GDT: #41: Bruins at Flyers, Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 8:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (18-15-7, 10-5-4 home ) vs BOSTON BRUINS (21-15-5, 12-4-3 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TVAS
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020643
• 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://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020643
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Bruins' Stats: http://bruins.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%
Bruins|41 |21-15-5 |9-11-2 |12-4-3| 3-6-1| 2.98 |2.66 |28.1| 82.6| 12.7 |31.2 |29.1 |50.8
Flyers| 40 |18-15-7 |10-5-4 |8-10-3 |6-3-1 |2.25 |2.62 |15.8 |78.7| 12.6| 30.2 |32.1| 49.7

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Bruins' Website: http://bruins.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 |28| 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 (expected starter) |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Shayne Gostisbehere |will not play, could return Sat. | lower body, speculated as groin
Jordan Weal |available | expected to be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

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

BOSTON BRUINS​

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BRUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
63 - Brad Marchand| 37 - Patrice Bergeron |11 - Jimmy Hayes
39 - Matt Beleskey | 51 - Ryan Spooner| 21 - Loui Eriksson
72 - Frank Vatrano |41 - Joonas Kemppainen |14 - Brett Connolly
36 - Zac Rinaldo | 25 - Max Talbot | 29 - Landon Ferraro

Pairings

Name | Name
33 - Zdeno Chara| 62 - Zach Trotman
44 - Dennis Seidenberg| 48 - Colin Miller
47 - Torey Krug | 86 - Kevan Miller

Goalies

Name | Name
40 - Tuukka Rask (expected starter) | 50 - Jonas Gustavsson

BRUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Chris Kelly |injured reserve | fractured left femur
David Krejci |injured reserve | upper body
Adam McQuaid |injured reserve | concussion
Joe Morrow | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
David Pastrnak | not available | upper body
Tyler Randell |available | could be a healthy scratch

BRUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Ryan Spooner | Patrice Bergeron | Loui Eriksson |Torey Krug | Colin Miller
No. 2|Matt Beleskey | Brad Marchand | David Pastrnak |Zdeno Chara |Dennis Seidenberg

BRUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
39| Matt Beleskey | L| 6' 0" |203 |Jun 7, 1988 |27| Windsor, ON, CAN
37|Patrice Bergeron "A" | C |6' 1"|195 |Jul 24, 1985|30| Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
14| Brett Connolly| R |6' 2"| 193 |May 2, 1992 |23| Campbell River, BC, CAN
21| Loui Eriksson | R |6' 2" |183 |Jul 17, 1985 |30 |Goteborg, SWE
29 |Landon Ferraro | C| 6' 0" |186 |Aug 8, 1991| 24 |Trail, BC, CAN
11| Jimmy Hayes | R| 6' 5" |215 |Nov 21, 1989 |26 |Boston, MA, USA
23| Chris Kelly "A"| C |6' 0"| 193 |Nov 11, 1980 |35 |Toronto, ON, CAN
41| Joonas Kemppainen | C| 6' 3"| 223 |Apr 7, 1988| 27| Kajaani, FIN
46| David Krejci "A" | C| 6' 0" |186 |Apr 28, 1986 |29| Sternberk, CZE
63| Brad Marchand | L |5' 9" |181| May 11, 1988| 27 |Halifax, NS, CAN
88| David Pastrnak | R| 6' 0" |181 |May 25, 1996| 19| Havirov, CZE
64| Tyler Randell | R| 6' 1" |198 |Jun 15, 1991 |24| Scarborough, ON, CAN
36 | Zac Rinaldo | C| 5' 10" |188 |Jun 15, 1990 |25 |Mississauga, ON, CAN
51 | Ryan Spooner | C |5' 10" |184 |Jan 30, 1992 |23| Ottawa, ON, CAN
25 |Max Talbot | C |5' 11" |186 |Feb 11, 1984| 31| LeMoyne, QC, CAN
72 |Frank Vatrano | C| 5' 9" |201 |Mar 14, 1994| 21 |East Longmeadow, MA, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
33| Zdeno Chara "C" | 6' 9"| 250 |Mar 18, 1977| 38| Trencin, SVK
47| Torey Krug |5' 9" |186 |Apr 12, 1991 |24 |Livonia, MI, USA
54| Adam McQuaid | 6' 4"| 212 |Oct 12, 1986| 29| Charlottetown, PE, CAN
48| Colin Miller | 6' 1" |196 |Oct 29, 1992 |23| Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
86| Kevan Miller | 6' 2"| 210| Nov 15, 1987 |28| Los Angeles, CA, USA
45| Joe Morrow | 6' 0"| 199| Dec 9, 1992 |23 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
44| Dennis Seidenberg | 6' 0"| 198 |Jul 18, 1981 |34 |Schwenningen, DEU
62| Zach Trotman | 6' 3"| 217| Aug 26, 1990 |25| Carmel, IN, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
50 | Jonas Gustavsson | 6' 4" |212 |Oct 24, 1984 |31| Danderyd, SWE
40 | Tuukka Rask | 6' 3" |176 |Mar 10, 1987 |28| Savonlinna, FIN

FLYERS vs. BRUINS SERIES HISTORY​

May 6, 1976: Reggie Leach scores five goals in the Flyers' 1976 series clincher.​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Boston Bruins|67-90-21-10 |38-41-10-4| 29-49-11-6

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Boston Bruins |3-3 |13-18|8-7| 5-11

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Boston Bruins| 2-0-0 in the last 2 | 1-0-0 in the last 1| 1-3-2 in the last 6

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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

Boston Globe​

| http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/

Amalie Benjamin's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AmalieBenjamin

Boston Herald​

| http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/bruins_insider

Steve Conroy's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/conroyherald

Comcast New England​

| http://www.csnne.com/hockey-boston-bruins

Joe Haggerty's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/HackswithHaggs

NESN ​

| http://www.nesn.com/boston-bruins/

Patriot Ledger ​

| http://www.patriotledger.com/sports/pro-college

Mike Loftus' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/MLoftus_Ledger

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Mouth for War" by Pantera
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Keep the train going and dominate these guys!

 

[flyersfan018]

Still not used to seeing a Flyers legend play for Boston.

 

[backburner]

Still not used to seeing a Flyers legend play for Boston.

lolwut

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Still not used to seeing a Flyers legend play for Boston.

i approve of this message...

 

[chupanibre]

Remaldo is life. It's embarrassing that the Bruins have spelt his name wrong on his jersey. He's not even telling them, Grossmann style.

 

[Appleyard]

Flyers scheduling over December and January has been just so bizarre.

They will end up with: 10 two+ day breaks from November 29th to January 16th. 17 games in 48 days. 0.35 games per day.

Then: 8 two+ day breaks from January 16th to end of season. 40 games in 85 days. 0.47 games per day.

Basically playing every other day down the stretch... the season is 6 1/2 months long... but the Flyers play half the schedule in under 3 months!

I know that scheduling is hard and the schedule relaxes over that time for every team... but from the Rangers game onwards the Flyers have the most constricted schedule in the NHL I believe. There are going to be NHL teams ~5 games ahead on the schedule as we play the Rangers!

 

[WastedTalent]

Flyers scheduling over December and January has been just so bizarre.

They will end up with: 10 two+ day breaks from November 29th to January 16th. 17 games in 48 days. 0.35 games per day.

Then: 8 two+ day breaks from January 16th to end of season. 40 games in 85 days. 0.47 games per day.

Basically playing every other day down the stretch... the season is 6 1/2 months long... but the Flyers play half the schedule in under 3 months!

I know that scheduling is hard and the schedule relaxes over that time for every team... but from the Rangers game onwards the Flyers have the most constricted schedule in the NHL I believe. There are going to be NHL teams ~5 games ahead on the schedule as we play the Rangers!

I guess the NHL is finally punishing them for always being towards the bottom in the league in miles traveled throughout the year

 

[flyersjim73]

Flyers scheduling over December and January has been just so bizarre.

They will end up with: 10 two+ day breaks from November 29th to January 16th. 17 games in 48 days. 0.35 games per day.

Then: 8 two+ day breaks from January 16th to end of season. 40 games in 85 days. 0.47 games per day.

Basically playing every other day down the stretch... the season is 6 1/2 months long... but the Flyers play half the schedule in under 3 months!

I know that scheduling is hard and the schedule relaxes over that time for every team... but from the Rangers game onwards the Flyers have the most constricted schedule in the NHL I believe. There are going to be NHL teams ~5 games ahead on the schedule as we play the Rangers!

I'm not sure that's a bad thing. IMO they seem to play better the more frequently they play.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Two days out but here's an update on Ghost:

Ghost did not take full practice and coach Dave Hakstol said it was undecided whether he would take full practice on Tuesday.

“I’m fine, it’s day-to-day and was good to get on the ice and take some shots on the goalies,” Gostisbehere said.

Asked whether he could return for Wednesday’s game against Boston, Ghost said, “Honestly, I have no idea. We still have a couple days until then. I’m sure we’ll learn more.”

http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-phi...jury-may-be-groin-pull-unsure-about-wednesday

 

[TheKingPin]

Don't like these long breaks as we always seem to lose. A win in regulation would be huge here. If the team keeps playing like it did with ghost here we will make he playoffs.

 

[dats81]

This is like a 4pt game. Hak needs to get everybody on the same page.

 

[bb12]

I am 100% anti-tank but i almost want to lose this game so our coach can see that Umberger brings 0 to the table and give the new kid a damn chance!

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

I had a dream where the Bruins and Flyers were playing and Rinaldo skated as fast as he could, jumped, and annihilated Read against the boards.

Read fractured his ankle and a bone was sticking out.

Rinaldo skated around rink with his stick in the air and the Boston crowd was going crazy.

(serious).

Stay safe Read.

 

[thelos]

I hope Couturier makes Rinaldo look like a fool somehow

 

[Curufinwe]

I hope Manning fights Rinaldo.

 

[boxcar65]

I hope Manning fights Rinaldo.

ManDog will probably slip during the fight, but hopefully he will at least get in one or two shots. The Flyers can say all they want to about concentrating on the game itself, etc, but I guarantee someone will try something with Zac.

It would be funny if he's scratched, but I hope that's not the case.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I hope Manning fights Rinaldo.

Manning would literaly have his face pounded into his skull

say what you want about Zac but the kid can fight..

he fricken dumbied Iginla..

and thats no easy job

 

[OzFlyers]

Manning would literaly have his face pounded into his skull

say what you want about Zac but the kid can fight..

he fricken dumbied Iginla..

and thats no easy job

Zac jumped Ignila.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Zac jumped Ignila.

LOL, go watch it again... they both drop gloves at same time...

Zac just beat him up, its ok to admit it...

 

[chupanibre]

Zac jumped Ignila.

Well that's just not true.

What a hit though, 3 for 1

 

[catbellysqueezer]

If they play Weal (I guess they aren't going to change the lineup until they lose?) would it definitely be Umberger that he replaces?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

If they play Weal (I guess they aren't going to change the lineup until they lose?) would it definitely be Umberger that he replaces?

Though no two situations are truly similar, the head coach has made lineup changes after wins -- the weekend of the NJD/Columbus games for example, when he inserted White and Umberger for Cousins and Colin McDonald. That involved reassignments and activations rather than a simple change.

There hasn't been any indication that Weal will play and/or replace Umberger for tomorrow but the morning skate will likely be a better indicator.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

i really dont understand why they wouldnt give Weal a looksee.. cuz everyone knows Umby brings nothing..

 

[BernieParent]

i really dont understand why they wouldnt give Weal a looksee.. cuz everyone knows Umby brings nothing..

Against the big, bad Bruins? Hakstol will want the more physical Umberger in the lineup.