GDT: #54: Devils at Flyers, Saturday, February 13, 2016, 1:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (24-20-9, 13-8-6 home ) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (27-21-7, 14-11-3 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: MSG+, CSN-PH, NHL.TV
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/radioplayer?id=2015020825&team=PHI
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020825
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Devils' Stats: http://devils.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%
Devils|55 |27-21-7 |13-10-4 |14-11-3 |6-2-2 |2.22 |2.24| 20.4 |83.0 |10.0| 24.5 |28.8 |47.0
Flyers| 53 |24-20-9 |13-8-6 |11-12-3| 4-5-1 |2.40| 2.60 |17.7 |79.4| 13.1 |30.3 |32.4 |50.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Devils' Website: http://devils.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
52 | Nick Cousins | C| 5' 10" | 169 |Jul 20, 1993 | 22| Belleville, ON, Canada
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |23| 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 |28| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
12 | Michael Raffl | L |6' 0" |195| Dec 1, 1988 |27| 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
19 |Jordan Weal | C |5' 10" |179| Apr 15, 1992 |23| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
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
53| Shayne Gostisbehere | 5' 11" |160 |Apr 20, 1993 |22| Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |38| 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
93 - Jakub Voracek | 28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl |52 - Nick Cousins| 10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |25 - Ryan White
89 - Sam Gagner |19 - Jordan Weal| 20 - R.J. Umberger

Pairings

Name | Name
15 - Michael Del Zotto | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere
55 - Nick Schultz | 32 - Mark Streit
23 - Brandon Manning |3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason | 30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sean Couturier | out four weeks from Feb. 5 | lower body, possibly right foot
Scott Laughton | available | could be a healthy scratch
Evgeny Medvedev| available | could be a healthy scratch
Matt Read | available | could be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek |Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2|Jordan Weal/Matt Read | Sam Gagner| Michael Raffl | Mark Streit| Michael Del Zotto

NEW JERSEY DEVILS​

DEVILS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
64 - Joseph Blandisi | 14 - Adam Henrique| 20 - Lee Stempniak
51 - Sergey Kalinin | 19 - Travis Zajac | 21 - Kyle Palmieri
12 - Reid Boucher | 16 - Jacob Josefson | 48 - Tyler Kennedy
23 - Bobby Farnham |11 - Stephen Gionta | 22 - Jordin Tootoo

Pairings

Name | Name
6 - Andy Greene | 5 - Adam Larsson
44 - Eric Gelinas | 8 - David Schlemko
28 - Damon Severson | 2 - John Moore

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Cory Schneider | 1 - Keith Kinkaid

DEVILS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Cammalleri | injured reserve | hand
Ryane Clowe | injured reserve| concussion
Patrik Elias | injured reserve; could skate this week | right knee surgery (Jan. 9)
Eric Gelinas | available | could be a healthy scratch
Stefan Matteau | undetermined | facial injury at practice Friday
Jon Merrill | injured reserve; scheduled to practice | right arm
Tuomo Ruutu | available | could be a healthy scratch
Jiri Tlusty | injured reserve; out about three months |wrist surgery (Jan. 24)

DEVILS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Tyler Kennedy| Adam Henrique |Lee Stempniak |Eric Gelinas | Reid Boucher
No. 2| Joseph Blandisi | Travis Zajac | Jacob Josefson |David Schlemko |Kyle Palmieri

DEVILS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
64| Joseph Blandisi | C |6' 0" |200 |Jul 18, 1994| 21| Markham, ON, CAN
12 | Reid Boucher | L |5' 10" |195 |Sep 8, 1993 |22| Lansing, MI, USA
13| Mike Cammalleri "A" | L |5' 9" |185 |Jun 8, 1982| 33| Toronto, ON, CAN
29 | Ryane Clowe | L| 6' 3" |225 |Sep 30, 1982 |33| St. John's, NL, CAN
26 | Patrik Elias "A" |C |6' 1"| 190 |Apr 13, 1976| 39 |Trebic, CZE
23 | Bobby Farnham | R| 5' 10"| 188 |Jan 21, 1989 |27| North Andover, MA, USA
11 | Stephen Gionta | C| 5' 7" |175| Oct 9, 1983| 32| Rochester, NY, USA
14 | Adam Henrique "A" | L |6' 0" |195| Feb 6, 1990 |26| Brantford, ON, CAN
16 | Jacob Josefson | C |6' 0"| 190| Mar 2, 1991 |24| Stockholm, SWE
51 | Sergey Kalinin | C |6' 3" |200 |Mar 17, 1991| 24 |Omsk, RUS
48 | Tyler Kennedy |C |5' 11" |185 |Jul 15, 1986 |29| Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
25 | Stefan Matteau | L| 6' 2" |220 |Feb 23, 1994 |21 |Chicago, IL, USA
21 | Kyle Palmieri | R |5' 10" |185| Feb 1, 1991 |25| Smithtown, NY, USA
15 | Tuomo Ruutu | L| 6' 0"| 200 |Feb 16, 1983 |32| Vantaa, FIN
20 | Lee Stempniak | R |5' 11" |195 |Feb 4, 1983 |33| West Seneca, NY, USA
9 |Jiri Tlusty |R |6' 0" |205 |Mar 16, 1988 |27 |Slany, CZE
22 | Jordin Tootoo| R| 5' 9" |195 |Feb 2, 1983 |33| Churchill, MB, CAN
19 |Travis Zajac "A" | C| 6' 2"| 185 |May 13, 1985 |30| Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
44| Eric Gelinas | 6' 4" |215 |May 8, 1991 |24| Vanier, ON, CAN
6 |Andy Greene "C"| 5' 11"| 190| Oct 30, 1982| 33 |Trenton, MI, USA
39 |Seth Helgeson |6' 4" |210 |Oct 8, 1990 |25 |Faribault, MN, USA
5 |Adam Larsson| 6' 3" |205| Nov 12, 1992 |23 |Skellefteå, SWE
7 |Jon Merrill | 6' 3" |205 |Feb 3, 1992 |24| Oklahoma City, OK, USA
2 |John Moore | 6' 3" |210 |Nov 19, 1990| 25| Winnetka, IL, USA
8 |David Schlemko| 6' 0" |190| May 7, 1987 |28| Edmonton, AB, CAN
28| Damon Severson| 6' 2"| 205 |Aug 7, 1994 |21| Melville, SK, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
1 |Keith Kinkaid | 6' 3" |195 |Jul 4, 1989 |26| Farmingville, NY, USA
35 | Cory Schneider | 6' 3"| 205| Mar 18, 1986 |29| Marblehead, MA, USA

FLYERS vs. DEVILS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 9-0-1-0 | 5-0-0-0 |4-0-1-0
Colorado Rockies | 19-4-2-0| 12-0-1-0 | 7-4-1-0
New Jersey Devils| 81-90-15-11| 50-34-9-6 |31-56-6-5
Franchise History| 109-94-18-11| 67-34-10-6| 42-60-8-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 0-0 | 0-0 |0-0| 0-0
Colorado Rockies | 1-0|2-0 |1-0|1-0
New Jersey Devils| 2-3 | 14-14 |7-8| 7-6
Franchise History| 3-3| 16-14| 8-8|8-6

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New Jersey Devils|1-3-1 in the last 5 |1-5-1 in the last 7| 3-2-0 in the last 5

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sun Feb 14, 2016 | Philadelphia at NY Rangers| 7:30 PM | NBCSN, SN
Tue Feb 16, 2016 | Philadelphia at New Jersey |7:00 PM | CSN-PH, MSG+
Fri Feb 19, 2016 | Philadelphia at Montréal| 7:30 PM |CSN-PH, RDS, SNE, NHLN-US
Sat Feb 20, 2016 | Philadelphia at Toronto | 7:00 PM|CSN-PH, CBC
Tue Feb 23, 2016 | Philadelphia at Carolina | 7:00 PM | TCN-PH, FS-SE

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Center Ice Philly​

| http://centericephilly.com/

Anthony Mingioni's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AnthonyMingioni

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/sports

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

Flyerdelphia​

| http://www.flyerdelphia.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Flyerdelphia

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

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/flyers

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

The Bergen Record ​

| http://fireandice.northjersey.com/

Andrew Gross' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/new-jersey-devils

Newark Star-Ledger ​

| http://www.nj.com/devils/

Chris Ryan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/ChrisRyan_NJ

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Black Sunshine" by White Zombie ft. Iggy Pop
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[FLYERSG]

Gonna need a few beers to get through this one

 

[CHIP72]

MiamiScreamingEagles - even though I don't like the Flyers and am a Devils fan, I think you do an excellent job with the pre-game summaries you put together. Major thumbs up.

Looking forward to attending Saturday's game, the first of a two sport doubleheader for me (also attending the La Salle/St. Joe's game at Hagan Arena in the evening; love the Big Five and will be rooting for the Hawks).

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

MiamiScreamingEagles - even though I don't like the Flyers and am a Devils fan, I think you do an excellent job with the pre-game summaries you put together. Major thumbs up.

Thank you for the acknowledgment.

 

[klutch]

Going to the game with my buddy who is a Devils fan. Major **** talking will be done on the ride down. Need a win here to jump 2 points.. I expect a physical game

 

[flyersfan018]

Gonna be at a polar bear plunge this weekend so won't be able to watch. Hoping for a win.

 

[sabremike]

Gonna be at a polar bear plunge this weekend so won't be able to watch. Hoping for a win.

Go to the game, then walk down the street and jump into the Deleware. Two birds killed with one stone!!!

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hope we can keep it going against the Devs. Hopefully we can put up some good numbers on them .

 

[dats81]

It's against the Devils. I fully expect them to come up with a lackluster effort.

 

[Colin226]

Are ticket prices for Kid's Day always this high? I was considering just getting a single ticket but wow they are expensive. Otherwise I'll just meet a buddy (Flyers fan) at Dunleavey's in Hainesport, NJ and watch it there like we used to do for Saturday matinee Flyers games. All are welcome to join

 

[Teezax]

I long for the day where we can just blow out the Debs. Don't see that happening with Schneids in nets though... assuming it'll be another grinder. Huge weekend again, let's take advantage of this one please.

 

[tade]

2 points are necessarily important here. No OT/SO win, regular win, please.

 

[Danko]

Im already falling asleep in anticipation of how boring this game is going to be.

 

[Juicy Pop]

Never change Devils, never change

 

[bb12]

So with a 5-1 victory and HAKLOGIC, does the line up stay the same?

 

[explosive skating]

Go and spank these clowns

 

[flyersfan018]

Go to the game, then walk down the street and jump into the Deleware. Two birds killed with one stone!!!

Hmmmm sounds tempting

 

[sabremike]

Hmmmm sounds tempting

At the Philly Union games they actually warn visiting supporters not to jump into the Deleware because apparently someone did just that.

 

[TheLegendkiller]

I cannot for the life of me understand how the Devils are as high in the standings as they are. That top 6 is other worldly bad.

 

[hckyplayer8]

Hopefully Gudas smashes Farnham.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Going to vegas again next week, would love to go into trip with 2 clean wins vs Devils and Rags.

Win 3 in a row starting tomm will be MASSIVE !!!

 

[TheKingPin]

Interesting that mase has never beat the Devils and neuvy has played well against them. I'm inclined to keep that in mind if I'm the coach. Would be a huge two OT game for us.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

I will be there tomorrow in a white Eastern Conference Brodeur jersey and (probably) a Devils beanie. I look forward to meeting you guys! Section 222

 

[Hurricane28]

Are ticket prices for Kid's Day always this high? I was considering just getting a single ticket but wow they are expensive. Otherwise I'll just meet a buddy (Flyers fan) at Dunleavey's in Hainesport, NJ and watch it there like we used to do for Saturday matinee Flyers games. All are welcome to join

Cant go wrong there

 

[Hiesenberg]

Grabbed Tix today, luxury box. My kids will feel privilaged.