GDT: #5: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, Stars at Flyers, 7:30 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (2-1-1, 2-0-0 home) vs. DALLAS STARS (4-1-0, 2-1-0 away)​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, CSN-PH
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020082
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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020082
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Stars' Stats: http://stars.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%
Stars|5 |4-1-0 |2-0-0 |2-1-0 |4-1-0 |3.80 |2.60 |33.3 |81.8 |7.0 |33.6 |30.4 |49.4
Flyers |4| 2-1-1 |2-0-0 |0-1-1 |2-1-1 |1.75 |2.50 |18.8 |81.0 |14.2 |31.5 |30.8 |49.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Stars' Website: http://stars.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 |22| Phoenix, AZ, USA
89 |Sam Gagner | C| 5' 11" |202| Aug 10, 1989| 26 |London, ON, CAN
28 | Claude Giroux "C"| C| 5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980| 35| 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| 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
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
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
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229 |Nov 2, 1989| 25| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |37| 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
12 - Michael Raffl | 28 - Claude Giroux |93 - Jakub Voracek
24 - Matt Read|14 - Sean Couturier |17 - Wayne Simmonds
10 - Brayden Schenn |21 - Scott Laughton | 89 - Sam Gagner
76 - Chris VandeVelde |78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 25 - Ryan White

Pairings

Name | Name
55 - Nick Schultz| 32 - Mark Streit
15 - Michael Del Zotto|23 - Brandon Manning
82 - Evgeny Medvedev| 3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (expected starter) | 30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Vincent Lecavalier | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Luke Schenn | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
R.J. Umberger |returned to practice; day-to-day| upper body

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Michael Raffl | Claude Giroux |Wayne Simmonds |Mark Streit | Jakub Voracek
No. 2|Sam Gagner (R.J. Umberger) | Sean Couturier | Brayden Schenn | Michael Del Zotto|Evgeny Medvedev

DALLAS STARS​

STARS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Jamie Benn| Tyler Seguin | Patrick Sharp
Vernon Fiddler | Jason Spezza |Valeri Nichushkin
Mattias Janmark |Cody Eakin |Ales Hemsky
Antoine Roussel |Radek Faksa | Colton Sceviour

Pairings

Name | Name
Alex Goligoski |John Klingberg
Johnny Oduya| Jason Demers
Jyrki Jokipakka | Jordie Benn

Goalies

Name | Name
Antti Niemi (expected starter)| Kari Lehtonen

STARS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Patrick Eaves | injured reserve| lower body
Curtis McKenzie |injured reserve | lower body, could be hip
Travis Moen |will not play | upper body
Patrik Nemeth | available |could be a healthy scratch
Jamie Oleksiak | available | could be a healthy scratch
Colton Sceviour | available| could be a healthy scratch

STARS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Jamie Benn | Jason Spezza |Tyler Seguin |Patrick Sharp |John Klingberg
No. 2| Mattias Janmark | Cody Eakin | Ales Hemsky |Alex Goligoski | Jason Demers

STARS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
14 | Jamie Benn "C" | L |6' 2" |210 |Jul 18, 1989| 26| Victoria, BC, CAN
20 | Cody Eakin | C |6' 0"| 190| May 24, 1991| 24 |Winnipeg, MB, CAN
18 | Patrick Eaves | R |6' 0"| 200 |May 1, 1984 |31 |Calgary, AB, CAN
12 | Radek Faksa | C| 6' 3" |210 |Jan 9, 1994 |21| Vitkov, CZE
38 | Vernon Fiddler "A"| C |5' 11" |205 |May 9, 1980|35| Edmonton, AB, CAN
83 | Ales Hemsky | R |6' 0"| 185 |Aug 13, 1983 |32| Pardubice, CZE
13 | Mattias Janmark| C |6' 1" |195| Dec 8, 1992| 22| Stockholm, SWE
11| Curtis McKenzie| LW| 6' 2" | 205| Feb. 22, 1991| 24| Golden, BC, CAN
27 | Travis Moen |L |6' 2"| 215 |Apr 6, 1982 |33 |Stewart Valley, SK, CAN
43 | Valeri Nichushkin |R |6' 4" |205 |Mar 4, 1995| 20 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
25 | Brett Ritchie | R| 6' 3"| 220 |Jul 1, 1993 |22| Orangeville, ON, CAN
21 | Antoine Roussel | L |6' 0"| 200 |Nov 21, 1989| 25| Roubaix, FRA
22 | Colton Sceviour | C| 6' 0" |195| Apr 20, 1989 |26| Red Deer, AB, CAN
91 |Tyler Seguin | C |6' 1" |200 |Jan 31, 1992 |23| Brampton, ON, CAN
10 | Patrick Sharp | L| 6' 1" |195 |Dec 27, 1981 |33| Winnipeg, MB, CAN
90 |Jason Spezza |C |6' 3" |220 |Jun 13, 1983 |32| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
24 | Jordie Benn | 6' 2"| 200| Jul 26, 1987 |28 |Victoria, BC, CAN
4 |Jason Demers | 6' 1"| 200| Jun 9, 1988| 27| Dorval, QC, CAN
33| Alex Goligoski "A"| 5' 11" |185 |Jul 30, 1985 |30| Grand Rapids, MN, USA
2 |Jyrki Jokipakka | 6' 3"| 215| Aug 20, 1991 |24 |Tampere, FIN
3 |John Klingberg | 6' 2" |180| Aug 14, 1992 |23 |Gothenburg, SWE
15| Patrik Nemeth | 6' 3" |230| Feb 8, 1992 |23 |Stockholm, SWE
47| Johnny Oduya | 6' 0"| 195| Oct 1, 1981 |34 |Stockholm, SWE
5 |Jamie Oleksiak | 6' 7" |260 |Dec 21, 1992 |22 |Toronto, ON, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
32 | Kari Lehtonen | 6' 4" |205 |Nov 16, 1983 |31| Helsinki, FIN
31 | Antti Niemi |6' 2" |210 |Aug 29, 1983 |32| Vantaa, FIN

FLYERS vs. STARS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Team | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Minnesota North Stars | 62-31-23-0| 40-8-10-0 |22-23-13-0
Dallas Stars | 11-10-9-0 | 6-4-6-0 |5-6-3-0|
Franchise History| 73-40-32-0| 46-11-16-0| 27-29-16-0

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Minnesota North Stars | 2-0| 8-3|4-2| 4-1
Dallas Stars | 0-0|0-0|0-0|0-0
Franchise History| 2-0| 8-3| 4-2|4-1

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Dallas Stars| 8-3-0 in the last 11| 0-2-0 in the last 2 |4-1-0 in the last 5

Series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1851049
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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Wed Oct 21, 2015 | Philadelphia at Boston | 8:00 PM | NBCSN, TVAS
Sat Oct 24, 2015| NY Rangers at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | MSG, CSN-PH
Tue Oct 27, 2015|Buffalo at Philadelphia|7:00 PM |TVAS, MSG-B, BELL TV, CSN-PH
Thu Oct 29, 2015 | New Jersey at Philadelphia |7:00 PM| MSG, CSN-PH
Fri Oct 30, 2015| Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:00 PM | TCN-PH, MSG-B, BELL TV
Mon Nov 2, 2015 | Philadelphia at Vancouver | 10:00 PM |TCN-PH, SNP

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

Blog​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/

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/topic/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

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

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/

Jeff Neiburg's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Jeff_Neiburg

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

Dallas Morning News ​

| http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-stars/

Blog ​

| http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/

Mike Heika's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/MikeHeika

Dallas Stars​

| http://stars.nhl.com/club/newsindex.htm

Mark Stepnaski's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/StarsInsideEdge

ESPN Dallas ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/stars

Fort Worth Star-Telegram ​

| http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nhl/dallas-stars/

Travis L. Brown's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Travis_L_Brown

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Dallas-Stars

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The team does not conduct a practice Thursday.

Next game isn't until Tuesday.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Can't believe we have to wait till Tuesday. And then Saturday after that...

 

[Hiesenberg]

Can't believe we have to wait till Tuesday. And then Saturday after that...

They play Tuesday and Wednesday, then Saturday.

 

[Curufinwe]

I don't mind the break now since we're going in on a high, and I'm sure these days off will help Mason and Umberger.

 

[Alex91]

I am really interested to see what they do with RJ. Ganger has been somewhat productive and VV has been a beast on PK with PEB.

 

[JVR21]

I am really interested to see what they do with RJ. Ganger has been somewhat productive and VV has been a beast on PK with PEB.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Hopefully Hak keeps the same lineup until the momentum is gone.

 

[TCTC]

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Hopefully Hak keeps the same lineup until the momentum is gone.

I agree. Right now I wouldn't change anything, except for the 1st PP unit and maybe the goaltender.

 

[Rebels57]

I agree. Right now I wouldn't change anything, except for the 1st PP unit and maybe the goaltender.

This.

Get Schenn back on PP1. With the back-to-backs coming up, I would go with Neuvirth on Tuesday and Mason on Wednesday and then decide who starts Saturday based off of those games, and those games alone.

Two strong games from Neuvirth doesn't erase two plus strong SEASONS from Mason.

Although..

I might consider putting in Umberger for VandeVelde if Umberger is ready to go.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Tuesday? What the f am i going to do all weekend?

 

[TCTC]

This.

Get Schenn back on PP1. With the back-to-backs coming up, I would go with Neuvirth on Tuesday and Mason on Wednesday and then decide who starts Saturday based off of those games, and those games alone.

Two strong games from Neuvirth doesn't erase two plus strong SEASONS from Mason.

Although..

I might consider putting in Umberger for VandeVelde if Umberger is ready to go.

VV has struggled a bit on the 4th line, but he has been solid on the PK. If I had to put Umberger in the lineup, I rather bring him for Gagner.

 

[Rebels57]

VV has struggled a bit on the 4th line, but he has been solid on the PK. If I had to put Umberger in the lineup, I rather bring him for Gagner.

Gagner who assisted the GWer in his first game and scored the GWer in his second?

I categorically disagree on that one.

We have enough able bodies for the PK to sit VdV until Gagner proves he doesn't belong in the lineup.

 

[Curufinwe]

Can't see VdV sitting. The coach loves him.

 

[boxcar65]

I predict at least one scrap in the game. With both Roussel and Travis Moen, the Stars have a tendency to play chippy. I wouldn't be surprised to see them try to instigate something early in a road game. It's always nice to see Roussel get tuned up, so we will see what happens.

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

I always forget how much the NHL scheduling can suck sometimes.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Pretty big break this early in the season.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

would have been painful to go into a long break like this right after first panther game...

 

[flyershockey]

This is a letdown game, imo. Big win against the defending champs on national TV. Six days off. They're bound to come out flat.

 

[Striiker]

I think there'd be a better chance of it being a letdown game if it were tomorrow instead of Tuesday. I think they have enough time to refocus and realize that they need to keep working like they were and not get cocky after two wins. I'm not too worried.

 

[BleedOrange]

This is a letdown game, imo. Big win against the defending champs on national TV. Six days off. They're bound to come out flat.

Dont think so Hartstol wont allow it.

 

[flyersfan018]

I predict at least one scrap in the game. With both Roussel and Travis Moen, the Stars have a tendency to play chippy. I wouldn't be surprised to see them try to instigate something early in a road game. It's always nice to see Roussel get tuned up, so we will see what happens.

Roussel is such a ******.

 

[Vlad*]

the most iconic Flyers/Stars moment ever

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

the most iconic Flyers/Stars moment ever

Love Kimmo!

 

[Hiesenberg]

Dude was like a tree stump

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Flyers are scheduled to practice today (Friday) at 10:30 a.m. in Voorhees.