GDT: #46| FLYERS at Sabres | Sat., Jan. 17, 2015| 7:00 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (17-21-7 , 6-14-4 away ) vs. BUFFALO SABRES (14-28-3, 10-12-2 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, MSG-B
• 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=2014020661

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020661
• Stats and Notes: http://sabres.nhl.com/v2/ext/2014-15 Season/[email protected]
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Sabres' Stats: http://sabres.nhl.com/index.html

Teams' Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers| 45| 17-21-7 |11-7-3| 6-14-4 |3-6-1 |2.62| 2.87| 22.2| 73.5 |9.7 |29.0| 29.9 |50.8
Sabres| 45| 14-28-3| 10-12-2 |4-16-1| 1-9-0 |1.69 |3.47 |8.8 |75.2 |12.6 |23.2| 35.4| 45.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Sabres' Website: http://sabres.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
42 | Jason Akeson |R | 5 '10" | 190|Jun 3, 1990| 24| Orleans, ON, CAN
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
12 Michael Raffl | 28 Claude Giroux | 93 Jakub Voracek
18 R.J. Umberger| 10 Brayden Schenn |17 Wayne Simmonds
24 Matt Read |14 Sean Couturier | 36 Zac Rinaldo
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 (starter) | 29 Ray Emery

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Jason Akeson | available | recalled from AHL Jan. 17
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
Scott Laughton |day-to-day | upper body
Steve Mason | out up to two weeks from Jan. 11| lower body, speculated as right knee
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
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

BUFFALO SABRES​

SABRES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
65 Brian Flynn | 28 Zemgus Girgensons | 80 Chris Stewart
26 Matt Moulson |17 Torrey Mitchell |63 Tyler Ennis
19 Cody Hodgson | 84 Phil Varone |21 Drew Stafford
44 Nicolas Deslauriers | 37 Matt Ellis |36 Patrick Kaleta

Pairings

Name | Name
57 Tyler Myers | 4 Josh Gorges
51 Nikita Zadorov| 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
6 Mike Weber | 41 Andrej Meszaros

Goalies

Name | Name
1 Jhonas Enroth | 34 Michal Neuvirth (starter)

SABRES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Andre Benoit | available | could be scratched
Zac Dalpe | available | could be scratched
Marcus Foligno | injured reserve| hand
Brian Gionta | injured reserve| upper body
Cody McCormick |injured reserve |blood clot in calf
Tyson Strachan | available | could be scratched

SABRES' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Matt Moulson| Zemgus Girgensons| Tyler Ennis |Tyler Myers| Rasmus Ristolainen
No. 2| Brian Flynn | Phil Varone | Chris Stewart |Nikita Zadorov | Andrej Meszaros

SABRES' ROSTER

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
20| Zac Dalpe| C| 6' 1"| 195 |Nov 1, 1989| 25 |Paris, ON, CAN
44| Nicolas Deslauriers | L |6' 1" |209| Feb 22, 1991| 23| LaSalle, QC, CAN
37| Matt Ellis | L |6' 0" |208 |Aug 31, 1981 |33| Welland, ON, CAN
63| Tyler Ennis | C |5' 9"| 169 |Oct 6, 1989| 25 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
65| Brian Flynn | C |6' 1" |180 |Jul 26, 1988 |26 |Lynnfield, MA, USA
82| Marcus Foligno | L| 6' 3"| 223| Aug 10, 1991 |23| Buffalo, NY, USA
12| Brian Gionta "C"| R| 5' 7" |176 |Jan 18, 1979| 35 |Rochester, NY, USA
28| Zemgus Girgensons| C |6' 1" |190 |Jan 5, 1994| 21| Riga, LVA
19| Cody Hodgson | C |6' 0" |192| Feb 18, 1990 |24 |Toronto, ON, CAN
36| Patrick Kaleta | R| 6' 1" |198 |Jun 8, 1986| 28| Buffalo, NY, USA
8 |Cody McCormick | C |6' 2" |224 |Apr 18, 1983 |31| London, ON, CAN
17 | Torrey Mitchell |C |5' 11" |189 |Jan 30, 1985| 29| Greenfield Park, QC, CAN
26 |Matt Moulson "A" | L |6' 1"| 200 | Nov 1, 1983| 31| North York, ON, CAN
21 |Drew Stafford | R |6' 2" |214| Oct 30, 1985| 29 |Milwaukee, WI, USA
80 |Chris Stewart | R |6' 2"| 231| Oct 30, 1987 |27 |Toronto, ON, CAN
84 |Philip Varone |C |5' 10" |185| Dec 4, 1990 |24 |Vaughan, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
61 | Andre Benoit | 5' 11"| 191 |Jan 6, 1984 |31| St. Albert, ON, CAN
4 | Josh Gorges "A" | 6' 1" |201 |Aug 14, 1984 |30| Kelowna, BC, CAN
41 | Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2" |223 |Oct 13, 1985 |29 |Považská Bystrica, SVK
57 | Tyler Myers |6' 8" |219 |Feb 1, 1990| 24| Houston, TX, USA
55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 6' 4" |219 |Oct 27, 1994| 20| Turku, FIN
24 | Tyson Strachan | 6' 3"| 215 |Oct 30, 1984 |30| Melfort, SK, CAN
6 |Mike Weber |6' 2" |212 |Dec 16, 1987 |27 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
51 | Nikita Zadorov| 6' 5" |220 |Apr 16, 1995| 19| Moscow, RUS

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
1 |Jhonas Enroth |5' 10" |166 |Jun 25, 1988| 26| Stockholm, SWE
34 | Michal Neuvirth | 6' 1"| 209| Mar 23, 1988| 26| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS vs. SABRES SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |82-58-20-5 | 49-20-12-3 |33-38-8-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |6-3 | 29-21|19-8|10-13

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres| 9-2-0 in last 11|5-0-0 in last 5|9-2-2 in last 13

• Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=908005

FLYERS vs. SABRES 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television
Sat Jan 17, 2015| Philadelphia 4 at Buffalo 3 |7:00 PM | CSN-PH, MSG-B
Sun Feb 15, 2015| Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:30 PM| NBCSN
Thu Feb 19, 2015| Buffalo at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | MSG-B, BELL TV, CSN-PH

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Philadelphia at NY Islanders |1:00 PM |NHLN-US, SN, TCN-PH, MSG+
Tue Jan 20, 2015| Pittsburgh at Philadelphia |7:30 PM | NBCSN, TVA, SN1, SNO, ROOT
Tue Jan 27, 2015| Arizona at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | FS-A, CSN-PH
Thu Jan 29, 2015|Winnipeg at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |TSN3, CSN-PH
Sat Jan 31, 2015 |Toronto at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |CBC, CSN-PH
Thu Feb 5, 2015 | NY Islanders at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |TVA, SN, MSG+, CSN-PH

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: January 17, 1985​

Tim Kerr tied a team-record with four goals and had a natural hat trick in a 7-5 win vs. Detroit. The Flyers extended their home unbeaten streak against the Red Wings to 26 games (20-0-6) which covered almost 14 years.

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

Buffalo News ​

| http://www.buffalonews.com/section/SPORTS02?profileID=1104

Blog​

| http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/

Bucky Gleason's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/TBNbucky

Mike Harrington's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/BNHarrington

John Vogl's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/buffnewsvogl

Olean Times Herald ​

| http://www.oleantimesherald.com/sports/sabres/

Blog ​

| http://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/

Bill Hoppe's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/BillHoppeNHL

WGR Radio 550 AM​

| http://wgr550.com/Sabres/8767954

Brian Koziol's Twitter‏ ​

| https://twitter.com/BrianWGR

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Wearing and Tearing" by Led Zeppelin
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

From one of the Buffalo beats...

Any self-respecting NHL team would waive Andrej Meszaros tonight. Unless you're....... #Sabres

https://twitter.com/BNHarrington

 

[Karma]

At least we won't get shut out again......right?

 

[dats81]

At least we won't get shut out again......right?

Nope.
Buffalo will grant us the favour of scoring first but then take the game 2 - 1

 

[chupanibre]

lose to the Sabres, go on, I dare ya! I triple dog dare ya!

 

[StandingCow]

Battle of the bad team vs the mediocre team... who cares who wins

 

[BillDineen]

Must lose game. Even if the Flyers don't get McEichel, next best is Buffalo not getting him. They don't deserve it for signing Meszaros to an NHL contract and especially at 4.125mm instead of 600k.

 

[RoDu]

Mez will score two, Homlgren will want him back

 

[JustJim]

Battle of the bad team vs the mediocre team... who cares who wins

Which team is bad, and which is mediocre? They both suck, and both coaches suck as well!

 

[BernieParent]

lose to the Sabres, go on, I dare ya! I triple dog dare ya!

Chupanibre creates a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I could see us losing this. Have the scoreless streak go on!

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Chupanibre creates a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!

haha... epic qoute FTW...

 

[chupanibre]

Chupanibre creates a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!

 

[Flying]

why does buffalo have the drummer from skid row as a 3rd line C

 

[BernieParent]

I admit with no small bit of shame that this past Christmas was the first time I actually sat down and watched the whole movie.

 

[blinds]

I don't care if we win, I just want to see some goals.

 

[Swic21]

Does Zepper get the start?

 

[BillDineen]

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[Curufinwe]

That guy Rinaldo hit in the head last April is in the AHL so I guess the Sabres won't be out for revenge tonight.

 

[GKJ]

 

[FLYguy3911]

Big Game.

 

[RJ8812*]

Well...I'll be at this game. Let's hope for a good one

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Must lose game. Even if the Flyers don't get McEichel, next best is Buffalo not getting him. They don't deserve it for signing Meszaros to an NHL contract and especially at 4.125mm instead of 600k.

at least it wasn't a 5 year deal.
oh well, what can you do.

I am predicting a loss tonight. then they will beat the Isles and Pens next week.

 

[Sniped]

 

[blinds]

Damn, Read out? Looks like Rinaldo's keeping his 3rd line spot. Fantastic.