GDT: #55| Islanders at FLYERS | Thursday, February 9, 2017| 7:00 pm ET| NBCSN, TCN-PH

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (26-21-7, 16-8-4 home ) vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (23-18-10, 6-10-4 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TCN-PH (NBCSN will air the Flyers' TV feed). A stream is available for NBCSN: http://stream.nbcsports.com/nhl/nhl-on-nbcsn-watch-live
• Radio: 93.3 WMMR, 104.1 FM in Atlantic City, NJ and worldwide at PhiladelphiaFlyers.com [ link: https://www.nhl.com/info/team-audio ]
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/5-things-islanders-vs-flyers--philadelphia-flyers/c-286582590
• Extensive Game Notes: https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/286582238/binary-file/file.pdf
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Islanders' Stats: http://islanders.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Points | Pct. | GF | GA | GF/G | GA/G| PP% | PK% | Shots For | Shots Ag. | FO%
Flyers| 54| 26-21-7| 59| .546| 139| 160| 2.57| 2.96| 21.0| 81.2| 31.0| 28.6| 51.5
Islanders | 51| 23-18-10 | 56| .549| 152| 150| 2.98| 2.94| 15.4| 81.1| 30.8| 32.5| 48.9

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Islanders' Website: http://islanders.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |78 |L |6' 0" |198 |Mar 6, 1985|Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
Nick Cousins |25 |L |5' 10" |188 |Jul 20, 1993| Belleville, ON, CAN
Sean Couturier |14|L |6' 3" |211 |Dec 7, 1992 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
Claude Giroux (C) |28 |R |5' 11" |185 |Jan 12, 1988 |Hearst, ON, CAN
Travis Konecny |11 |R |5' 10" |175 |Mar 11, 1997| London, ON, CAN
Roman Lyubimov |13| R |6' 2" |207 |Jan 6, 1992 |Tver, RUS
Michael Raffl |12| L| 6' 0"| 200| Dec 1, 1988| Villach, AUT
Matt Read |24| R| 5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986| Ilderton, ON, CAN
Brayden Schenn| 10 |L| 6' 1" |195| Aug 22, 1991| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Wayne Simmonds (A) |17| R| 6' 2" |185| Aug 26, 1988| Scarborough, ON, CAN
Chris VandeVelde |76| L |6' 2"| 190 |Mar 15, 1987| Moorhead, MN, USA
Jakub Voracek| 93| L |6' 2" |214| Aug 15, 1989|Kladno, CZE
Dale Weise| 22 | R |6' 2" |206 |Aug 5, 1988| Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Michael Del Zotto| 15 | L |6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
Shayne Gostisbehere | 53 | L |5' 11" |180 |Apr 20, 1993 |Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Radko Gudas|3 |R |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990 |Prague, CZE
Andrew MacDonald |47 | L| 6' 1"| 204 |Sep 7, 1986| Judique, NS, CAN
Brandon Manning |23 | L| 6' 1" |205 |Jun 4, 1990 |Prince George, BC, CAN
Ivan Provorov |9 | L |6' 1"| 201 |Jan 13, 1997 |Yaroslavl, RUS
Nick Schultz |55 | L |6' 1"| 203 |Aug 25, 1982| Strasbourg, SK, CAN
Mark Streit (A) | 32 | L |5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |Bern, CHE

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Steve Mason| 35 | 6' 4" |210 |May 29, 1988 |Oakville, ON, CAN
Michal Neuvirth |30 | 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988 |Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
12 - Michael Raffl | 28 - Claude Giroux |93 - Jakub Voracek
25 - Nick Cousins |14 - Sean Couturier | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
13 - Dale Weise | 10 - Brayden Schenn | 24 - Matt Read
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 13 - Roman Lyubimov

Pairings

Name | Name
9 - Ivan Provorov | 47 - Andrew MacDonald
23 - Brandon Manning |3 - Radko Gudas
32 - Mark Streit| 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto |day-to-day, skated Feb. 8 | reported as right leg (hit by puck)
Travis Konecny| not available | out 4-to-6 weeks from Feb 7, reported as left knee/ankle
Michal Neuvirth | available | ill
Nick Schultz| available | could be scratched

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Claude Giroux | Wayne Simmonds | Jakub Voracek | Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Matt Read | Nick Cousins | Sean Couturier |Mark Streit |Ivan Provorov

NEW YORK ISLANDERS​

ISLANDERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
27 - Anders Lee | 91 - John Tavares | 12 - Josh Bailey
72 - Anthony Beauvillier | 29 - Brock Nelson | 18 - Ryan Strome
16 - Andrew Ladd | 10 - Alan Quine | 25 - Jason Chimera
11 - Shane Prince | 53 - Casey Cizikas | 86 - Nikolay Kulemin

Pairings

Name | Name
2 - Nick Leddy | 55 - Johnny Boychuk
14 - Thomas Hickey | 50 - Adam Pelech
44 - Calvin de Haan | 4 - Dennis Seidenberg

Goalies

Name | Name
1 - Thomas Greiss (expected starter) | 30 - Jean-Francois Berube

ISLANDERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Cal Clutterbuck | will not play | lower body
Stephen Gionta |available | could be scratched
Travis Hamonic | injured reserve | lower body, reported as right knee
Scott Mayfield |available | could be scratched

ISLANDERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Anders Lee |John Tavares |Josh Bailey |Ryan Strome|Nick Leddy
No. 2| Andrew Ladd | Alan Quine|Brock Nelson |Thomas Hickey| Johnny Boychuk

ISLANDERS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Josh Bailey| 12|L |6' 1" |210 |Oct 2, 1989| Bowmanville, ON, CAN
Anthony Beauvillier| 72|L |5' 11" |170 |Jun 8, 1997|Sorel-Tracy, QC, CAN
Jason Chimera|25|L |6' 3"| 216 |May 2, 1979| Edmonton, AB, CAN
Casey Cizikas| 53|L |5' 11"|201 |Feb 27, 1991|Toronto, ON, CAN
Cal Clutterbuck| 15 |R | 5' 11" |218| Nov 18, 1987|Welland, ON, CAN
Stephen Gionta| 24 |R |5' 7" | 175| Oct 9, 1983| Rochester, NY, USA
Nikolay Kulemin| 86 |L |6' 1" |225| Jul 14, 1986 |Magnitogorsk, RUS
Andrew Ladd|16 |L |6' 3"| 200| Dec 12, 1985 |Maple Ridge, BC, CAN
Anders Lee|27 |L |6' 3"| 228 |Jul 3, 1990| Edina, MN, USA
Brock Nelson| 29|L| 6' 3"| 206 |Oct 15, 1991| Warroad, MN, USA
Shane Prince|11|L| 5' 11" |185| Nov 16, 1992| Rochester, NY, USA
Alan Quine| 10| L |6' 0"| 200 |Feb 25, 1993| Belleville, ON, CAN
Ryan Strome|18 |R |6' 1" |199 |Jul 11, 1993| Mississauga, ON, CAN
John Tavares (C)|91 |L |6' 1"|211 |Sep 20, 1990| Mississauga, ON, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Johnny Boychuk|55 |R |6' 2"| 227| Jan 19, 1984|Edmonton, AB, CAN
Calvin de Haan|44| L |6' 1" |197 |May 9, 1991| Carp, ON, CAN
Travis Hamonic| 3 |R |6' 2"| 205 |Aug 16, 1990| St. Malo, MB, CAN
Thomas Hickey|14| L |6' 0" |189| Feb 8, 1989| Calgary, AB, CAN
Nick Leddy |2 |L |6' 0" |199 |Mar 20, 1991 |Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Scott Mayfield|42 |R |6' 4" |224| Oct 14, 1992|St. Louis, MO, USA
Adam Pelech|50 |L |6' 3"| 210 |Aug 16, 1994| Toronto, ON, CAN
Dennis Seidenberg|4| L| 6' 0"| 198 |Jul 18, 1981| Schwenningen, DEU

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Jean-Francois Berube | 30 |6' 1" |177| Jul 13, 1991| Repentigny, QC, CAN
Thomas Greiss |1 |6' 1"| 228 |Jan 29, 1986| Fussen, DEU

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|135-89-26-10 | 77-33-11-6 | 58-56-15-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Islanders| 3-1|14-11 |10-4|4-7

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|3-0-0 in the last 3 | 19-1-4 in the last 24 |3-0-0 in the last 3

The Flyers have points in 41 of the last 46 regular season games.​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Saturday, February 11|San Jose at Philadelphia|1:00 pm|NHLN-US, CSN-PH, CSN-CA
Wednesday, February 15|Philadelphia at Calgary|9:30 pm|SN360, SNW, TCN-PH
Thursday, February 16| Philadelphia at Edmonton | 9:00 pm| SNW, CSN-PH
Sunday, February 19| Philadelphia at Vancouver|10:00 pm| SN360, CSN-PH
Wednesday, February 22| Washington at Philadelphia|8:00 pm | NBCSN, TVAS
Saturday, February 25 | Philadelphia at Pittsburgh |8:00 pm| NBC, SN, TVAS2
Tuesday, February 28 | Colorado at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm| NBCSN, CSN-PH
Thursday, March 2| Florida at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm| CSN-PH, FS-F

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Broad Street Hockey​

| http://www.broadstreethockey.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/BroadStHockey

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

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

Sons of Penn​

| http://sonsofpenn.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/SonsOfPenn

ESPN New York ​

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

MSG Networks ​

| https://twitter.com/shannon_hogan?lang=en

Shannon Hogan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Shannon_Hogan

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/islanders

New York Post ​

| http://www.nypost.com/sports/islanders

Brett Cyrgalis's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/brettcyrgalis

New York Times​

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Newsday ​

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders

Arthur Staple's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/StapeNewsday

SportsNet New York ​

| http://islanderspointblank.com/

Andy Graziano's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/andygraz_sny?lang=en

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Where Have All The Good Times Gone" by Van Halen
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[Rebels57]

Heres hoping for a goal.

 

[flyersfan018]

If Ghost doesn't play we better:

 

[Beef Invictus]

Heres hoping for a goal.

 

[OzFlyers]

I have a plan to save the Flyers season. I will now start every opposing goalie on my Fantasy team as my goalies always lose!
So Greiss tomorrow? Expect at least 4 goals!

 

[dats81]

I'm confident they will score a goal this time.

 

[Tripod]

Last 3 games, NYI have allowed 15 goals. Also scored 14.

Little different than how we have been playing, scoring 3, allowing 4.

 

[backburner]

going to be snowed out again like last year? or was it two years ago

 

[antman12]

Last 3 games, NYI have allowed 15 goals. Also scored 14.

Little different than how we have been playing, scoring 3, allowing 4.

 

[Striiker]

If Ghost doesn't play we better:

If he doesn't play then we are...

...actually since he hasn't been playing we already have been.

 

[hatcher]

4-1 flyers

 

[WestrnPhlyr]

Third game in a row that will be on TV out here in the Pacific Northwest.....hopefully third time is the charm. Hell who am I kidding, I would settle for A goal at this point.

Still...it is nice to be able to watch them. I hope it's JJ and the home broadcast team and not Doc and those jokers. It's bad enough I have to deal with listening to Milbury during intermission...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Third game in a row that will be on TV out here in the Pacific Northwest.....hopefully third time is the charm. Hell who am I kidding, I would settle for A goal at this point.

Still...it is nice to be able to watch them. I hope it's JJ and the home broadcast team and not Doc and those jokers. It's bad enough I have to deal with listening to Milbury during intermission...

You should be in luck - MSE said above that NBC will be showing the Flyers' feed.

 

[WestrnPhlyr]

You should be in luck - MSE said above that NBC will be showing the Flyers' feed.

Sweet! I know the team gets on some people's nerves here on the boards but for me it's always cool to hear the games called by the home guys.

Anyone know if Jonesy is in the booth with JJ or will he be standing to the left of Milbury in the studio. I know Bill Clement has his detractors, and I see why people don't like him....I don't necessarily mind him, but I prefer Jonesy and JJ.

EDIT: Sorry Capt Dave, if I had read the GDT more closely, I would have seen the Flyers feed note

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Third game in a row that will be on TV out here in the Pacific Northwest.....hopefully third time is the charm. Hell who am I kidding, I would settle for A goal at this point.

Still...it is nice to be able to watch them. I hope it's JJ and the home broadcast team and not Doc and those jokers. It's bad enough I have to deal with listening to Milbury during intermission...

Doc = best in business

 

[Curufinwe]

At being insufferable.

 

[Les Averman]

I personally enjoy listening to Doc. It's one of those main staple voices that is just engrained in quite a few hockey memories. I could see people not enjoying his voice or methodology, but I personally love games he does. Probably some general conditioning that goes with that, given that most games that he does for us are either larger-scale important, primetime games or in the playoffs.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Sweet! I know the team gets on some people's nerves here on the boards but for me it's always cool to hear the games called by the home guys.

Anyone know if Jonesy is in the booth with JJ or will he be standing to the left of Milbury in the studio. I know Bill Clement has his detractors, and I see why people don't like him....I don't necessarily mind him, but I prefer Jonesy and JJ.

EDIT: Sorry Capt Dave, if I had read the GDT more closely, I would have seen the Flyers feed note

No worries bro And I'm with you on the broadcast team, but it's probably different for us being out of town

 

[Danko]

everything sucks

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[flyersjim73]

No worries bro And I'm with you on the broadcast team, but it's probably different for us being out of town

I know what you guys mean. I definitely used to like the home guys more when I lived out of town. That has cooled down since I moved to Philly a year ago, but I still don't have the hate for them that others do. I should add that Jackson, Saunders, and Coatsie (who always annoyed me to no end) were all absolutely awesome in person at the town hall meeting. Jackson, in particular, had some pretty awesome stories.

 

[Danko]

Ghost is playing tonight according to csnphilly. YAY!

 

[flyersjim73]

Odds on his first career hat trick?

 

[Curufinwe]

It's freaking unbelievable VdV hasn't been scratched or injured all season.

 

[WestrnPhlyr]