GDT: #39: Flyers at Wild, Thursday, January 7, 2016, 8:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (16-15-7, 7-10-3 away ) vs. MINNESOTA WILD (21-11-7, 14-5-1 home) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TCN-PH
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020603
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://wild.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020603
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Wild's Stats: http://wild.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| 38 |16-15-7 |9-5-4 |7-10-3 |5-4-1| 2.16 |2.68 |16.8 |78.0 |12.9 |30.1 |32.4 |49.4
Wild| 39 |21-11-7 |14-5-1 |7-6-6 |5-4-1 |2.69 |2.33 |18.3 |79.0 |7.1 |28.8 |29.0| 51.5

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Wild's Website: http://wild.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
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
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
19 |Jordan Weal | C |5' 10" |179| Apr 15, 1992 |23| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
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
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
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
93 - Jakub Voracek | 28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl |14 - Sean Couturier |10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 25 - Ryan White
24 - Matt Read | 21 - Scott Laughton|20 - R.J. Umberger

Pairings

Name | Name
15 - Michael Del Zotto |3 - Radko Gudas
55 - Nick Schultz | 32 - Mark Streit
53 - Shayne Gostisbehere| 82 - Evgeny Medvedev

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (expected starter) |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Brandon Manning| available| could be scratched
Jordan Weal |available; will not play | healthy scratch, acquired Wedn.

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek | Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Sean Couturier| Matt Read| Michael Raffl | Mark Streit |Michael Del Zotto

MINNESOTA WILD​

WILD'S POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
11 - Zach Parise| 9 - Mikko Koivu | 16 - Jason Zucker
22 - Nino Niederreiter| 64 - Mikael Granlund|29 - Jason Pominville
26 - Thomas Vanek | 56 - Erik Haula |3 - Charlie Coyle
7 - Chris Porter| 19 - Jarret Stoll |18 - Ryan Carter

Pairings

Name | Name
20 - Ryan Suter |46 - Jared Spurgeon
6 - Marco Scandella| 24 - Mathew Dumba
28 - Tyson Strachan| 25 - Jonas Brodin

Goalies

Name | Name
40 - Devan Dubnyk (expected starter) | 32 - Niklas Backstrom

WILD'S INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Justin Fontaine | available | could be scratched
Mikko Koivu |expected to play |in-game collision with boards (Tues.)
Darcy Kuemper |injured reserve; could skate Wedn. |mild concussion
Nate Prosser | questionable | hand

WILD'S POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Thomas Vanek |Mikko Koivu | Jason Pominville |Ryan Suter |Zach Parise
No. 2| Nino Niederreiter | Mikael Granlund | Charlie Coyle |Mathew Dumba | Jared Spurgeon

WILD'S ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
18| Ryan Carter |C |6' 1" |205| Aug 3, 1983 |32| White Bear Lake, MN, USA
3 |Charlie Coyle |C| 6' 3" |221 |Mar 2, 1992 |23| E. Weymouth, MA, USA
14| Justin Fontaine | R |5' 10" |175| Nov 6, 1987 |28| Bonnyville, AB, CAN
64| Mikael Granlund | C| 5' 10" |185 |Feb 26, 1992| 23| Oulu, FIN
56| Erik Haula | C |5' 11" |188| Mar 23, 1991 |24| Pori, FIN
9 | Mikko Koivu "C"| C |6' 3" |215| Mar 12, 1983 |32 |Turku, FIN
22| Nino Niederreiter| R |6' 2"| 210| Sep 8, 1992| 23| Chur, CHE
11| Zach Parise "A" |L |5' 11" |197| Jul 28, 1984 |31| Minneapolis, MN, USA
29| Jason Pominville | R |6' 0"| 187| Nov 30, 1982| 33| Repentigny, QC, CAN
7 |Chris Porter | L |6' 1" |206 |May 29, 1984 |31| Toronto, ON, CAN
19 | Jarret Stoll | C |6' 1" |216 |Jun 24, 1982 |33| Melville, SK, CAN
26 |Thomas Vanek| L |6' 2"| 218| Jan 19, 1984| 31 |Vienna, AUT
16 |Jason Zucker | L |5' 11" |188 |Jan 16, 1992 |23|Newport Beach, CA, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
25 |Jonas Brodin |6' 1"| 194| Jul 12, 1993 |22| Karlstad, SWE
24 |Matt Dumba |6' 0" |189 |Jul 25, 1994| 21| Regina, SK, CAN
39 |Nate Prosser | 6' 2" |203| May 7, 1986 |29| Elk River, MN, USA
6 |Marco Scandella | 6' 1" |205 |Feb 23, 1990 |25| Montreal, QC, CAN
46 | Jared Spurgeon| 5' 9" |176 |Nov 29, 1989| 26| Edmonton, AB, CAN
28 | Tyson Strachan | 6' 3"| 215 |Oct 30, 1984 |31| Melfort, SK, CAN
20 | Ryan Suter "A" | 6' 1" |200 |Jan 21, 1985 |30| Madison, WI, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
32| Niklas Backstrom| 6' 2"| 194 |Feb 13, 1978| 37| Helsinki, FIN
40| Devan Dubnyk |6' 6"| 210 |May 4, 1986 |29 |Regina, SK, CAN
35| Darcy Kuemper | 6' 5"| 205| May 5, 1990| 25| Saskatoon, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. WILD SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Minnesota Wild|11-5-1-1| 7-2-0-1 | 4-3-1-0

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Minnesota Wild| 0-0|0-0|0-0|0-0

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Minnesota Wild| 5-2-0 in the last 7| 5-1-1 in the last 7 |2-0-0 in the last 2

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Jan 9, 2016 | NY Islanders at Philadelphia |1:00 PM | MSG+, CSN-PH
Wed Jan 13, 2016 | Boston at Philadelphia | 8:00 PM | NBCSN, TVAS
Sat Jan 16, 2016 | NY Rangers at Philadelphia |1:00 PM | SN, MSG, CSN-PH
Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Philadelphia at Detroit | 7:30 PM | NBCSN
Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Toronto at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TVAS, TSN4, CSN-PH
Thu Jan 21, 2016 | Philadelphia at Pittsburgh |7:00 PM |CSN-PH, ROOT

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

Flyerdelphia​

| http://www.flyerdelphia.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Flyerdelphia

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

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/flyers

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Fox Sports Minnesota ​

| http://msn.foxsports.com/north/wild

Minneapolis Star Tribune ​

| http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/?elr=KArks47cQiU17cQiU47cQUQ7c4E7ME5U

Blog​

| http://www.startribune.com/blogs/Russos_Rants.html

Mike Russo's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/Russostrib

St. Paul Pioneer Press​

| http://www.twincities.com/wild

Chad Graff's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ChadGraff

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[SolidSnakeUS]

Keep the train moving. With Koivu out, it should be a bit easier.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Wheels up to Minny.

 

[Curufinwe]

Bring back Meddy. Sit Luke Schenny.

 

[backburner]

Wife is a Wild fan and I am playing here in fantasy.
Let's go boys!

 

[DrHamburg]

Bring back Meddy. Sit Luke Schenny.

cant we just trade schultz already....then Meddy has his spot back and we wont have to see Schultz in a flyers uni. Win Win

 

[30whales]

Attending my first Flyers game tomorrow! Can't wait!

 

[CodyTheHuman]

Bring back Meddy. Sit Luke Schenny.

That shouldn't be a problem now, unless Manning is in and Medvedev still sits.

 

[Alex91]

Voracek Giroux Simmer
Raffl Couts Schenn
Read Laughton Weal
PEB White VV
RJ

MDZ Gudas
Streit Schultz
Medv Ghost
Manning

That should be the lines

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Wheels up to Minny.

let me fix my post

Weal's up to Minny

 

[backburner]

Does Weal skip tonight and play Sat or Wed?

 

[Teezax]

Hopefully he is the "Weal" deal

 

[tade]

Weal in, VdV / White / Umberger out, thanks.

Absolutely need to get 2 points here.

 

[dats81]

Does Weal skip tonight and play Sat or Wed?

I imagine they want him to participate in a couple of full practices first.
He is Rookie who doesn't know his role.

 

[Les Averman]

 

[sa cyred]

Does anyone else still cringe when they see a 4th line of VDV-PEB-White listed as a 3rd line? Like I know we arent a Stanley Cup team, but it looks so bad a bunch of 4th liners are on our 3rd line.

 

[backburner]

Does anyone else still cringe when they see a 4th line of VDV-PEB-White listed as a 3rd line? Like I know we arent a Stanley Cup team, but it looks so bad a bunch of 4th liners are on our 3rd line.

yes. I cant believe Read has fallen to 4th

 

[Flyerfan4life]

no number 23 listed..

i likeys...

 

[chupanibre]

Weally wanna watch Weal

 

[trigzter]

^^^ same. just because i know nothing about him outside of what a kings fan posted in the vinny/schenn trade post

 

[YEM]

yes. I cant believe Read has fallen to 4th

read has 16 goals in his last 132 games
white has 11 g in his last 115 games
PEB has 9g in his last 111 games
VdV has 11g in his last 110 games

read is producing [goals] at a rate slightly above that of our commoners on the 4th line

 

[Curufinwe]

But his possession numbers are far better than any of them. Even when you look at his CF% without Couturier, he's way ahead of Bellemare, VdV, White, Umberger and Laughton.

http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/showplayer.php?pid=1510&withagainst=true&season=2015-16&sit=5v5

 

[Rebels57]

Still dont understand how our 4th line has 2 players on it better than anyone on our 3rd line.

 

[Prongo]

no number 23 listed..

i likeys...

How come he has that on the pad but then on the website it has 53-23??

 

[backburner]

read has 16 goals in his last 132 games
white has 11 g in his last 115 games
PEB has 9g in his last 111 games
VdV has 11g in his last 110 games

read is producing [goals] at a rate slightly above that of our commoners on the 4th line

more in disbelief that he has fallen off so much from his rookie/sophomore years.