GDT: #44| FLYERS at Capitals | Wed., Jan. 14, 2015| 8:00 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (17-19-7, 6-13-4 away ) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (23-11-8, 11-5-4 home )​

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TVA, SN1
• Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
  1. http://atdee.net/index.html
  2. http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
  3. http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=icehockey
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2014020641

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020641 and http://capitalstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2015/01/13/game-notes-vs-philadelphia-1-14-15
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=103368&navid=DL|PHI|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Capitals' Stats: http://capitals.nhl.com/index.html

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers | 43| 17-19-7 |11-6-3 |6-13-4 |4-5-1| 2.74 |2.88 |23.3| 74.0| 9.5 |29.1| 30.1| 51.0
Capitals| 42| 23-11-8| 11-5-4 |12-6-4| 7-1-2 |2.95 |2.45 |24.0 |79.0 |10.2| 29.8| 28.8| 50.4

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Capitals' Website: http://capitals.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| 29| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14| Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |22 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
28| Claude Giroux "C" | C |5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
49 | Scott Laughton| C| 6' 1" | 177 |May 30, 1994 | 20| Oakville, ON, CAN
40| Vincent Lecavalier| C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980 |34| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12| Michael Raffl | L |6' 0"| 195 |Dec 1, 1988 |26| Villach, AUT
24| Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986| 28 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo| C |5' 11"| 169| Jun 15, 1990 |24| Mississauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1"| 190 |Aug 22, 1991 |23| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R |6' 2"|183|Aug 26, 1988| 26| Scarborough, ON, CAN
18 | R.J. Umberger | C |6' 2" |214 |May 3, 1982 |32 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76| Chris VandeVelde| C |6' 2" | 190 |Mar 15, 1987 | 27 | Moorhead, MN, USA
93 | Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |25| Kladno, CZE

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 |Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985 |29| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
26 | Carlo Colaiacovo | 6' 1" | 200| Jan 27, 1983 | 31| Toronto, ON, CAN
15 | Michael Del Zotto | 6' 0"| 195| Jun 24, 1990| 24| Stouffville, ON, CAN
8 | Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |29 |Stockholm, SWE
47| Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 190| Sep 7, 1986| 28| Judique, NS, CAN
20 | Chris Pronger |6' 6" |220| Oct 10, 1974| 40| Dryden, ON, CAN
22 | Luke Schenn |6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989 |25 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55 | Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203 |Aug 25, 1982| 32 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32 | Mark Streit "A" |5' 11"| 191 |Dec 11, 1977| 37| Bern, CHE
44 | Kimmo Timonen | 5' 10" | 194 |Mar 18, 1975 | 39 | Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 |Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |32| Hamilton, ON, CAN
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 26| Oakville, ON, CAN
72| Rob Zepp |6' 0" |181 |Sep 7, 1981 |33| Scarborough, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
10 Brayden Schenn | 28 Claude Giroux | 93 Jakub Voracek
12 Michael Raffl | 49 Scott Laughton |17 Wayne Simmonds
18 R.J. Umberger |14 Sean Couturier | 24 Matt Read
76 Chris VandeVelde|78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 40 Vincent Lecavalier

Pairings

Name | Name
15 Michael Del Zotto | 55 Nick Schultz
47 Andrew MacDonald | 32 Mark Streit
26 Carlo Colaiacovo | 22 Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
72 Rob Zepp (expected starter) | 29 Ray Emery

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Braydon Coburn | out four weeks from Jan. 13| lower body, possibly left foot
Nicklas Grossmann |IR; out about three weeks from Jan. 9 | upper body, reported as right shoulder
Steve Mason | out up to two weeks from Jan. 11| lower body, speculated as right knee
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Zac Rinaldo |available| could be a healthy scratch
Kimmo Timonen | out indefinitely; to have CT scan later this month | blood clots in lungs and right calf

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| R.J. Umberger | Vincent Lecavalier | Matt Read | Michael Del Zotto

WASHINGTON CAPITALS​

CAPITALS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
8 Alex Ovechkin | 19 Nicklas Backstrom | 65 Andre Burakovsky
90 Marcus Johansson |92 Evgeny Kuznetsov |20 Troy Brouwer
21 Brooks Laich | 16 Eric Fehr | 42 Joel Ward
25 Jason Chimera |83 Jay Beagle |43 Tom Wilson

Pairings

Name | Name
44 Brooks Orpik | 74 John Carlson
27 Karl Alzner | 2 Matt Niskanen
38 Jack Hillen | 52 Mike Green

Goalies

Name | Name
70 Braden Holtby (expected starter) | 35 Justin Peters

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
John Erskine | injured reserve | neck surgery
Michael Latta |available | could be a healthy scratch
Steve Oleksy |available | could be a healthy scratch

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Marcus Johansson | Nicklas Backstrom |Troy Brouwer |Mike Green | Alex Ovechkin
No. 2| Andre Burakovsky | Evgeny Kuznetsov |Joel Ward |John Carlson | Matt Niskanen

CAPITALS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
19| Nicklas Backstrom "A" | C |6' 1" |208 |Nov 23, 1987| 27| Gävle, SWE
83| Jay Beagle| R |6' 3" |215| Oct 16, 1985 |29| Calgary, AB, CAN
20| Troy Brouwer | R |6' 3"| 213 |Aug 17, 1985 |29| Vancouver, BC, CAN
65| Andre Burakovsky| L| 6' 3" |198 |Feb 9, 1995 |19| Klagenfurt, AUT
25| Jason Chimera | L| 6' 3"| 213| May 2, 1979| 35 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
16| Eric Fehr | R |6' 4" |212 |Sep 7, 1985| 29| Winkler, MB, CAN
90| Marcus Johansson | C |6' 1" |205 |Oct 6, 1990 |24 |Landskrona, SWE
92| Evgeny Kuznetsov |C |6' 0" |172 |May 19, 1992| 22| Chelyabinsk, RUS
21| Brooks Laich "A" | C |6' 2" |210| Jun 23, 1983 |31| Wawota, SK, CAN
46 | Michael Latta |C |6' 0"| 209| May 25, 1991| 23 |Kitchener, ON, CAN
8 |Alex Ovechkin "C" | R |6' 3"| 230 |Sep 17, 1985| 29| Moscow, RUS
42 | Joel Ward | R |6' 1"| 226 |Dec 2, 1980 |34| North York, ON, CAN
43| Tom Wilson | R |6' 4" |210|Mar 29, 1994| 20 |Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27 | Karl Alzner | 6' 2" |217| Sep 24, 1988 |26| Burnaby, BC, CAN
74 | John Carlson | 6' 3"| 212| Jan 10, 1990| 24 |Natick, MA, USA
4 |John Erskine | 6' 4" |220 |Jun 26, 1980| 34| Kingston, ON, CAN
52| Mike Green "A" | 6' 1"| 207| Oct 12, 1985 |29| Calgary, AB, CAN
38| Jack Hillen |5' 10" |190 |Jan 24, 1986| 28 |Minnetonka, MN, USA
2 |Matt Niskanen | 6' 0"| 209| Dec 6, 1986 |28| Virginia, MN, USA
61 | Steve Oleksy | 6' 0" |190 |Feb 4, 1986 |28| Chesterfield, MI, USA
44 | Brooks Orpik | 6' 2"| 219| Sep 26, 1980| 34| San Francisco, CA, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
70 |Braden Holtby| 6' 2" |203| Sep 16, 1989| 25| Lloydminster, SK, CAN
35 | Justin Peters | 6' 1" |210 |Aug 30, 1986 |28| Blyth, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|106-69-19-7 |64-31-6-2|42-38-13-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|2-2 |11-12|6-4| 5-8

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|9-3-1 in the last 13 |6-1-0 in the last 7 | 4-2-1 in the last 7

• Link to the series history (prior GDT) -- http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1009255

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thu Jan 8, 2015| Washington 2 at Philadelphia 3 (OT)| 7:00 PM |TVA, SN360, CSN-DC, CSN-PH
Wed Jan 14, 2015| Philadelphia 0 at Washington 1 |8:00 PM |NBCSN, TVA, SN1
Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Washington at Philadelphia |3:00 PM | NBC

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=10/03/2014&team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thu Jan 15, 2015| Vancouver at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |SNP, CSN-PH
Sat Jan 17, 2015| Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:00 PM |CSN-PH, MSG-B

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: January 14, 1997​

Paul Coffey scored the GWG with 45 seconds to play in the Flyers' 3-2 home win vs. Montreal. Coffey returned to the lineup after missing the prior five games with a concussion. Ron Hextall won for the 200th time with the Flyers. It was the league-leading 27th win of the season for the Flyers.

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

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

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

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

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger ​

| http://www.nj.com/flyers/

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

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

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli

Philadelphia Inquirer​

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

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Comcast Sports ​

| http://www.csnwashington.com/capitals

Chuck Gormley's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/ChuckGormleyCSN

Jill Sorenson's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JillCSN

Monumental Network ​

| http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/sports/washington-capitals/index.jsp

John Walton's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/WaltonCaps

NBC Washington ​

| http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/capital-games/

Adam Vingan's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/AdamVingan

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter​

​

| https://twitter.com/vogscaps

Washington Post|[/LEFT]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

Alex Prewitt's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/alex_prewitt

Washington Times ​

| http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/hockey/

Zac Boyer's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ZacBoyer
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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Red House" by Jimi Hendrix
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[Prongo]

I was going to bet the over in the game against the Lightning last night. I haven't made a bet in over 4 months and felt like that would be a sure win to ease back into it. Well, I wimped out and they score 10 goals. This game has that feeling as well.

I bet it and guarantee the game will be 2-1 score......

Just for the record too, I stopped betting just because I lost the will. Not for financial reason

Basically I need someone to convince me to make this bet so I can lose my money....

 

[OrangeJesus]

I was going to bet the over in the game against the Lightning last night. I haven't made a bet in over 4 months and felt like that would be a sure win to ease back into it. Well, I wimped out and they score 10 goals. This game has that feeling as well.

I bet it and guarantee the game will be 2-1 score......

Just for the record too, I stopped betting just because I lost the will. Not for financial reason

Basically I need someone to convince me to make this bet so I can lose my money....

Degens gonna degen. You don't need convincing

 

[chupanibre]

Great song MSE!

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

If Zepp plays well and wins again, do you think that'll make him the official back up when Mason is back? Emery on waivers..doubt he'd get traded.

 

[Curufinwe]

Looks like Emery is starting.

Bill Meltzer ‏@billmeltzer 2h2 hours ago
Emery following his prax routine for when he starts next game... out first and stretching.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

So we're either going to suck or going to own them...

 

[mtxed]

Emery gonna lose, but Zepp will win home game vs VAN. Love it.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Why Emery over Zepp

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Great song MSE!

It is an amusing little ditty.

We have Zepp on deck if he plays Thursday.

 

[OzFlyers]

Why Emery over Zepp

That blockhead will never play Zepp! Oh wait.... he played him first opporunity.

 

[Claude28Giroux]

G already at a career high in powerplay goals in a season. We got 40 games left in the season!

 

[Nvxs07]

Emery Vs Holtby round 2 great song choice like always MSE

 

[Hockeypete49]

Great song MSE!

Yep, Jimmy could pick it like no one else.

 

[Striiker]

 

[dats81]

Another chance for Zepp to prove himself. He may get peppered with shots tonight but he definitely improves our chances against their deadly PP because he can move post to post...

 

[Curufinwe]

Zepp is getting every chance to replace Emery as the backup this season, and next season.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Sweet, Zepp getting the start .

 

[Flyerfan4life]

WOW.... must admit i was completly wrong on Cementhead running with Emery..

couldnt be happier to be wrong..

go Zepp...

 

[King Forsberg]

This game could get physical pretty fast. If I were Berube I'd play it safe and roll with these lines

Rinaldo (A) - Giroux - Voracek
Schenn - Blair Jones - Ryan White
Simmonds - Laughton - Hal Gill
Mathers - Rosehill (A) - Stortini (C)

 

[chupanibre]

This game could get physical pretty fast. If I were Berube I'd pay it safe and roll with these lines

Rinaldo (A) - Giroux - Voracek
Schenn - Blair Jones - Ryan White
Simmonds - Laughton - Hal Gill
Mathers - Rosehill (A) - Stortini (C)

Replace Giroux with Brett Hextall and we're good to go!

 

[chupanibre]

Zepp is getting some serious chances to prove himself, good for him. Hope he holds his own tonight, otherwise it could get messy

 

[Nvxs07]

This game could get physical pretty fast. If I were Berube I'd pay it safe and roll with these lines

Rinaldo (A) - Giroux - Voracek
Schenn - Blair Jones - Ryan White
Simmonds - Laughton - Hal Gill
Mathers - Rosehill (A) - Stortini (C)

Just laughed for a good 10 minutes. Then another 10 when I realized you put Hal Gill on the lineup

 

[mtxed]

Terrible choice. Feed Emery on the road to the red hot Caps, then play Zepp at home vs Crappy Vancouver for an easier win. Goalie management 101. Now they might both games instead of splitting.

 

[Nvxs07]

Terrible choice. Feed Emery on the road to the red hot Caps, then play Zepp at home vs Crappy Vancouver for an easier win. Goalie management 101. Now they might both games instead of splitting.

That was my thought process too. I think berube is riding the hot hand kind of. I mean Zepp looked solid on Monday, Maybe he is thinking since he shut down stamkos he can shut down ovi? idk, I hope we win. If you guys need a pick me up go look at the caps GDT.