GDT: #3| Montreal at FLYERS |Sat., Oct. 11, 2014| 7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (0-2-0, 0-1-0 home) vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS (2-0-0, 2-0-0 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CITY TV, TVA Sports, CSN-PH
• 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=2014020024

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020024
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=733967
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Canadiens' Stats: http://canadiens.nhl.com/index.html

Teams' Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers | 2 | 0-2-0| 0-1-0| 0-1-0| 0-2-0| 2.50 |4.00 |25.0 | 80.0|8.5 | 29.5 |29.5 | 48.7
Canadiens | 2 | 2-0-0 | 0-0-0 |2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 2.50| 2.00 | 0.0 |87.5 | 12.5 |28.0 |28.5 | 55.9

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Canadiens' Website: http://canadiens.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
41| Blair Jones |C |6' 2"| 216 |Sep 27, 1986| 28 |Central Butte, SK, 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
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
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 |24 |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
12 Michael Raffl | 28 Claude Giroux | 93 Jakub Voracek
10 Brayden Schenn| 40 Vincent Lecavalier |17 Wayne Simmonds
24 Matt Read | 14 Sean Couturier | 18 R.J. Umberger
36 Zac Rinaldo | 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 42 Jason Akeson

Pairings

Name | Name
47 Andrew MacDonald | 55 Nick Schultz
8 Nicklas Grossmann | 32 Mark Streit
15 Michael Del Zotto | 22 Luke Schenn

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Braydon Coburn | will not play, could return later in October | lower body
Blair Jones | available | could be scratched
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Kimmo Timonen | out indefinitely | blood clots in lungs and right calf
Ryan White| could be out five months from Aug. 27 | left pectoralis muscle surgery

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

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

MONTREAL CANADIENS​

CANADIENS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais |P.A. Parenteau
Alex Galchenyuk |Tomas Plekanec | Brendan Gallagher
Rene Bourque | Lars Eller | Jiri Sekac
Brandon Prust | Manny Malhotra | Travis Moen

Pairings

Name | Name
Alexei Emelin | P.K. Subban
Andrei Markov | Tom Gilbert
Nathan Beaulieu |Mike Weaver

Goalies

Name | Name
Carey Price (likely starter) | Dustin Tokarski

CANADIENS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Bournival | available | could be scratched
Jarred Tinordi | available | could be scratched
Dale Weise | available | could be scratched

CANADIENS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | P.A. Parenteau |Andrei Markov | P.K. Subban
No. 2| Alex Galchenyuk |Tomas Plekanec |Brendan Gallagher |Nathan Beaulieu | Tom Gilbert

CANADIENS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
49 | Michael Bournival |L |5' 11" |196| 31 May 1992| 22| Shawinigan, QC, CAN
17 | Rene Bourque | R |6' 2" |217| 10 Dec 1981| 32| Lac La Biche, AB, CAN
51 | David Desharnais| C |5' 7"| 170 |14 Sep 1986 |28| Laurier-Station, QC, CAN
81 | Lars Eller |C |6' 2" |215 |8 May 1989| 25| Rodovre, DNK
27 | Alex Galchenyuk | C |6' 1" |203 |12 Feb 1994 |20| Milwaukee, WI, USA
11 | Brendan Gallagher | R| 5' 9" |180 |6 May 1992| 22| Edmonton, AB, CAN
20 | Manny Malhotra |C| 6' 2"| 220| 18 May 1980 |34 |Mississauga, ON, CAN
32 | Travis Moen |L |6' 2" |210 |6 Apr 1982 |32| Stewart Valley, SK, CAN
67 | Max Pacioretty "A"| L |6' 2"| 217| 20 Nov 1988 |25| New Canaan, CT, USA
15 | Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau | R| 6' 0"| 193| 24 Mar 1983 |31| Hull, QC, CAN
14 | Tomas Plekanec "A" | C| 5' 11" |196| 31 Oct 1982 |31 |Kladno, CZE
8 |Brandon Prust | L |6' 0"| 194| 16 Mar 1984 |30| London, ON, CAN
26 |Jiri Sekac |L |6' 2" |195 |10 Jun 1992 |22| Kladno, CZE
22 | Dale Weise | R |6' 2"| 210| 5 Aug 1988| 26 |Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
28| Nathan Beaulieu| 6' 2"| 194 |5 Dec 1992| 21| Strathroy, ON, CAN
74 | Alexei Emelin |6' 2"| 224| 25 Apr 1986 |28 |Togliatti, RUS
77 | Tom Gilbert |6' 2" |206| 10 Jan 1983| 31 |Bloomington, MN, USA
79 | Andrei Markov "A"| 6' 0"| 201 |20 Dec 1978| 35 |Voskresensk, RUS
76 | P.K. Subban "A" | 6' 0"| 217| 13 May 1989| 25| Toronto, ON, CAN
24 | Jarred Tinordi |6' 6" |227 |20 Feb 1992| 22| Burnsville, MN, USA
43 | Mike Weaver | 5' 10" |183 |2 May 1978 |36 |Brampton, ON, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
31 | Carey Price |6' 3"| 212 |16 Aug 1987 |27| Anahim Lake, BC, CAN
35 | Dustin Tokarski| 5' 11" |195| 16 Sep 1989| 25| Watson, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. CANADIENS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Montreal Canadiens |70-77-30-5|38-34-16-3 |32-43-14-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Montreal Canadiens |3-3 | 15-16|6-9|9-7

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Montreal Canadiens|10-3-1 in last 14 | 7-0-1 in the last 8|0-1-0 in the last 1

• Series History (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=868964

FLYERS vs. CANADIENS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Oct 11, 2014| Montréal 4 at Philadelphia 3 (SO) |7:00 PM |CITY TV, TVA, CSN-PH
Sat Nov 15, 2014|Philadelphia at Montréal |7:00 PM | HNIC, TVA, CSN-PH
Tue Feb 10, 2015| Philadelphia at Montréal |7:30 PM | CSN-PH, RDS, SNE

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Tue Oct 14, 2014| Anaheim at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | PRIME, CSN-PH
Sat Oct 18, 2014| Philadelphia at Dallas |8:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-SW
Tue Oct 21, 2014| Philadelphia at Chicago |8:30 PM | NBCSN, CSN-PH, CSN-CH
Wed Oct 22, 2014| Philadelphia at Pittsburgh |8:00 PM | NBCSN, TVA Sports 2
Sat Oct 25, 2014| Detroit at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | SN360, FS-D, CSN-PH
Tue Oct 28, 2014| Los Angeles at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | TVA, FS-W, CSN-PH
Thu Oct 30, 2014|Philadelphia at Tampa Bay |7:30 PM | CSN-PH, SUN
Sat Nov 1, 2014| Philadelphia at Florida |7:00 PM |TCN-PH, FS-F

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: October 11, 1981​

Ilkka Sinisalo became the third player in NHL history to score his first NHL goal on a penalty shot. It came against Paul Harrison of Pittsburgh in an 8-2 win.​

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

Montreal Gazette​

| http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/index.html

Blog​

| http://www.hockeyinsideout.com/

Stu Cowan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/StuCowan1

Pat Hickey's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/zababes1

Dave Stubbs' Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/Dave_Stubbs

TSN 690 AM ​

| http://www.tsn.ca/story/archive/?id=nhl-canadiens

TVA ​

Renaud Lavoie's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/renlavoietva

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Come Out and Play" by Offspring
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

No practice Friday.

Updates and changes will be made when provided.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Great GDT as always!

Won't be able to watch this one live.

 

[FlyTimmo]

I really don't know how to feel anymore.

 

[Swic21]

Could be a long night with some of the speed the Habs have up front.

 

[The Couturier Effect]

Won't be able to watch this one live.

That might be a good thing.

 

[Jtown]

we have a legit chance to start the year 0-7. I really wonder what we would do then.

 

[Embiid]

I'm heading to NYC to see a lady friend...was supposed to go to this game with a buddy but he is taking a lady friend instead. I predict I will have a better experience...

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

we have a legit chance to start the year 0-7. I really wonder what we would do then.

We can start a McDavid/Eichel watch thread if that happens.

 

[Jtown]

We can start a McDavid/Eichel watch thread if that happens.

Take # of generational talents in draft =x



x+1= flyers pick

#flyersmath

 

[dats81]

I was excited for hockey to start again ... now I'm just scared of game 3.

 

[BillDineen]

Mix it up>

Bellmaire-Giroux-Simmonds
B.Schenn-Vinny-Voracek
Read-Couturier-Umberger
Akeson-Raffl-Rinaldo

MacD - MDZ
Streit- Grossmann
Ghost - Shultz

Mason

 

[StandingCow]

This is probably not gonna be fun to watch.

 

[chupanibre]

No practice, good choice, when you're THIS good who needs practice

 

[blinds]

We usually match up well against Montreal for whatever reason. You'd think their speed would burn us. Hopefully we can pick up a win here, assuming it's against Price though.

 

[The Rage Kage]

I don't want to see berubes same stupid lines that he had last year.

PEB-G-Voracek
Read-Couts-Simmonds
Raffl-Vinny-Schenn
Umberger-Jones-Akeson

That's what I'd like to see. The defense is a **** show, so I don't really care what he does. Although this would be what I think would do best

Streit-Schenn
MDZ-Alt
MacD-Ghost

Get rid of grossman. I feel bad for Mason, he has quite possibly the worst defense in the league in front of him. He's already had to bail us out numerous times, I expect much more...

 

[chupanibre]

I really don't see Berube putting Bellemare on the 1st line at this point in time.

I want him to stick with Schenn with G and Voracek, even if it sucks for a few games, let them build some sort of chemistry.

 

[Curufinwe]

Mix it up>

Bellmaire-Giroux-Simmonds
B.Schenn-Vinny-Voracek
Read-Couturier-Umberger
Akeson-Raffl-Rinaldo

Read-Couturier-Umberger looked solid last night, if not as dangerous offensively as that line with Simmonds on it.

I have been fairly impressed with Umberger so far. He makes plays with the puck and does not get caught out defensively.

 

[Jgboys1]

This one is going to be ugly.

 

[flyershockey]

Read-Couturier-Umberger looked solid last night, if not as dangerous offensively as that line with Simmonds on it.

I have been fairly impressed with Umberger so far. He makes plays with the puck and does not get caught out defensively.

Yup. He makes the simple, smart plays that more of the roster needs to focus on making. It appears that Couturier is still going to be used in the pure shutdown role, so it's not a bad idea to have someone like that on his wing.

 

[Appleyard]

Just play:

Schenn-Giroux-Voracek
Read-Couturier-Simmonds
Umberger-Lecavalier-Raffl
Rinaldo-Bellemare-Akeson

I mean... the bottom three lines looked fine and like they had some kind of chemistry... and he only gave the 1st line 4 friggin periods of hockey to gel, 3 against Patrice Bergeron!

Just ********, now Raffl is on the 1st. Awful.

 

[Curufinwe]

Amazing how the 4th line does the best job of forechecking and sustaining pressure in the offensive zone.

I want BSchenn to succeed as 1LW, but Giroux and Voracek need to pull themselves together first.

 

[chupanibre]

exactly, the 4th line seems to be the only line where it isn't just complete chaos.

I'd replace Raffl for Jones quicker than I'd replace Rinaldo for Jones at this point.

Or better yet, bring up Laughton.

 

[Appleyard]

The Flyers absolutely dominated NJ at EV in both shots and chances when you look at it objectively.

Turnovers and ****** D cost us that game... not forward lineups in the Ozone.

 

[RJ8812*]

I hate the Habs with a passion, but I expect to get spanked

4-1 loss