GDT: #39| Apr. 9, 2013| Flyers at Islanders| 7:00 p.m. ET

MiamiScreamingEagles · Apr 8, 2013

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (17-18-3, 5-13-1 away) vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (19-16-4, 8-11-2 home)

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Islanders' Stats: http://islanders.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
Islanders' Website: http://islanders.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
48| Danny Briere | 5' 10" |179 |Oct 6, 1977 |35| Gatineau, QC, CAN
14| Sean Couturier | 6' 3"| 197| Dec 7, 1992| 20 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
26| Ruslan Fedotenko| 6' 1" |200 |Jan 18, 1979 |34| Kiev, UKR
12| Simon Gagne | 6' 1" | 195 | Feb. 29, 1980 | 32| Ste. Foy, QC, CAN
28| Claude Giroux | 5' 11" |172| Jan 12, 1988 |25 |Hearst, ON, CAN
18 | Adam Hall | 6' 2"| 212| Aug 14, 1980 |32 | Kalamazoo, MI, USA
19| Scott Hartnell | 6' 2" |210| Apr 18, 1982 |30 |Regina, SK, CAN
9 |Mike Knuble |6' 3" |229 |Jul 4, 1972 |40 |Toronto, ON, CAN
15| Tye McGinn | 6' 2"| 195 |Jul 29, 1990|22| Fergus, ON, CAN
24| Matt Read |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986 |26 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo | 5' 11" |169 |Jun 15, 1990 |22 |Missisauga, ON, CAN
37 | Jay Rosehill | 6' 3" |215 |Jul 16, 1985| 27 |Olds, AB, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn| 6' 1" |190| Aug 22, 1991| 21 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
45 | Jody Shelley | 6' 3" |230| Feb 7, 1976 |36 |Thompson, MB, CAN
17 |Wayne Simmonds| 6' 2" |183 |Aug 26, 1988| 24| Scarborough, ON, CAN
25 |Maxime Talbot | 5' 11" |190| Feb 11, 1984| 28 |Lemoyne, QC, CAN
93 |Jakub Voracek | 6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989| 23 |Kladno, CZE

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985| 27| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
3 | Kurtis Foster | 6' 5" |225| Nov 24, 1981 |31 |Carp, ON, CAN
27 | Bruno Gervais | 6' 1" |200| Oct 3, 1984| 28| Longueuil, QC, CAN
8 |Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |27| Stockholm, SWE
29 | Erik Gustafsson | 5' 10" | 180 | Dec 15, 1988 |24 |Kvissleby, SWE
23 | Kent Huskins | 6' 4" |210 |May 4, 1979 |33 |Almonte, ON, CAN
38| Oliver Lauridsen | 6' 6" |220 |Mar 24, 1989|24 | Gentofte, DNK
41 |Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2" |223 |Oct 13, 1985 |27| PovažskÃ¡ Bystrica, SVK
20 |Chris Pronger | 6' 6" |220 |Oct 10, 1974 |38 |Dryden, ON, CAN
22 |Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229| Nov 2, 1989| 23 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
44 |Kimmo Timonen | 5' 10" |194 |Mar 18, 1975 |37| Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Ilya Bryzgalov | 6' 3"| 213 |Jun 22, 1980 |32 |Togliatti, RUS
35 | Steve Mason | 6' 4" | 217 | May 29, 1988 | 24| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
44 - Kimmo Timonen |27 - Bruno Gervais
38 - Oliver Lauridsen |22 - Luke Schenn
23 - Kent Huskins |29 - Erik Gustafsson

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Ilya Bryzgalov |35 Steve Mason (starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

ISLANDERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
Andrew MacDonald | Travis Hamonic
Mark Streit |Matt Carkner
Thomas Hickey |Lubomir Visnovsky

Goalies

Name | Name
Evgeni Nabokov (expected starter) |Kevin Poulin

ISLANDERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

ISLANDERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
10|Keith Aucoin |5' 8"|171|Nov 6, 1978|34|Waltham, MA, USA
12|Josh Bailey |6' 1"|190|Oct 2, 1989|23|Bowmanville, ON, CAN
36|Eric Boulton |6' 0"|224|Aug 17, 1976|36|Halifax, NS, CAN
24|Brad Boyes |6' 0"|195|Apr 17, 1982|30|Mississauga, ON, CAN
53|Casey Cizikas |5' 11"|187|Feb 27, 1991|21|Toronto, ON, CAN
40|Michael Grabner |6' 1"|186|Oct 5, 1987|25|Villach, AUT
6|Jesse Joensuu |6' 4"|209|Oct 5, 1987|25|Pori, FIN
27 |Anders Lee | 6' 3" |227 |Jul 3, 1990 |22 |Edina, MN, USA
17|Matt Martin |6' 3"|206|May 8, 1989|23|Windsor, ON, CAN
13|Colin McDonald |6' 1"|210|Sep 30, 1984|28|New Haven, CT, USA
26|Matt Moulson |6' 0"|205|Nov 1, 1983|29|North York, ON, CAN
51|Frans Nielsen |6' 1"|180|Apr 24, 1984|28|Herning, DNK
21|Kyle Okposo"A" |6' 0"|212|Apr 16, 1988|24|St. Paul, MN, USA
16|Marty Reasoner |6' 1"|197|Feb 26, 1977|35|Honeoye Falls, NY, USA
91|John Tavares"A" |6' 0"|199|Sep 20, 1990|22|Mississauga, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
7|Matt Carkner |6' 4"|227|Nov 3, 1980|32|Winchester, ON, CAN
52|Joe Finley |6' 8"|249|Jun 29, 1987|25|Edina, MN, USA
3|Travis Hamonic |6' 1"|206|Aug 16, 1990|22|St. Malo, MB, CAN
14|Thomas Hickey |5' 11"|190|Feb 8, 1989|24|Calgary, AB, CAN
47|Andrew MacDonald |6' 0"|185|Sep 7, 1986|26|Judique, NS, CAN
4|Radek Martinek |6' 0"|206|Aug 31, 1976|36|Havlicko Brod, CZE
37|Brian Strait |6' 1"|200|Jan 4, 1988|25|Waltham, MA, USA
2|Mark Streit"C" |5' 11"|191|Dec 11, 1977|35|Bern, CHE
11|Lubomir Visnovsky |5' 10"|197|Aug 11, 1976|36|Topolcany, SVK

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
20|Evgeni Nabokov |6' 0"|202|Jul 25, 1975|37|Kamenogorsk, KAZ
60 |Kevin Poulin | 6' 2" |192 |Apr 12, 1990| 22| Montreal, QC, CAN

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|125-87-26-6 | 72-33-11-4 | 53-54-15-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Islanders| 3-1|14-11 |10-4|4-7

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=901025

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS 2012-13 SCHEDULE

Schedule ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20122013&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Schedule ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20122013&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: April 9, 1981 -- Quebec 5 at Flyers 8

In Game 2 of this series, played in Philly, Bill Barber's (3-0-3) hat trick led the Flyers to an 8-5 win. Barber began the scoring 2:07 into the game which came three seconds after a Dale Hunter minor expired. Barber scored later in the first period then completed his hat trick in the second period on a SHG after he stripped the puck from Anton Stastny which led to a thundering ovation inside the Spectrum. Barber later said "I was tickled to death. I never had a cheer like that." The Flyers led 3-1 after the first intermission and 5-3 through 40 minutes despite giving Quebec four powerplays (to zero) in the middle period. Ken Linseman made it 6-3 but the Nordiques narrowed the score to 6-5 with 6:35 to play before Mel Bridgman extended the lead and Bobby Clarke added an ENG. Bridgman (2-1-3) and Al Hill (0-3-3) also had three points and Pete Peeters made 20 stops.

MEDIA COVERAGE

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"This Day We Fight" by Megadeth

flyersfan187 · Apr 8, 2013

Need to get a W. I expect Giroux to have a big day

SolidSnakeUS · Apr 8, 2013

Hopefully Mason gets the start to see what happens. Considering I don't think we suck enough to go below the Flames and Avs this season (points-wise), might as well try for a playoff spot, yet still try for a 7th to 10th draft spot for Nurse/Rist/Morr.

We are 5 points out of a playoff spot yet we are 25th in the NHL right now. It's going to be an interesting stretch. And man, that picture of Schenn just shows how much of a tank he is.

Jack de la Hoya · Apr 8, 2013

Biggest game of the year to this point. A win puts them right back in the thick of the first for the last two playoff spots. A loss would leave them 7 points back from the Islanders with nine games to play.

I expect another loser point--prolonging our agony.

Bernie Parent 1974 · Apr 8, 2013

thought Grossmann was ruled out? or was that unofficial ?

MiamiScreamingEagles · Apr 8, 2013

Bernie Parent 1974 said:
thought Grossmann was ruled out? or was that unofficial ?

The team didn't have a practice yesterday (Sunday). There is one today, later this morning (Monday).

DrinkFightFlyers · Apr 8, 2013

My damn satellite dish fell off of my house over the weekend so I am not able to watch this damn game. May have to radio this one.

DrinkFightFlyers · Apr 8, 2013

Jack de la Hoya said:
Biggest game of the year to this point. A win puts them right back in the thick of the first for the last two playoff spots. A loss would leave them 7 points back from the Islanders with nine games to play.

I expect another loser point--prolonging our agony.

I did not expect any time in the near future to see the words "biggest game of the year" and "Islanders" in the same stream of thought.

MiamiScreamingEagles · Apr 8, 2013

DrinkFightFlyers said:
My damn satellite dish fell off of my house over the weekend so I am not able to watch this damn game. May have to radio this one.

I don't know if you remember Bo Diaz (ex-Reds and Phillies' catcher), but he died when his satellite dish fell on him and crushed him.

MiamiScreamingEagles · Apr 8, 2013

Monday's early practice notes from Tim P.:

https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

no timonen so he is likely resting that injured leg/foot
nick grossmann not on the ice as of yet.
danny briere in a normal prax jersey but ... playing on defense for drills which suggest he remains out;
Hartnell back on 1st line;

dats81 · Apr 8, 2013

Does Grossmann have Bourdon upper body disease?

Bernie Parent 1974 · Apr 8, 2013

thx for the updates

Curufinwe · Apr 8, 2013

dats81 said:
Does Grossmann have Bourdon upper body disease?

I've seen torso mentioned as the injury location.

I assume/hope if it was a concussion they would have said like they did for Briere.

SuchySays · Apr 8, 2013

Sam Carchidi ‏@BroadStBull 45s
Grossmann has concussion.

MiamiScreamingEagles · Apr 8, 2013

It is a concussion, injury thread has been posted.

SolidSnakeUS · Apr 8, 2013

Well **** balls in a sling...

ORYX · Apr 8, 2013

Sorry for the pessimism folks, but the playoffs cannot be achieved.

The line up is too depleted, they take too many periods off, and the teams ahead are playing better.

Might as well throw Mason in to protect Bryz from a buyout cancelling injury and reach for the stars of the draft.

If the team is going to miss the playoffs, they might aswell get rewarded with a Jones, MacKinnon/Drouin for doing so.

flyersguy33* · Apr 8, 2013

#FreeMason

flyersfan187 · Apr 8, 2013

I would start Bryz again this game, but Lavy needs to put Mason in there on some of these back to back games in the future. He clearly needs to have a couple games off and Mason can hopefully fill in good enough to get some W's.

Hopefully Grossmann won't be out much longer. His shut down ability paired up with Couts at center is a site to see against the Malkins of the league.

TheKingPin · Apr 8, 2013

Going to have to pull off a miracle to win but win tomorrow and its a good start

BernieParent · Apr 8, 2013

MiamiScreamingEagles said:
[*]danny briere in a normal prax jersey but ... playing on defense for drills which suggest he remains out;

Either that or Laviolette is crazy enough to do it. If Briere on the blue line wasn't a textbook definition of tanking, though, I don't know what would be.

LegionOfDoom91 · Apr 8, 2013

MiamiScreamingEagles said:
I don't know if you remember Bo Diaz (ex-Reds and Phillies' catcher), but he died when his satellite dish fell on him and crushed him.

What a strange way to die. I would hate being the guy that had to explain that story.

BernieParent · Apr 8, 2013

LegionOfDoom91 said:
What a strange way to die. I would hate being the guy that had to explain that story.

Was there a reception after the funeral?

LegionOfDoom91 · Apr 8, 2013

BernieParent said:
Was there a reception after the funeral?

flyersfan018 · Apr 8, 2013

Most important game of the year?

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