GDT: #40: Islanders at Flyers, Saturday, January 9, 2016, 1:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (17-15-7, 9-5-4 home ) vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (22-14-5, 9-7-3 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: MSG+, CSN-PH
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020615
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020615
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Islanders' Stats: http://islanders.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%
Islanders| 41 |22-14-5 |13-7-2 |9-7-3 |4-6-0| 2.71 |2.46 |18.3 |85.8 |8.5 |29.9 |30.6| 50.0
Flyers| 39 |17-15-7 |9-5-4| 8-10-3| 5-4-1 |2.20| 2.69 |16.5 |78.2 |12.7 |30.2 |32.4 |49.5

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Islanders' Website: http://islanders.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
23 - Brandon Manning | 82 - Evgeny Medvedev

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (could start) |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Shayne Gostisbehere | will not play; day-to-day thereafter | lower body, speculated as groin
Jordan Weal |available | could be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

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

NEW YORK ISLANDERS​

ISLANDERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
27 - Anders Lee | 91 - John Tavares | 12 - Josh Bailey
29 - Brock Nelson | 51 - Frans Nielsen | 21 - Kyle Okposo
86 - Nikolay Kulemin | 84 - Mikhail Grabovski |18 - Ryan Strome
17 - Matt Martin | 53 - Casey Cizikas | 15 - Cal Clutterbuck

Pairings

Name | Name
2 - Nick Leddy | 3 - Travis Hamonic
14 - Thomas Hickey | 28 - Marek Zidlicky
44 - Calvin de Haan | 50 - Adam Pelech

Goalies

Name | Name
41 - Jaroslav Halak (could start) | 1 - Thomas Greiss

ISLANDERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Steve Bernier| available | could be a healthy scratch
Jean-Francois Berube| out indefinitely| lower body
Eric Boulton | injured reserve | undisclosed
Johnny Boychuk | injured reserve| upper body
Scott Mayfield | available | recalled from AHL Friday
Kyle Okposo | expected to play | ill
Brian Strait| available | could be a healthy scratch

ISLANDERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Josh Bailey | John Tavares | Kyle Okposo | Nick Leddy | Frans Nielsen
No. 2| Anders Lee | Mikhail Grabovski |Brock Nelson | Travis Hamonic| Marek Zidlicky

ISLANDERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
12| Josh Bailey | L| 6' 1"| 210 |Oct 2, 1989| 26 |Bowmanville, ON, CAN
16| Steve Bernier| R |6' 3"| 220| Mar 31, 1985| 30 |Quebec City, QC, CAN
36| Eric Boulton | L |6' 0"| 227 |Aug 17, 1976| 39 |Halifax, NS, CAN
53| Casey Cizikas | C| 5' 11" |201 |Feb 27, 1991 |24| Toronto, ON, CAN
15| Cal Clutterbuck| R| 5' 11"| 218| Nov 18, 1987| 28| Welland, ON, CAN
84| Mikhail Grabovski | C |5' 11" |186| Jan 31, 1984| 31| Potsdam, DEU
86| Nikolay Kulemin | L |6' 1"| 225 |Jul 14, 1986| 29| Magnitogorsk, RUS
27| Anders Lee | L |6' 3"| 228 |Jul 3, 1990 |25| Edina, MN, USA
17 | Matt Martin |L| 6' 3" |220| May 8, 1989| 26| Windsor, ON, CAN
29 | Brock Nelson | C| 6' 3" |206 |Oct 15, 1991 |24| Warroad, MN, USA
51 | Frans Nielsen "A"| C| 6' 1"| 188 |Apr 24, 1984 |31| Herning, DNK
21 | Kyle Okposo "A" | R| 6' 0"| 217 |Apr 16, 1988 |27| St. Paul, MN, USA
18| Ryan Strome | C| 6' 1"| 199 |Jul 11, 1993| 22| Mississauga, ON, CAN
91 |John Tavares "C" | C |6' 1" |211| Sep 20, 1990| 25| Mississauga, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
55| Johnny Boychuk | 6' 2"| 227 |Jan 19, 1984 |31| Edmonton, AB, CAN
3 |Travis Hamonic| 6' 2" |205| Aug 16, 1990| 25| St. Malo, MB, CAN
14| Thomas Hickey| 6' 0"| 189 |Feb 8, 1989 |26 |Calgary, AB, CAN
2 |Nick Leddy | 6' 0" |199| Mar 20, 1991 |24 |Eden Prairie, MN, USA
42 |Scott Mayfield | 6' 4" |224 |Oct 14, 1992 |23| St. Louis, MO, USA
50 | Adam Pelech | 6' 3" |210| Aug 16, 1994 |21| Toronto, ON, CAN
37 | Brian Strait | 6' 1" |206 |Jan 4, 1988 |28| Waltham, MA, USA
28 | Marek Zidlicky| 5' 11" |190 |Feb 3, 1977 |38| Most, CZE
44 | Calvin de Haan| 6' 1" |197 |May 9, 1991 |24| Carp, ON, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30| Jean-Francois Berube | 6' 1" |177 |Jul 13, 1991| 24| Repentigny, QC, CAN
1 |Thomas Greiss | 6' 1" |228 |Jan 29, 1986 |29| Fussen, DEU
41| Jaroslav Halak | 5' 11"| 181 |May 13, 1985| 30| Bratislava, SVK

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|130-89-26-10 | 76-33-11-6 | 54-56-15-4

Playoffs Record

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

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|1-2-4 in the last 7 | 18-1-4 in the last 23 |0-2-2 in the last 4

The Flyers have points in 37 of the last 42 regular season games.​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Sat Jan 23, 2016 | Philadelphia at NY Islanders | 7:30 PM | TCN-PH, MSG+
Mon Jan 25, 2016 | Boston at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TVAS, NESN, CSN-PH

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

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/islanders

MSG Networks ​

| http://www.msg.com/teams/islanders.html

Shannon Hogan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Shannon_Hogan

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/index.html

Peter Botte's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PeterBotte

New York Post ​

| http://www.nypost.com/sports/islanders

Brett Cyrgalis's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/brettcyrgalis

New York Times​

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Newsday ​

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders

Arthur Staple's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/StapeNewsday

SportsNet New York ​

| http://islanderspointblank.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Wearing and Tearing" by Led Zeppelin


Happy birthday to Jimmy Page​

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[SolidSnakeUS]

Tough team, but it's time to beat them. Do it!

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

per the Flyers twitter and Ron Hextall, Ghost is out against the Isles. there will be another update tomorrow.

not surprised. less then 48 hours after getting hurt. hope its a day to day issue.

 

[flyersfan018]

Tough team, but it's time to beat them. Do it!

Isles are nothing special this year. Flyers outplayed them in their last meeting so I'm feeling confident about this one.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

afternoon games are usually not kind to the Flyers.
Hopefully that isnt the case tomorrow.

 

[Appleyard]

Isles are nothing special this year. Flyers outplayed them in their last meeting so I'm feeling confident about this one.

Capuano has to go if they want to reach the 'next level'... he sucks majorly.

Also with Boychuk injured their bottom 4 is arguably worse than ours... though their top pairing is still great.

Their forward group as it stands 1 through 13 is great IMO, one of the best bottom sixes in the league for sure too.

Halak is also good enough (middling starter) to take them far in the playoffs if playing well.

Snow is going to have some work though soon... Okposo probably going and Hamonic wanting a trade... and their two top prospects before this draft (Dal Colle and Pulock) have not been developing quite as they seemingly hoped (though Pulock has been royally ****ed around and should still probably be a top 4 Dman)... though Barzal is awesome and should be a 50+ point NHLer IMO.

 

[TCTC]

It's a big game for us. In fact, the next 3 games are all big games. Can't afford to lose these.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Any changes in your lineup from the OP?

 

[Lame Lambert]

Capuano has to go if they want to reach the 'next level'... he sucks majorly.

Also with Boychuk injured their bottom 4 is arguably worse than ours... though their top pairing is still great.

Their forward group as it stands 1 through 13 is great IMO, one of the best bottom sixes in the league for sure too.

Halak is also good enough (middling starter) to take them far in the playoffs if playing well.

Snow is going to have some work though soon... Okposo probably going and Hamonic wanting a trade... and their two top prospects before this draft (Dal Colle and Pulock) have not been developing quite as they seemingly hoped (though Pulock has been royally ****ed around and should still probably be a top 4 Dman)... though Barzal is awesome and should be a 50+ point NHLer IMO.

Most of this is 100% true unfortunately. Pulock is developing well but our jackass coach refuses to give him a chance because of his obsession with "gritty veterans" who "battle hahd".

 

[boxcar65]

Any changes in your lineup from the OP?

Brandon Manning, aka ManDog, will most likely be back in for Ghost. Some people have been speculating that Andrew "AHL" MacDonald will be called up for this game, but I sure hope that doesn't happen.

 

[bb12]

Any changes in your lineup from the OP?

Probably just Manning in for Ghost... Unless our GM is smart and calls up AMAC plays him and keeps Manning far from this team.

 

[bb12]

Brandon Manning, aka ManDog, will most likely be back in for Ghost. Some people have been speculating that Andrew "AHL" MacDonald will be called up for this game, but I sure hope that doesn't happen.

You understand that manning has been in the AHL before and belongs there right?

 

[Lame Lambert]

Okay and is Mason or Neuvirth starting?

 

[Beef Invictus]

MacDonald is light-years better than Manning could ever pray to be.

 

[boxcar65]

You understand that manning has been in the AHL before and belongs there right?

Of course, BB. He worked hard there the past several years and earned his way onto the team this season. AMac did not play well last year and looked terrible in the preseason, so he found himself in the AHL. I guess it's TBD if anything happens before tomorrow.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Actually, no. MacD found his cap hit was too large to fit on the roster, while Manning's was tiny enough to fit. If quality if play were the deciding factor Manning would have 0 NHL games to his name.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Any chance Weal plays?

 

[FLYguy3911]

MacDonald was banged up last week fwiw.

 

[bb12]

Of course, BB. He worked hard there the past several years and earned his way onto the team this season. AMac did not play well last year and looked terrible in the preseason, so he found himself in the AHL. I guess it's TBD if anything happens before tomorrow.

Working hard doesnt offer you skill. He is in a right place right time situation. AMAC is in the AHL because he is too expensive. Until this week were were less than $600K below cap and we needed to burry someone. expensive.

We now have 4 million and to get the best we can offer manning should be in LH, Mac should be our #6 and Shultz our #7.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Of course, BB. He worked hard there the past several years and earned his way onto the team this season. AMac did not play well last year and looked terrible in the preseason, so he found himself in the AHL. I guess it's TBD if anything happens before tomorrow.

holy **** do you understand ANY part of how the NHL works these days..

Amac is in the AHL due to cap hit nothing more..

Manning SHOULD be in the AHL permanently.. he has no business in the NHL.. but again, its due to his basement floor level cap hit..

hopefully they have the room to call up Amac and send Manning down for the last and final time...

 

[FLYERSG]

Brandon Manning, aka ManDog, will most likely be back in for Ghost. Some people have been speculating that Andrew "AHL" MacDonald will be called up for this game, but I sure hope that doesn't happen.

 

[flyersfan018]

holy **** do you understand ANY part of how the NHL works these days..

Amac is in the AHL due to cap hit nothing more..

Manning SHOULD be in the AHL permanently.. he has no business in the NHL.. but again, its due to his basement floor level cap hit..

hopefully they have the room to call up Amac and send Manning down for the last and final time...

Idk why anyone wastes their time responding to that guy. He only continues to do it because he thinks he's hilarious and he draws a reaction from people.

 

[Striiker]

Manning is equally as overpaid as MacDonald.

That really says it all.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Idk why anyone wastes their time responding to that guy. He only continues to do it because he thinks he's hilarious and he draws a reaction from people.

i dont know.. i think he actualy believes what hes posting..

like in some weird way like only he can see how awesome Manning is.

hahaha

 

[Beef Invictus]

Any chance Weal plays?

Has to be better than Umberger.



I look forward to Couturier and Dumpty Plumpty generating more offense.