GDT: #38 | FLYERS (H) vs. Bruins (A) | Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021 | 7:00 pm ET | SN360, NBCSP, NESNplus

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

BOSTON BRUINS (19-10-6) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (18-14-5)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: SN360, NBCSP, NESNplus
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic unless a change to 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.
• Online Streaming: nbcsportsphiladelphia.com and the MyTeams app by NBC Sports

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Bruins' Website: Official Boston Bruins Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 THINGS: Flyers vs. Bruins (nhl.com)
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2020-2021 | Philadelphia Flyers (nhl.com)
• Bruins' Stats: Boston Bruins Stats | 2020-2021 | Boston Bruins (nhl.com)

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Bruins	35	19-10-6	44	10-5-3	9-5-3	92	87	23.6	88.4	56.5
Flyers	37	18-14-5	41	8-7-3	10-7-2	111	131	19.7	73.2	53.0

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

25 James van Riemsdyk -- 14 Sean Couturier -- 86 Joel Farabee
93 Jake Voracek -- 28 Claude Giroux -- 11 Travis Konecny
21 Scott Laughton -- 13 Kevin Hayes -- 19 Nolan Patrick
23 Oskar Lindblom -- 12 Michael Raffl -- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
55 Sam Morin -- 53 Shayne Gostisbehere​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart (starter)
37 Brian Elliott
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Power Plays

PP1: Claude Giroux, Joel Farabee, Nolan Patrick, Jake Voracek, Ivan Provorov
PP2: James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes, Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny, Shayne Gostisbehere
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Injuries and Scratches

8 Robert Hägg (injured reserve) is out 2-to-4 weeks due to a shoulder injury suffered March 17. He practiced April 2.
26 Erik Gustafsson (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
48 Morgan Frost (injured reserve) underwent surgery for a dislocated left shoulder and could miss the remainder of the regular season. He was injured January 19.
58 Tanner Laczynsk could be scratched as a spare forward or moved to Taxi Squad.
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Taxi Squad (subject to daily changes)
Forwards

10 Andy Andreoff
36 Linus Sandin
58 Tanner Laczynski​

Defensemen

39 Nate Prosser
53 Shayne Gostisbehere
55 Sam Morin​

Goalies

34 Alex Lyon
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BOSTON BRUINS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

63 Brad Marchand -- 37 Patrice Bergeron --12 Craig Smith
21 Nick Ritchie -- 46 David Krejci -- 88 David Pastrnak
74 Jake DeBrusk -- 13 Charlie Coyle -- 14 Chris Wagner
11 Trent Frederic - 52 Sean Kuraly -- 83 Karson Kuhlman​

Pairings

48 Matt Grzelcyk -- 86 Kevan Miller
55 Jeremy Lauzon -- 75 Connor Clifton
67 Jakub Zboril -- 44 Stephen Kampfer​

Goalies

80 Dan Vladar
1 Jeremy Swayman (starter)​

Power Plays

PP1: Nick Ritchie, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Matt Grzelcyk
PP2: Charlie Coyle, Craig Smith, David Krejci, Charlie McAvoy, Stephen Kampfer​

Injuries and Scratches

10 Anders Bjork (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
25 Brandon Carlo (injured reserve) has an injury termed "upper body, below the neck" and is week-to-week.
27 John Moore (injured reserve) underwent hip arthroscopy and labral repair surgery March 22 and is out for the rest of the season.
28 Ondrej Kase (injured reserve) has an upper body injury, reported as a concussion, and is day-to-day.
40 Tuukka Rask (injured reserve) has an upper body, possibly back, injury. He could return later this week.
41 Jaroslav Halak (virus protocol) will not play. His status for Tuesday (April 6) has yet to be determined.
73 Charlie McAvoy (upper body) will not play.
84 Jarred Tinordi (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
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FROM THE PAST

November 29, 2016: Flyers win 3-2 after 9-round shootout
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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Negative Creep" by Nirvana

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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

(subject to changes...and more changes)

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television
Thursday, 4/8	at NY Islanders	7:00 pm	MSG+, NBCSP
Saturday, 4/10	vs. Boston	2:00 pm	SN1, NBCSP, NESN
Sunday, 4/11	vs. Buffalo	2:00 pm	NHLN, TVAS, NBCSP, MSG-B
Tuesday, 4/13	at Washington	7:00 pm	NBCSN, NBCSWA, NBCSP
Thursday, 4/15	at Pittsburgh	7:00 pm	SN360, ATTSN-PT, NBCSP
Saturday, 4/17	vs. Washington	12:30 pm	NHLN, NBCSP, NBCSWA
Sunday, 4/18	vs. NY Islanders	6:30 pm	NBCSN, SN
Thursday, 4/22	at NY Rangers	7:00 pm	MSG, NBCSP
Friday, 4/23	at NY Rangers	7:00 pm	NHLN, TVAS, MSG, NBCSP
Sunday, 4/25	vs. New Jersey	6:00 pm	NBCSP, MSG+
Tuesday, 4/27	at New Jersey	7:00 pm	MSG+, NBCSP
Thursday, 4/29	at New Jersey	7:00 pm	MSG+, NBCSP
Saturday, 5/1	at New Jersey	7:00 pm	NBCSP, MSG+
Monday, 5/3	vs. Pittsburgh	7:00 pm	NBCSP, ATTSN-PT
Tuesday, 5/4	vs. Pittsburgh	7:00 pm	SN, SN360, TVAS, NBCSP, ATTSN-PT
Friday, 5/7	at Washington	7:00 pm	NBCSWA, NBCSP
Saturday, 5/8	at Washington	7:00 pm	NBCSWA, NBCSP
Monday, 5/10	vs. New Jersey	7:00 pm	SN, NBCSP, MSG

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[Captain Dave Poulin]

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Tremendous GDT. Never seen anything like it.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Tremendous GDT. Never seen anything like it.

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

You win the internet for the hour.

 

[flyerslducks]

 

[phil162888]

Last night's win means nothing if we don't get the W tonight. Honestly the Flyers really just need to focus on getting points ....I know it sucks that the B's still got a point but the pace of the top 3 teams in the division is not sustainable imo so the B's imo aren't the only team were chasing.

One will fall back during the last 20 games so keep your head down and just keep getting points and may the chips fall where they will.

It's not like this is a Mcdavid/Matthews draft in which tanking could change the franchise!

 

[flyerslducks]

Last night's win means nothing if we don't get the W tonight. Honestly the Flyers really just need to focus on getting points ....I know it sucks that the B's still got a point but the pace of the top 3 teams in the division is not sustainable imo so the B's imo aren't the only team were chasing.

One will fall back during the last 20 games so keep your head down and just keep getting points and may the chips fall where they will.

It's not like this is a Mcdavid/Matthews draft in which tanking could change the franchise!

Boston is realistically the only team we are chasing. The other top 3 have to go on a major losing streak for us to catch up

 

[Strawberry Fields]

They'll follow last night up with a 5-0 clunker

 

[Swic21]

They'll follow last night up with a 5-0 clunker

I fear the same, but man it would be so god damn disappointing.

 

[TheKingPin]

Imagine if all of these guys were clicking at 75% or greater.

Couturier
Giroux
Voracek
Konecny
JVR
Lindblom
Patrick
Farabee
Hayes
Laughton


That is A LOT of talent. Such waste.

 

[AdamParrot]

Imagine if all of these guys were clicking at 75% or greater.

Giroux
Voracek
Konecny
JVR
Lindblom
Patrick
Farabee
Hayes
Laughton


That is A LOT of talent. Such waste.

And Couturier

 

[deadhead]

Couts has definitely been slowed by the hip injury, normally he dominates every metric for this team.
Lindblom lacks stamina, Patrick is slowly getting it together but has awful puck luck this season.

 

[flyersnorth]

Boston is realistically the only team we are chasing. The other top 3 have to go on a major losing streak for us to catch up

If Boston manages to simply maintain their season pace, the Flyers will need 30 points to make the playoffs.

That's basically 15-4 over the last 19 games.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

This exact same roster, minus Nisky, with the same coach went on a similar tear last season, before things were shut down by Covid. So it’s plausible. Speaking of Covid, I think it’s fair to ask the question of whether more of the players were infected or whether the guys who were are just getting over their lingering effects. The blowouts they went through just didn’t seem to make any sense, in spite of the god awful goaltending.

 

[BiggE]

Too soon.

 

[flyersnorth]

This exact same roster, minus Nisky, with the same coach went on a similar tear last season, before things were shut down by Covid. So it’s plausible. Speaking of Covid, I think it’s fair to ask the question of whether more of the players were infected or whether the guys who were are just getting over their lingering effects. The blowouts they went through just didn’t seem to make any sense, in spite of the god awful goaltending.

Yep.

They went 9-1 over their last 10 games, 15-4-1 over their final 20.

Based on everything you've seen of this team so far this season, do you honestly believe they have a 15-4 streak in them while facing Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, and the Isles for the vast majority of those games?

The good news is that those are 4 point games.

The bad news is that those are 4 point games.

 

[BiggE]

Yep.

They went 9-1 over their last 10 games, 15-4-1 over their final 20.

Based on everything you've seen of this team so far this season, do you honestly believe they have a 15-4 streak in them while facing Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, and the Isles for the vast majority of those games?

The good news is that those are 4 point games.

The bad news is that those are 4 point games.

They will play well enough to come close and end up with the 16th pick

Because Flyers

 

[BiggE]

In positive news, I thought Morin had, by far, his best game as a Flyer.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

Yep.

They went 9-1 over their last 10 games, 15-4-1 over their final 20.

Based on everything you've seen of this team so far this season, do you honestly believe they have a 15-4 streak in them while facing Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, and the Isles for the vast majority of those games?

The good news is that those are 4 point games.

The bad news is that those are 4 point games.

I don’t believe they’ll do it, nothing like that seems to be in the cards this season, but they definitely have it in them to do it. They’ve played relatively well against all those teams in recent seasons, minus Boston. If they can pull out a couple wins against Boston this week, who knows. It would be nice to see the Pens shit the bed and be in a 3 way race.

 

[CapnZin]

Is this not a typo? Is the game actually tonight?

 

[deadhead]

Yep.

They went 9-1 over their last 10 games, 15-4-1 over their final 20.

Based on everything you've seen of this team so far this season, do you honestly believe they have a 15-4 streak in them while facing Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, and the Isles for the vast majority of those games?

The good news is that those are 4 point games.

The bad news is that those are 4 point games.

If Hart is back, yes. Because that's how they did it last year. And if Hart is back, Elliott plays once or twice a week, in which case he's a decent backup, anymore and he quickly wears down.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Is this not a typo? Is the game actually tonight?

I can make a phone call and have the game changed but no, it isn't a typo. The maelstrom continues tonight.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Do or die. I feel like the latter is going to happen.

 

[landsbergfan]

Tale as old as time

 

[CapnZin]

I can make a phone call and have the game changed but no, it isn't a typo. The maelstrom continues tonight.