the same could be said for Meds. He showed last game he will jump in the play. We dont want both him and Ghost jumping into the rush.

I know its all kind of obvious but im not sure Hak sees obvious, i mean he still has Jake with VdV and PEB.

 

[Curufinwe]

Ideally Schultz will miss this game, forcing Hakstol to put Medvedev with LSchenn, and they will have a great game together and stay as the second pairing. Then Schultz is put with Ghost on Friday.

 

[bb12]

^^ Forgot the Schenn/Medvedev pairing worked well in the begining

 

[Curufinwe]

Hakstol forgot, too.

 

[bb12]

guys forgets a lot, like VdV may have been good in college but he is just a 4th liner and he probably forgot jake was top 5? in scoring last year. SO LETS PLAY THOSE 2 TOGETHER!!!!

 

[BernieParent]

Hakstol forgot, too.

He was off his Meds.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Monday's practice is 10:30 a.m. ET in Voorhees.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Nick Schultz is at least skating today; whether he practices will be determined eventually.