GDT: #5: Golden Knights 1 at FLYERS 0, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, 1:00 p.m. ET

[Captain Dave Poulin]

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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1-4-0) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (2-2-0)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN, SN360, TVAS, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
• Flyers 24/7: Flyers Radio 24/7
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.
  

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Philadelphia Flyers
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Golden Knights' Website: Official Vegas Golden Knights Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelp...n-opener-roster-highlights-how-watch-and-more
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
• Golden Knights' Stats: Vegas Golden Knights Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Golden Knights	5	1-4-0	2	0-1-0	1-3-0	10	19	00.0	69.2	51.6	.846	33
Flyers	4	2-2-0	4	0-1-0	2-1-0	16	19	25.0	68.4	53.4	.867	54

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 93 Jakub Voracek
23 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 11 Travis Konecny
40 Jordan Weal - 24 Mikhail Vorobyev - 17 Wayne Simmonds
21 Scott Laughton - 15 Jori Lehterä - 12 Michael Raffl​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
47 Andrew MacDonald - 8 Robert Hägg
6 Travis Sanheim - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

37 Brian Ellliott (starter) - 41 Anthony Stolarz
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Power Plays

PP1: Giroux - Couturier - Simmonds - Gostisbehere - Voracek
PP2: Lindblom - Patrick - Konecny - Provorov - Vorobyev
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Injuries and Scratches

26 Christian Folin (D) could be a healthy scratch.
25 James van Riemsdyk is on IR. He is out 5-to-6 weeks with a lower body injury (Oct. 8).
38 Corban Knight (F) is on IR. He will be out three weeks (Sept. 29) with an upper body injury.
75 Pascal Laberge (F) is on IR. He had hip surgery announced Sept. 28. No timetable for his return was provided. He could begin the season on the Injured Non-Roster List which is different than Injured Reserve.
34 Alex Lyon (G) is on IR. He has a possible groin pull and will be out four weeks from Sept. 20.
5 Sam Morin (D) is on IR. He suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during the 2018 AHL playoffs. He could return in February.
30 Michal Neuvirth (G) is on IR. He has a lower body injury which has been speculated as a groin pull (Sept. 22). No timetable for his return has been issued although he is not expected to be ready for the season opener.
40 Jordan Weal could be a healthy scratch.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Courier-Post of South Jersey

Web site | Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter | Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

HockeyBuzz.com

Web site -- http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philly.com Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

81 Jonathan Marchessault - 71 William Karlsson - 19 Reilly Smith
67 Max Pacioretty - 26 Paul Stastny - 56 Erik Haula
92 Tomas Nosek - 40 Ryan Carpener - 24 Oscar Lindberg
28 William Carrier - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 75 Ryan Reaves LOL​

Pairings

3 Brayden McNabb - 6 Colin Miller
27 Shea Theodore - 5 Deryk Engelland
15 Jon Merrill - 22 Nick Holden​

Goalies

29 Marc-Andre Fleury (hopefully will start) - 30 Malcolm Subban​

Injuries and Scratches

Jake Bischoff could be a healthy scratch.
Ryan Carpenter could replace Alex Tuch on the third line.
Cody Eakin is on injured reserve with a lower body injury and is not expected to play.
Brad Hunt could be a healthy scratch.
Alex Tuch will not play due to an undisclosed injury.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic
Jesse Granger's Twitter -- Jesse Granger (@JesseGranger_) | Twitter​

Fox Sports 98.9/1340

Web site -- Vegas Golden Knights​

Knights On Ice

Web site -- Vegas Golden Knights Schedule, Roster, News and Rumors | Knights On Ice​

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Web site -- Golden Knights/NHL – Las Vegas Review-Journal
David Schoen's Twitter -- David Schoen (@DavidSchoenLVRJ) | Twitter​

Las Vegas Sun

Web site -- Vegas Golden Knights - Las Vegas Sun News​

Sin Bin.Vegas

Twitter -- SinBin.vegas (@SinBinVegas) | Twitter​

Vegas Golden Knights

Gary Lawless' Twitter -- gary lawless (@garylawless) | Twitter​

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
October 16	vs. Florida	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-F
October 18	at Columbus	7:00 pm	FS-O, NBCSP
October 20	vs. New Jersey	1:00 pm	SN, NBCSP, MSG+
October 22	vs. Colorado	7:00 pm	SN, TVAS, NBCSP, ALT
October 25	at Boston	7:00 pm	SN360, TVAS, NESN, NBCSP

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"Despair" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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[Alex K]

 

[Bruckuss]

lol @ GDT, good job once again

Let's go boys!! .600 here we come

Vora, Vora, Vora - Do it again!

 

[CanadianSniper]

So with Patrick out, do we see Vorobyev take over 2C duties? I would rather see Giroux slide back to centre until he is back.

Lindblom - Giroux - Voracek
Konecny - Couturier - Simmonds
Weal - Vorobyev - Raffl
Laughton - Lehtera - Weise

Losing JVR and Patrick absolutely kills our depth.

I would like to see Laughton on the 3rd with Voro and Raffl, but I just cant fathom how bad a Weal, Lehtera, Weise line would be.

 

[Danko]

We've got a club box for my bachelor party for this game, pray for my liver This is gonna be me during warm ups:

Edit: @DancingPanther has reminded me that my Liver is actually the most likely victim here. My apologies to my kidneys.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@Striiker's head appears to be on backwards. Feels accurate.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Striiker's head appears to be on backwards. Feels accurate.

You aren't supposed to look that closely lol

 

[deadhead]

Vegas is 1-4, fire GALLANT! Obviously another old school coach who puts too much emphasis on GRIT.

MAF with .846 S%, boy, didn't take long for him to come back to earth.

Or maybe hot goalie = coaching genius, bad goalie = coaching dunce.
Nah, goalies aren't that important, are they?

Of course, it could be that a half dozen games is just too short a time period to know what's going on with a team.

 

[Chinatown88]

On mobile so posting an applause gif is a pain. Wonderful as always Cap'n.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Vegas is 1-4, fire GALLANT! Obviously another old school coach who puts too much emphasis on GRIT.

MAF with .846 S%, boy, didn't take long for him to come back to earth.

Or maybe hot goalie = coaching genius, bad goalie = coaching dunce.
Nah, goalies aren't that important, are they?

Of course, it could be that a half dozen games is just too short a time period to know what's going on with a team.

It's almost impossible to believe this, but you have now put more nonsense in this thread than I did.

 

[DancingPanther]

We've got a club box for my bachelor party for this game, pray for my kidneys. This is gonna be me during warm ups:

Your liver is what metabolizes alcohol just fyi

 

[Chinatown88]

Danko is drunk already.

 

[Danko]

Your liver is what metabolizes alcohol just fyi

Pray for that as well.

 

[Danko]

Danko is drunk already.

 

[pit]

Your liver is what metabolizes alcohol just fyi

His liver is dead. The kidneys have been forced to fill in in the meantime, despite being inadequately qualified.

Danko's kidneys pictured below:

 

[Danko]

Your liver is what metabolizes alcohol just fyi

 

[DancingPanther]

Pray for that as well.

Why am I playing for your kidneys? Sudden influx of liquid and electrolytes?

Here's to the breakdown of alcohol in the liver and homeostatic absorption/resorption/wasting in the kidneys.

 

[Danko]

Why am I playing for your kidneys? Sudden influx of liquid and electrolytes?

Here's to the breakdown of alcohol in the liver and homeostatic absorption/resorption/wasting in the kidneys.

ITS PRAYING NOT PLAYING

Also: Alcohol and Your Kidneys

 

[DancingPanther]

ITS PRAYING NOT PLAYING

Drugs and physiology are my forte, not spelling.

Does anyone else have a problem on mobile with autocorrect in these message boxes? Literally will not autocorrect my words half the time. And if it does via me tapping the suggested word, it'll just add it on to the end of the word. Watch


This is the worst thing eberev

Wtf is that

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Drugs and physiology are my forte, not spelling.

Does anyone else have a problem on mobile with autocorrect in these message boxes? Literally will not autocorrect my words half the time. And if it does via me tapping the suggested word, it'll just add it on to the end of the word. Watch


This is the worst thing eberev

Wtf is that

Mine does it too, it's horrible. Only site i have ever seen that does it.

 

[DancingPanther]

Mine does it too, it's horrible. Only site i have ever seen that does it.

f***ing annoying

 

[FlyersMania2]

So with Patrick out, do we see Vorobyev take over 2C duties? I would rather see Giroux slide back to centre until he is back.

Lindblom - Giroux - Voracek
Konecny - Couturier - Simmonds
Weal - Vorobyev - Raffl
Laughton - Lehtera - Weise

Losing JVR and Patrick absolutely kills our depth.

I would like to see Laughton on the 3rd with Voro and Raffl, but I just cant fathom how bad a Weal, Lehtera, Weise line would be.

Bet Lehtera gets promoted. Because, Hakstol

 

[flyersjim73]

Drugs and physiology are my forte, not spelling.

Does anyone else have a problem on mobile with autocorrect in these message boxes? Literally will not autocorrect my words half the time. And if it does via me tapping the suggested word, it'll just add it on to the end of the word. Watch


This is the worst thing eberev

Wtf is that

Crosby scukssucks

Hmmm, yea, looks like you’re right.

 

[Tripod]

Well done @Captain Dave Poulin

Great job getting a picture Striiker too!!!

 

[Striiker]

@Captain Dave Poulin
@JojoTheWhale
@Tripod

EDIT- damn you SnS, that was perfect. Fine.