GDT: #29: FLYERS at Flames, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, 8:30 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

CALGARY FLAMES (19-10-2) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (12-13-3)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: SN, NBCSP
• 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
• Flames' Website: Official Calgary Flames Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: Philadelphia Flyers - Calgary Flames - December 12th, 2018
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2018-2019
• Flames' Stats: Calgary Flames Stats | 2018-2019

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%
Flames	31	19-10-2	40	10-3-2	9-7-0	107	84	22.4	78.6	52.2	.901
Flyers	28	12-13-3	27	5-7-2	7-6-1	85	101	13.6	71.7	55.4	.883

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

25 James van Riemsdyk - 28 Claude Giroux - 11 Travis Konecny
12 Michael Raffl - 14 Sean Couturier - 93 Jake Voracek
21 Scott Laughton - 19 Nolan Patrick - 17 Wayne Simmonds
23 Oskar Lindblom - 44 Phil Varone - 22 Dale Weise​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 47 Andrew MacDonald
53 Shayne Gostisbehere - 6 Travis Sanheim
8 Robert Hägg - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

30 Michal Neuvirth - 41 Anthony Stolarz (likely starter)
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Power Plays

PP1: Van Riemsdyk, Simmonds, Voracek, Gostisbehere, Giroux
PP2: Patrick, Konecny, Provorov, Sanheim, Lindblom
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Injuries and Scratches

10 Corban Knight (F) is on IR due to a broken collarbone. He could miss four months (Oct. 31).
15 Jori Lehtera could be a healthy scratch.
26 Christian Folin (D) could be a healthy scratch.
37 Brian Elliott (G) is on IR due to a possible groin injury. He could return this week.
40 Jordan Weal (F) could be a healthy scratch.
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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​

CALGARY FLAMES

Possible Lineup
Lines

13 Johnny Gaudreau - 23 Sean Monahan - 28 Elias Lindholm
19 Matthew Tkachuk - 10 Derek Ryan - 27 Austin Czarnik
88 Andrew Mangiapane - 77 Mark Jankowski - 18 James Neal
93 Sam Bennett - 89 Alan Quine - 21 Garnet Hathaway​

Pairings
5 Mark Giordano - 7 T.J.Brodie

55 Noah Hanifin - 24 Travis Hamonic
58 Oliver Kylington - 4 Rasmus Andersson​

Goalies

33 David Rittich - 41 Mike Smith
(starter undetermined through Tuesday)​

Injuries and Scratches

6 Dalton Proust (D) could be a healthy scratch.
8 Jusso Valimaki (D) is on IR due to a lower body injury.
11 Mikael Backlund (F) is out indefinitely with a reported concussion.
26 Michael Stone (D) is on IR due to a blood clot in his arm.
56 Ryan Lomberg (F) was recalled Monday. He is suspended from a prior incident.
67 Michael Frolik (F) is on IR due to a lower body injury.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic
Darren Twitter -- Darren Haynes (@DarrenWHaynes) | Twitter​

Calgary Herald/Sun

Web site (Herald) -- (no title)
Web site (Sun) -- (no title)
Kristen Anderson's Twitter -- Kristen Anderson (@KdotAnderson) | Twitter
Wes Gilbertson's Twitter -- Wes Gilbertson (@WesGilbertson) | Twitter ​

FlamesNation

Web site -- Flamesnation​

Sportsnet 960 The Fan

Web site -- Sportsnet 960 The Fan Archives - Sportsnet.ca
Jermain Franklin's Twitter -- Jermain Franklin (@TSNJFranklin) | Twitter
Pat Steinberg's Twitter -- Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) | Twitter
Derek Willis' Twitter -- Derek Wills (@Fan960Wills) | Twitter​

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
December 12	at Calgary	8:30 pm	SN, NBCSP
December 14	at Edmonton	9:00 pm	SNW, NBCSP+
December 15	at Vancouver	10:00 pm	CBC, SN, SN360, SN1, CITY, NBCSP
December 18	vs. Detroit	7:00 pm	TVAS, NBCSP, FS-D
December 20	vs. Nashville	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-TN
December 22	vs. Columbus	1:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-O
December 23	at NY Rangers	7:00 pm	NHLN-US, MSG, NBCSP

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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Fire On High" by ELO

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[Flyerfan4life]

ok we need this west coast swing to go with zero points..

#FireHak

 

[Hakroach]

Just a couple more embarrassments and Hakstol has to go.

C'mon Fletch, save the season! Save our mental health!

 

[Flyers Faithful]

Just a couple more embarrassments and Hakstol has to go.

C'mon Fletch, save the season! Save our mental health!

He won’t be fired til Q is ready to come aboard, which won’t be til after the holidays.

 

[Hakroach]

He won’t be fired til Q is ready to come aboard, which won’t be til after the holidays.

 

[DancingPanther]

This is gonna be rich

 

[DancingPanther]

On another note, I saw today Neuvirth has a sparkling .897 Sv% (or therabouts) in his last half season's worth of games or something insane like that?

Related: Brian Schneider is 0-15-3 in his last 18.

YEEEEEEEEEE-IKES

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Flames just got shutout, by their archrivals, so will be pissed like the Jets were pissed.

Hold on to your butts.

 

[CutOnDime97]

f*** this season

 

[dats81]

I'm not looking forward to this slaughtering.

 

[Tripod]

I believe in Stolie!

 

[RonHextall27]

From the frying pan to the fire!

 

[DaphneLion]

I'm watching out of morbid curiosity at this point

 

[CutOnDime97]

I believe in Stolie!

What about Davey

 

[bennysflyers16]

Jets lose 1-0 to divisional rival Blues
Flames lose 1-0 to divisional rival Oilers and score more than the Jets.

This is gonna be a massacre.

Man those Oilers sure look good

 

[JXC]

This is a big one

 

[YEM]

I'm watching out of morbid curiosity at this point

this one's worth watching just to see Johnny Hockey

 

[Rebels57]

Jets lose 1-0 to divisional rival Blues
Flames lose 1-0 to divisional rival Oilers and score more than the Jets.

This is gonna be a massacre.

Man those Oilers sure look good

Coaching doesn't matter though.



The longer this Hakstol situation drags on, the more pissed off I am at Hextall for letting it come to this. He let his players down and he let the fans down. He should have rectified the situation either in the summer after the massacre at the hands of the Pens or after the 10-15 game mark when it was obvious we regressed even further. Now we have to piss away even more of the season because Fletcher doesn't want to look brash.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Calgary.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Coaching doesn't matter though.

The longer this Hakstol situation drags on, the more pissed off I am at Hextall for letting it come to this. He let his players down and he let the fans down. He should have rectified the situation either in the summer after the massacre at the hands of the Pens or after the 10-15 game mark when it was obvious we regressed even further. Now we have to piss away even more of the season because Fletcher doesn't want to look brash.

Oilers get miles better, Hawks get miles worse, #CoachingDontMatter

 

[Tripod]

Oilers get miles better, Hawks get miles worse, #CoachingDontMatter

We stay in no mans land.

Hard to believe we are not in the bottom 5 in the standings.

 

[deadhead]

What pissed this season away are the goaltenders. I don't remember ever seeing such bad goaltending as Pickard, Lyon and Neuvirth this season, even Mrazek last year was slightly better.

Stolarz will have three days rest, look for him to be sharp and the Flyers to make this a competitive game and even win it.
If Elliott can come back healthy, and Stolarz is for real, the Flyers can still make a run this season.

Q is not coming here this season, why would he? He can sit on the couch, see what moves Fletcher makes, whether the Flyers land a top 10 pick who can contribute by 2020-21, along with their other prospects, then decide if he wants the job, meanwhile collecting $6M. My suspicion is he'll only take this job if Stolarz finishes well and Hart looks like he's ready by next season - at his age I doubt Q wants to spend three years going through a bunch of stiffs in goal (all that's available this summer in trade and FA, Q wants a cup, so Bob's playoff record eliminates him).

It's not whether Hakstol is good or bad, it's that right now there are no viable alternatives, and Fletcher wants to evaluate the team, not just the HC, so he's not going to make any moves for a few weeks until he's decided on a course of action. Putting Gordon or Knob in there right now would just complicate matters for him.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

We stay in no mans land.

Hard to believe we are not in the bottom 5 in the standings.

We are 27th

 

[Beef Invictus]

What pissed this season away are the goaltenders. I don't remember ever seeing such bad goaltending as Pickard, Lyon and Neuvirth this season, even Mrazek last year was slightly better.

Stolarz will have three days rest, look for him to be sharp and the Flyers to make this a competitive game and even win it.
If Elliott can come back healthy, and Stolarz is for real, the Flyers can still make a run this season.

Q is not coming here this season, why would he? He can sit on the couch, see what moves Fletcher makes, whether the Flyers land a top 10 pick who can contribute by 2020-21, along with their other prospects, then decide if he wants the job, meanwhile collecting $6M. My suspicion is he'll only take this job if Stolarz finishes well and Hart looks like he's ready by next season - at his age I doubt Q wants to spend three years going through a bunch of stiffs in goal (all that's available this summer in trade and FA, Q wants a cup, so Bob's playoff record eliminates him).

It's not whether Hakstol is good or bad, it's that right now there are no viable alternatives, and Fletcher wants to evaluate the team, not just the HC, so he's not going to make any moves for a few weeks until he's decided on a course of action. Putting Gordon or Knob in there right now would just complicate matters for him.

Considering Hakstol has pissed away seasons with above average goaltending, nah, it's safe to say Hakstol pissed the season away. Especially since he hasn't corrected a single one of his flaws or added any strengths.

Hakstol is a dreadful failure. It's not about the alternatives at this point, it's about whether years of failure is acceptable. You obviously think it is.

An interim is better solely for not being Hakstol. Solely for signalling something new will be happening. For signalling failure isn't embraced.

 

[Tripod]

We are 27th

I threw Vancouver in below us as well. We have 4 games in hand on them and are 2 point behind them.

It's hard to believe we are 4 point out of a playoff spot while being this bad. But I do expect the Pens to turn it on at some point. They always do.