GDT: #48| Penguins at FLYERS | Tue., Jan. 20, 2015| 7:30 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (18-22-7, 11-7-3 home ) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (26-12-6, 10-5-4 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TVA, SN1, SNO, ROOT. NBCSN live stream will be available here for some: http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/
• 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=2014020684

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020684
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=103443&navid=|DL|PHI|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Penguins' Stats: http://penguins.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%
Penguins | 44| 26-12-6 |16-7-2 |10-5-4 |4-5-1 |3.00 |2.46 |23.4 |87.7 |14.1 |31.3 |30.3 |49.4
Flyers| 47 |18-22-7| 11-7-3| 7-15-4 |4-6-0 |2.68 |2.96 |23.3 |73.4 |9.6 |29.0 |30.0| 50.9

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Penguins' Website: http://penguins.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
38 |Oliver Lauridsen | 6' 6" | 220 | Mar 24, 1989 | 25| Gentofte, DEN
47| Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 190| Sep 7, 1986| 28| Judique, NS, CAN
43 |Brandon Manning | 6' 1" | 195 | Jun 4, 1990 |24| Prince George, BC, 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
24 Matt Read |14 Sean Couturier | 18 R.J. Umberger
36 Zac Rinaldo | 12 Michael Raffl |17 Wayne Simmonds
76 Chris VandeVelde|78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |40 Vincent Lecavalier

Pairings

Name | Name
15 Michael Del Zotto | 22 Luke Schenn
47 Andrew MacDonald| 32 Mark Streit
43 Brandon Manning |26 Carlo Colaiacovo

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Braydon Coburn | IR; out four weeks from Jan. 13| lower body, possibly left foot
Carlo Colaiacovo | questionable | upper body
Nicklas Grossmann |IR; out about three weeks from Jan. 9 | upper body, reported as right shoulder
Scott Laughton |doubtful | upper body
Oliver Lauridsen | available | recalled Jan. 19
Brandon Manning | available | recalled Jan. 19
Steve Mason | out up to two weeks from Jan. 11| lower body, speculated as right knee
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Nick Schultz | will not play | lower body
Kimmo Timonen |LTIR| Jan. 17: blood clot remains in right calf; gone in lungs

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

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS​

PENGUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
14 Chris Kunitz | 87 Sidney Crosby | 39 David Perron
19 Beau Bennett | 71 Evgeni Malkin|26 Mark Arcobello
13 Nick Spaling | 16 Brandon Sutter| 23 Steve Downie
38 Zach Sill| 34 Bobby Farnham| 27 Craig Adams

Pairings

Name | Name
7 Paul Martin | 58 Kris Letang
4 Rob Scuderi | 10 Christian Ehrhoff
41 Robert Bortuzzo|47 Simon Despres**

Goalies

Name | Name
29 Marc-Andre Fleury| 1 Thomas Greiss (expected starter)

PENGUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Blake Comeau| injured reserve | wrist
Simon Despres** |questionable; missed Tuesday's skate | illness
Pascal Dupuis | injured reserve | blood clots in lungs
Andrew Ebbett | available | healthy
Bobby Farnham | available| recalled from AHL Jan. 20
Marcel Goc | available | could be replaced by Farnham
Scott Harrington | available | healthy
Patric Hornqvist | injured reserve |lower body
Olli Maatta | injured reserve |shoulder surgery

PENGUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Chris Kunitz | David Perron | Sidney Crosby |Evgeni Malkin | Kris Letang
No. 2|Brandon Sutter | Beau Bennett |Steve Downie | Christian Ehrhoff|Paul Martin

PENGUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27 | Craig Adams | R |6' 0" |200 |Apr 26, 1977 |37| Seria, BRN
26| Mark Arcobello | R| 5' 8"| 172 |Aug 12, 1988| 26| Milford, CT, USA
19 | Beau Bennett | R| 6' 2" |195| Nov 27, 1991| 23 |Gardena, CA, USA
17 | Blake Comeau | L |6' 1"| 202| Feb 18, 1986 |28| Meadow Lake, SK, CAN
87 | Sidney Crosby "C"| C| 5' 11"| 200| Aug 7, 1987 |27 |Cole Harbour, NS, CAN
23 | Steve Downie |R |5' 11"| 191| Apr 3, 1987| 27 |Newmarket, ON, CAN
9 |Pascal Dupuis | R |6' 1" |205 |Apr 7, 1979 |35| Laval, QC, CAN
25 |Andrew Ebbett | C |5' 9" |174 |Jan 2, 1983| 32| Vernon, BC, CAN
34 | Bobby Farnham | R |5' 10" |188 |Jan 21, 1989 |25| North Andover, MA, USA
57 | Marcel Goc | C |6' 1" |197| Aug 24, 1983 |31| Calw, DEU
72 | Patric Hornqvist | R |5' 11"| 189| Jan 1, 1987 |27| Sollentuna, SWE
14 | Chris Kunitz "A" | L |6' 0" |195| Sep 26, 1979 |35| Regina, SK, CAN
71 | Evgeni Malkin "A" | C |6' 3" |195 |Jul 31, 1986| 28| Magnitogorsk, RUS
39 |David Perron| L |6' 0"| 200 |May 28, 1988 |26| Sherbrooke, QC, CAN
38 | Zach Sill | C |6' 0"| 202| May 24, 1988| 26| Truro, NS, CAN
13 | Nick Spaling| C |6' 1" |201| Sep 19, 1988 |26| Palmerston, ON, CAN
16 | Brandon Sutter| C |6' 3"| 190 |Feb 14, 1989 |25| Huntington, NY, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41 | Robert Bortuzzo| 6' 4"| 215 |Mar 18, 1989| 25| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
47 | Simon Despres | 6' 4" |214 |Jul 27, 1991 |23| Laval, QC, CAN
10 | Christian Ehrhoff| 6' 2"| 205| Jul 6, 1982| 32| Moers, DEU
6| Scott Harrington | 6' 2"| 201 |Mar 10, 1993| 21| Kingston, ON, CAN
58| Kris Letang | 6' 0"| 201| Apr 24, 1987| 27| Montreal, QC, CAN
3 |Olli Maatta |6' 2"| 206| Aug 22, 1994 |20 |Jyväskylä, FIN
7 |Paul Martin | 6' 1" |200 |Mar 5, 1981| 33 |Minneapolis, MN, USA
4 | Rob Scuderi | 6' 1"| 212 |Dec 30, 1978| 36| Syosset, NY, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 |Marc-Andre Fleury| 6' 2"| 180| Nov 28, 1984 |30| Sorel, QC, CAN
1 |Thomas Greiss | 6' 1"| 220| Jan 29, 1986| 28| Fussen, DEU

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|148-85-30-8 |94-29-8-4| 54-56-22-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins |4-2 |19-16|10-7| 9-9

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|6-0-0 in the last 6 |2-0-0 in the last 2|10-1-1 in the last 12

• The Flyers' record in the Consol Energy Center is 10-1-1 in the regular season and 2-1 in the playoffs.
• Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=896514

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Wed Oct 22, 2014| Philadelphia 5 at Pittsburgh 3 |8:00 PM| NBCSN, TVA2
Tue Jan 20, 2015|Pittsburgh 2 at Philadelphia 3 (OT)|7:30 PM |NBCSN, TVA, SN1, SNO, ROOT
Wed Apr 1, 2015 | Philadelphia at Pittsburgh |8:00 PM| NBCSN, TVA, SN1
Sun Apr 5, 2015| Pittsburgh at Philadelphia |7:30 PM | NBC, NBCSN

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Sun Feb 8, 2015| Philadelphia at Washington |3:00 PM| NHLN-US, CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Tue Feb 10, 2015| Philadelphia at Montréal |7:30 PM |CSN-PH, RDS, SNE
Fri Feb 13, 2015 | Philadelphia at Columbus |7:00 PM |CSN-PH, FS-O

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: January 20, 1982​

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Future Hall-of-Famer Darryl Sittler was acquired from the Maple Leafs. Sittler demanded to be traded earlier in the season and the Flyers were among a small group of teams in his preference. The centerpiece in return was Richie Costello who would play just twelve NHL games.

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

Beaver County Times ​

| http://www.timesonline.com/sports/penguins/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ​

| http://www.post-gazette.com/penguins/

Blog​

| http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins-penguins-blog

Dave Molinari's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/molinaripg

Steh Rorabaugh's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/emptynetters

Pittsburgh Tribune ​

| http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/

Blog​

| http://blog.triblive.com/chipped-ice/

Jason Mackey's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/Mackey_Trib

Josh Yohe's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JoshYohe_Trib

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"The Wait" by Metallica
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[SolidSnakeUS]

It's the Pens. We better win.

 

[MrHockey1982]

I haven't posted in a long time. Do you think if we beat the Pens that they'll pack up and move to Kansas City out of embarrassment?

 

[FLYERSG]

MURDER THEM. No mercy.

 

[Broad st phantom]

They can't be awful against the pens.. right.. right?

 

[King Forsberg]

I haven't posted in a long time. Do you think if we beat the Pens that they'll pack up and move to Kansas City out of embarrassment?

Anything is possible when it involves the Flyers and Penguins.

 

[bennysflyers16]

8-0 loss and embarrassed physically. Will be interested if Berube would survive a game like that.

 

[Striiker]

I'm guessing it'll be a 6-5 win. Although I'd rather a loss at this point. G and V getting points is, as always, a must.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

wont be surprised if we win, simply because that's what this team does best; they beat the piss outta pittsburgh.

of course if they do beat us, they're only helping us.

either way, it's a win-win.

 

[Anthems]

wont be surprised if we win, simply because that's what this team does best; they beat the piss outta pittsburgh.

of course if they do beat us, they're only helping us.

either way, it's a win-win.

Pretty much this. It would be nice to see the Flyers beat the snot out of Pittsburgh before the all-star break. But after the break, I am fully on board the tank train.

 

[Harold Bingo]

6-4 win. Lauridsen and Rinaldo each with hattricks.

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

I actually think they'll get blown out.

That defense is scary bad.

 

[dats81]

That 3rd pairing looks terrible on paper but adrenalin and a more contained style of play in the defensive zone should limit the Penguins to 4 or 5 goals.

 

[mantis toboggan]

I just hope it's a close and entertaining game. A win would be cool cause it's the pens, but I definitely won't lose sleep over a loss

 

[Akanon]

waynesimmonds
Fans, sorry about today's game. Tomorrow a very important game and we really want to win it for you guys.

I can't see them winning this game with our current defense and without Mason.

 

[chupanibre]

Our defence is god awful, but at least they play with passion vs the Pens. Hoping to see some life from this boring ass team

 

[The Rage Kage]

If we beat the pens with this line up I'll laugh my ass off

 

[Danko]

This is the first flyers/penguins game in years that i am not looking forward to. We will probably get destroyed physically, get blown out on the scoresheet, lose another player to injury and rip our hair out over Craig Berube's coaching.

 

[blinds]

This is the first flyers/penguins game in years that i am not looking forward to. We will probably get destroyed physically, get blown out on the scoresheet, lose another player to injury and rip our hair out over Craig Berube's coaching.

Yeah, I don't see us winning this game. In fact, it's probably going to be ugly. The most I'm hoping for is points for G and Jake and that we actually put up a fight physically.

I think that's too optimistic.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Pittsburgh recalled a forward this morning, the lines above may or may not be as posted.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Flyers will win this game like 5-4

 

[TheShaneTrain]

I used to get excited for these games...

 

[Swic21]

We're going to get blown out. No Mason, worst Defense in the league, against one of the best offenses in the league.

 

[YEM]

We're going to get blown out. No Mason, worst Defense in the league, against one of the best offenses in the league.

I feel like there's almost no way we win this game [they've beaten the pens 6 times in a row!?!] which means we probably somehow pull one completely out of our butts...

 

[renberg]

This is the first flyers/penguins game in years that i am not looking forward to. We will probably get destroyed physically, get blown out on the scoresheet, lose another player to injury and rip our hair out over Craig Berube's coaching.

Probably all of the above will happen. Since the AS break starts for the Flyers after this game, maybe Hextall makes use of this time to pull Berube from behind the bench and put someone else there for the duration. Its mostly Holmgren's team; let him run the bunch for the rest of the season.