GDT: #28: Islanders at Flyers, Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (11-11-5, 5-5-3 home ) vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (15-8-5, 5-4-3 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TVAS, MSG+, CSN-PH
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020408
• 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=2015020408
• 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

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers|28| 15-8-5 |10-4-2 |5-4-3 |6-2-2| 2.71 |2.32 |20.0 |85.1 |9.3 |29.6| 28.9 |49.6
Islanders|27 |11-11-5 |5-5-3 |6-6-2 |5-3-2 |1.96 |2.70 |17.1 |80.4 |12.1 |30.3 |32.0 |50.0

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
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 |23| 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 |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
47 | Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 190| Sep 7, 1986 |29 | Judique, NS, CAN
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 |38| 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
20 - R.J. Umberger| 21 - Scott Laughton| 25 - Ryan White

Pairings

Name | Name
15 - Michael Del Zotto| 47 - Andrew MacDonald
82 - Evgeny Medvedev | 55 - Nick Schultz
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 | IR; could return next week|reported as a concussion, severe cut above left eye (Nov. 23)
Radko Gudas | will not play | this is the third of his three-game suspension
Vincent Lecavalier | available| expected to be scratched
Luke Schenn | out two weeks from Dec. 6 | twisted left ankle
Mark Streit| LTIR; out about three weeks from Dec. 5| surgery to repair a pubic plate detachment (Nov. 17)

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| Michael Del Zotto | Evgeny Medvedev

NEW YORK ISLANDERS​

ISLANDERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

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

Pairings

Name | Name
2 - Nick Leddy | 3 - Travis Hamonic
44 - Calvin de Haan | 55 - Johnny Boychuk
14 - Thomas Hickey | 28 - Marek Zidlicky

Goalies

Name | Name
41 - Jaroslav Halak (expected starter) | 1 - Thomas Greiss

ISLANDERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Steve Bernier| available | could be a healthy scratch
Jean-Francois Berube | injured reserve| lower body
Eric Boulton | injured reserve| lower body
Brian Strait| available | could be a healthy scratch

ISLANDERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brock Nelson | John Tavares | Kyle Okposo | Nick Leddy | Frans Nielsen
No. 2| Anders Lee | Mikhail Grabovski | Josh Bailey |Ryan Strome | Travis Hamonic

ISLANDERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
12| Josh Bailey | L| 6' 1"| 210 |Oct 2, 1989| 26 |Bowmanville, ON, CAN
16| Steve Bernier| R |6' 3"| 220| Mar 31, 1985| 30 |Quebec City, QC, CAN
36| Eric Boulton | L |6' 0"| 227 |Aug 17, 1976| 39 |Halifax, NS, CAN
53| Casey Cizikas | C| 5' 11" |201 |Feb 27, 1991 |24| Toronto, ON, CAN
15| Cal Clutterbuck| R| 5' 11"| 218| Nov 18, 1987| 28| Welland, ON, CAN
84| Mikhail Grabovski | C |5' 11" |186| Jan 31, 1984| 31| Potsdam, DEU
86| Nikolay Kulemin | L |6' 1"| 225 |Jul 14, 1986| 29| Magnitogorsk, RUS
27| Anders Lee | L |6' 3"| 228 |Jul 3, 1990 |25| Edina, MN, USA
17 | Matt Martin |L| 6' 3" |220| May 8, 1989| 26| Windsor, ON, CAN
29 | Brock Nelson | C| 6' 3" |206 |Oct 15, 1991 |24| Warroad, MN, USA
51 | Frans Nielsen "A"| C| 6' 1"| 188 |Apr 24, 1984 |31| Herning, DNK
21 | Kyle Okposo "A" | R| 6' 0"| 217 |Apr 16, 1988 |27| St. Paul, MN, USA
18| Ryan Strome | C| 6' 1"| 199 |Jul 11, 1993| 22| Mississauga, ON, CAN
91 |John Tavares "C" | C |6' 1" |211| Sep 20, 1990| 25| Mississauga, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
55| Johnny Boychuk | 6' 2"| 227 |Jan 19, 1984 |31| Edmonton, AB, CAN
3 |Travis Hamonic| 6' 2" |205| Aug 16, 1990| 25| St. Malo, MB, CAN
14| Thomas Hickey| 6' 0"| 189 |Feb 8, 1989 |26 |Calgary, AB, CAN
2 |Nick Leddy | 6' 0" |199| Mar 20, 1991 |24 |Eden Prairie, MN, USA
37 | Brian Strait | 6' 1" |206 |Jan 4, 1988 |27| Waltham, MA, USA
28 | Marek Zidlicky| 5' 11" |190 |Feb 3, 1977 |38| Most, CZE
44 | Calvin de Haan| 6' 1" |197 |May 9, 1991 |24| Carp, ON, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30| Jean-Francois Berube | 6' 1" |177 |Jul 13, 1991| 24| Repentigny, QC, CAN
1 |Thomas Greiss | 6' 1" |228 |Jan 29, 1986 |29| Fussen, DEU
41| Jaroslav Halak | 5' 11"| 181 |May 13, 1985| 30| Bratislava, SVK

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|130-89-26-10 | 76-33-11-6 | 54-56-15-4

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|1-2-4 in the last 7 | 18-1-4 in the last 23 |0-2-2 in the last 4

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Sat Dec 19, 2015 | Philadelphia at Columbus |7:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-O
Mon Dec 21, 2015 | St. Louis at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |TVAS, FS-MW, 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

ESPN New York ​

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

MSG Networks ​

| http://www.msg.com/teams/islanders.html

Shannon Hogan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Shannon_Hogan

New York Daily News ​

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

Peter Botte's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PeterBotte

New York Post ​

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

Brett Cyrgalis's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/brettcyrgalis

New York Times​

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Newsday ​

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

Arthur Staple's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/StapeNewsday

SportsNet New York ​

| http://islanderspointblank.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"John the Fisherman" by Primus
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Changes and updates to the first post will be made when issued.

PRACTICE INFO:

• Sunday: No practice is scheduled.
  
• Monday: 10:30 am ET in Voorhees.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This game probably won't go well. Especially how bad our defense just was, outside of Ghost.

 

[sigma six]

Beat the Rangers, lose to CBJ. Who knows what we'll get.

 

[Curufinwe]

Do your job and change the lines, Hak.

 

[RoDu]

should be rested for this one

 

[dats81]

Beat the Rangers, lose to CBJ. Who knows what we'll get.

Somehow they feed off playing the top teams but can't find any energy against the teams lower in the standings. Maybe time to get them some mental coaching.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Somehow they feed off playing the top teams but can't find any energy against the teams lower in the standings. Maybe time to get them some mental coaching.

If you look around every team's individual board, you'll see fans say this all the time. We're just an average team that is going to look great some nights and awful others. I don't buy into playing up or down to your opposition over an 82 game schedule, minus the rivalry games against the Penguins and Rangers.

 

[hatcher]

They played way down every player not including ghost to clb. G looked not bad but not the same as the past two weeks.

 

[CodyTheHuman]

They played way down every player not including ghost to clb. G looked not bad but not the same as the past two weeks.

Maybe he is getting tired from carrying the team all season.

 

[flyersfan187]

I might be the only one but I would love to see Bellemare on a line with Giroux. Plus, it is time to bring Voracek back up and get his minutes in. Bellemare/Giroux/Voracek would have potential.

Either way it is difficult for the Flyers because of all the dead cap with Vinny/Umby/MacD. Hartnell was still looking good and has been still getting his goals.

 

[bb12]

I might be the only one but I would love to see Bellemare on a line with Giroux. Plus, it is time to bring Voracek back up and get his minutes in. Bellemare/Giroux/Voracek would have potential.

Either way it is difficult for the Flyers because of all the dead cap with Vinny/Umby/MacD. Hartnell was still looking good and has been still getting his goals.

I'd fully support that. Raffl had success with those 2 next year because he dug pucks out of the corner and banged in rebounds.

Peb is quicker, has a better shot and better hands then raffl so it could be really good.

 

[Curufinwe]

PEB-Giroux-Voracek
Read-Couturier-Simmonds
Raffl-Laughton-BSchenn
VdV-White-Umberger

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=790426

ANDREW MacDONALD RECALLED
Prior to the team’s practice on Monday morning, Flyers GM Ron Hextall announced that the club has recalled defenseman Andrew MacDonald from their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

MacDonald was loaned to the Phantoms just prior to the 2015-16 season, on Oct. 6, and has appeared in 23 of the team’s 24 games where he has recorded 12 assists and 13 points to go along with a plus-4 rating and 18 penalty minutes. His 12 assists rank second on the Phantoms defense, while his 13 points are fifth on the overall team.

MacDonald also appeared in three preseason games for the Flyers, recording one assist, before being loaned to the Phantoms. He played 58 games for the Flyers last season, recording 12 points (2g-10a) and blocking a total of 86 shots.

 

[Danko]

Voracek back on first line according to dave isaac on twitter.

 

[Curufinwe]

Too late to get a music change?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1D9wWxd2w

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Del Zotto is paired with MacDonald (Schenn's replacement) at Tuesday's practice.

 

[Striiker]

Seems like Voracek is back with Giroux. About time.

 

[Curufinwe]

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

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=73062

 

[TCTC]

So now Schenn is getting the Voracek treatment? Why not just use the lines from the start of the season?

 

[bb12]

So now we bury Schenn with the 4th line?

What is going on? Just put the 4th line back together, play Laughton with Schenn and Umberger and do what you can to figure out how to replace umberger. Maybe recall Leier or cousins.

This is pretty much Berube-logic

 

[Curufinwe]

They're not the 4th line.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?rep...0152016&gameType=2&aggregate=0&teamId=4&pos=F

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

According to Voracek, post-practice today, he will remain in one of the bottom lines despite the changes at today's practice but ultimately that is the coach's decision.

 

[Striiker]

They're not the 4th line.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?rep...0152016&gameType=2&aggregate=0&teamId=4&pos=F

They may not be getting played like a 4th line but when 2/3 of the line are 4th liners I'm still going to call it the 4th line. It just so happens that we have two 4th lines right now.

 

[bb12]

They may not be getting played like a 4th line but when 2/3 of the line are 4th liners I'm still going to call it the 4th line. It just so happens that we have two 4th lines right now.

we have 2 4th lines and 2 2nd lines.

That G line isnt a 1st line at all. besides Gagner who was a HS in the begining of the year everyone is healthy again. Go back to the lines from begining of the year or keep the coots line and throw everything in a hat and figure it out. You have your top 2 guys playing with inadaquite players

Raffl and Schenn were compliments to G and Jake. Them together doesnt give G support or much option. Jake is playing with grinders. it is so stupid to me