GDT: #53| FLYERS at Capitals | Sun., Feb. 8, 2015| 3:00 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (22-22-8, 7-15-4 away ) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (28-15-10, 15-6-5 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NHLN-US, CSN-PH, CSN-DC
• 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=2014020786

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020786
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=103897
• 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| 52| 22-22-8 |15-7-4 |7-15-4 |6-3-1| 2.69 |2.85 |23.3 |75.0 |10.3 |29.1 |30.2 |51.1
Capitals |53 |28-15-10 |15-6-5 |13-9-5 |4-4-2 |2.91| 2.42 |23.4 |80.9 |10.1 |30.1 |28.7 |51.4

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
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0" |193 | Mar 17, 1988 | 26| Brandon, MB, CAN

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 | 32| 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 |30 |Stockholm, SWE
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

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

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

Pairings

Name | Name
55 Nick Schultz | 32 Mark Streit
8 Nicklas Grossmann |47 Andrew MacDonald
15 Michael Del Zotto | 22 Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
35 Steve Mason (likely starter) | 29 Ray Emery

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Braydon Coburn | IR; could return mid-Feb.; skated solo Feb. 6| reported as a fractured left foot
Carlo Colaiacovo | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Michael Raffl | out indefinitely | pneumonia, lower left lung; last played Jan. 20
Zac Rinaldo | suspended | issued 8-game suspension Jan. 26, eligible to return Feb. 17
Kimmo Timonen |LTIR; skated solo Feb. 6 and 7; could practice mid-Feb. | blood clot remains in 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 |90 Marcus Johansson
21 Brooks Laich | 16 Eric Fehr | 42 Joel Ward
25 Jason Chimera |92 Evgeny Kuznetsov |20 Troy Brouwer
83 Jay Beagle |46 Michael Latta| 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 (likely starter) | 35 Justin Peters

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Andre Burakovsky | available, recalled Feb. 7| likely to be a healthy scratch
John Erskine | injured reserve | neck surgery
Mike Green | probable | lower body
Aaron Volpatti |available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Cameron Schilling | available| expected to be replaced by Mike Green

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Marcus Johansson | Nicklas Backstrom |Troy Brouwer | Mike Green | Alex Ovechkin
No. 2| Brooks Laich| 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
17 | Aaron Volpatti | L |6' 0" |215 |May 30, 1985| 29 | Revelstoke, BC, CAN
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| 25 |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| 29 |Minnetonka, MN, USA
2 |Matt Niskanen | 6' 0"| 209| Dec 6, 1986 |28| Virginia, MN, USA
44 | Brooks Orpik | 6' 2"| 219| Sep 26, 1980| 34| San Francisco, CA, USA
45 |Cameron Schilling | 6' 2"| 182 |Oct 7, 1988 |26 |Carmel, IN, 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|107-69-19-7 |64-31-6-2|43-38-13-5

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|10-3-1 in the last 14 |6-1-0 in the last 7 | 5-2-1 in the last 8

• 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 8, 2015 | Philadelphia 3 at Washington 1| 3:00 PM | NHLN-US, CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Washington at Philadelphia |12:30 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)
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
Sun Feb 15, 2015 | Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:30 PM |NBCSN
Tue Feb 17, 2015 | Columbus at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | FS-O,CSN-PH
Thu Feb 19, 2015 | Buffalo at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |MSG-B, BELL TV, CSN-PH
Sat Feb 21, 2015 | Nashville at Philadelphia |1:00 PM |NHLN-US, FS-TN, CSN-PH
Sun Feb 22, 2015| Washington at Philadelphia |12:30 PM (a recent time change) | NBC

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: February 8, 1972​

Bruce Gamble made 30 saves in the Flyers' 3-1 win at Vancouver in what would be his final NHL appearance after it was determined that he suffered a heart attack during the game. Gamble fell to the ice at one point but he thought it was because he was hit with a skate or stick. He was taken to Merritt Hospital in Oakland the following day where he tested positive for high-blood pressure and a heart attack was confirmed. In September, Gamble officially announced his retirement as a player and accepted a position with the organization as a scout in the Toronto area. Gamble died at the age of 43 on December 30, 1982, the day after playing in an old-timers game.

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​

"Take No Prisoners" by Megadeth
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[swflyers93]

What's with the long break between games?

 

[RJ8812*]

What's with the long break between games?

because we've played more games pre-all star break than most teams

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

How about we show the **** up to this game and not get injured eh?

 

[Beef Invictus]

I should probably go to this game, but I'm really lazy and it's a 45 minute drive.

If Kimmo were playing I'd do it.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I've been told by my brother who lives near there that the Verizon Center sucks, mainly because you can't see ****.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Do they still use the cow bells? It's embarassing.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Take no prisoners is right...otherwise they'll just run Schenn 17 more times. It's a Caps game tradition for him.

 

[Jack Straw]

I've been told by my brother who lives near there that the Verizon Center sucks, mainly because you can't see ****.

Probably depends where you sit. I used to go to games there and had no problem seeing. Of course, that was when the Caps sucked and you could get tickets to a game against the Flyers the day of the game. In the lower bowl.

 

[dats81]

Wow, our record on the road this season is so bad... almost McDavid bad!

 

[flyershockey]

Yeah, Verizon isn't that bad. The crowd actually gets pretty good when the Caps are playing well and Ovechkin is scoring.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday's practice info: Voorhees at 11:00 a.m. ET (Timonen is skating after the team's practice concludes).

 

[Gert B Frobe]

"No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here. We don't care who you are. Unless we gave you a really stupid contract then we will give you more time than you can handle or deserve."

- Flyers Management

 

[Domino666]

"No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here. We don't care who you are. Unless we gave you a really stupid contract then we will give you more time than you can handle or deserve. Or your last name is Rinaldo"

- Craig Berube & Flyers Management

That's about right

 

[JuicyHam]

How about we show the **** up to this game and not get injured eh?

line brawl?

 

[4thline4life]

First time making the trip down to the verizon center. Hoping that I am not the only one rocking orange and black!

 

[PALE PWNR]

I still have very very VERY slight playoff hopes for this season. This game decides it. If we can win in Regulation I still maintain we have a (Very Slight) chance. If we lose I think I finally start hoping in the back of my mind the team loses while G and Voracek put up as many points as possible.

 

[OzFlyers]

I still have very very VERY slight playoff hopes for this season. This game decides it. If we can win in Regulation I still maintain we have a (Very Slight) chance. If we lose I think I finally start hoping in the back of my mind the team loses while G and Voracek put up as many points as possible.

I keep looking at the standings and see no hope to get in.

 

[Curufinwe]

If we lose I think I finally start hoping in the back of my mind the team loses while G and Voracek put up as many points as possible.

I've said this before, but Voracek piling up points when the team is out of playoff contention doesn't help the Flyers. It just makes his next contract more expensive.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Hope Mase blanks them, hate that stupid Caps siren.

 

[blinds]

Ugh fantastic, another NHL Network game. I love that you need to pay for like 3 different services to see all the games. Guess I'm not watching this one.

 

[chupanibre]

^hockeystreams!

 

[chupanibre]

The chances for us to reach playoffs are extremely low, and this game is basically it. This is one of the teams we need to pull some points up from. No more OT losses please.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Starters: Mason (vs. Holtby), L. Schenn-Del Zotto, B. Schenn-Giroux-Voracek

Non-IR scratches: Colaiacovo, Raffl, Rinaldo

Referees: #20 Tim Peel and #37 Kyle Rehman

 

[PALE PWNR]

I've said this before, but Voracek piling up points when the team is out of playoff contention doesn't help the Flyers. It just makes his next contract more expensive.

It also drives up the price of the Gamer hanging in my living room

Also it'd be nice to finally have an Art Ross winner in our history somewhere, and it would be even more awesome if it was from someone no one expected