GDT: #56| FLYERS at Sabres | Sun., Feb. 15, 2015| 7:30 PM ET

MiamiScreamingEagles · Feb 13, 2015

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (23-22-10, 8-15-6 away ) vs. BUFFALO SABRES (16-36-3, 11-16-2 home )

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television: NBCSN [Dave Strader (play-by-play) and Brian Engblom (analyst)]
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
Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2014020835

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

Preview: http://sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020835
Stats and Notes: http://sabres.nhl.com/v2/ext/2014-15 Season/[email protected]
NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
Sabres' Stats: http://sabres.nhl.com/index.html

Teams' Stats

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers| 55 |23-22-10 |15-7-4 |8-15-6 |6-1-3 |2.67 |2.82| 23.7 |75.8 |10.3| 28.9 |30.2 |51.3
Sabres| 55 |16-36-3 |11-16-2 |5-20-1 |2-8-0 |1.76 |3.46 |11.8 |73.5 |11.7 |22.8 |34.8| 45.1

TEAMS' WEBSITES

Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
Sabres' Website: http://sabres.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
79 |Anthony Stolarz | 6' 6" | 210|Jan 20, 1994 |21 | Edison, NJ, USA

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
55 Nick Schultz | 32 Mark Streit
8 Nicklas Grossmann |5 Braydon Coburn
15 Michael Del Zotto |22 Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
79 Anthony Stolarz | 29 Ray Emery (will start)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

BUFFALO SABRES

SABRES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
61 Andre Benoit | 47 Zach Bogosian
51 Nikita Zadorov| 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
6 Mike Weber | 41 Andrej Meszaros

Goalies

Name | Name
34 Michal Neuvirth (will start) | 35 Anders Lindback

SABRES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

SABRES' POWER PLAY UNITS

SABRES' ROSTER

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
44| Nicolas Deslauriers | L |6' 1" |209| Feb 22, 1991| 23| LaSalle, QC, CAN
37| Matt Ellis | L |6' 0" |208 |Aug 31, 1981 |33| Welland, ON, CAN
63| Tyler Ennis | C |5' 9"| 169 |Oct 6, 1989| 25 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
65| Brian Flynn | C |6' 1" |180 |Jul 26, 1988 |26 |Lynnfield, MA, USA
82| Marcus Foligno | L| 6' 3"| 223| Aug 10, 1991 |23| Buffalo, NY, USA
12| Brian Gionta "C"| R| 5' 7" |176 |Jan 18, 1979| 36 |Rochester, NY, USA
28| Zemgus Girgensons| C |6' 1" |190 |Jan 5, 1994| 21| Riga, LVA
19| Cody Hodgson | C |6' 0" |192| Feb 18, 1990 |24 |Toronto, ON, CAN
36| Patrick Kaleta | R| 6' 1" |198 |Jun 8, 1986| 28| Buffalo, NY, USA
--| Evander Kane | L |6' 2" |198 |Aug 2, 1991| 23 |Vancouver, BC, CAN
22 | Johan Larsson | L | 5' 11" | 206 | Jul 25, 1992 | 22 | Lau, SWE
8 |Cody McCormick | C |6' 2" |224 |Apr 18, 1983 |31| London, ON, CAN
17 | Torrey Mitchell |C |5' 11" |189 |Jan 30, 1985| 30| Greenfield Park, QC, CAN
26 |Matt Moulson "A" | L |6' 1"| 200 | Nov 1, 1983| 31| North York, ON, CAN
80 |Chris Stewart | R |6' 2"| 231| Oct 30, 1987 |27 |Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
61 | Andre Benoit | 5' 11"| 191 |Jan 6, 1984 |31| St. Albert, ON, CAN
47| Zach Bogosian | 6' 3" |225 |Jul 15, 1990 |24| Massena, NY, USA
4 | Josh Gorges "A" | 6' 1" |201 |Aug 14, 1984 |30| Kelowna, BC, CAN
41 | Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2" |223 |Oct 13, 1985 |29 |PovažskÃ¡ Bystrica, SVK
55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 6' 4" |219 |Oct 27, 1994| 20| Turku, FIN
24 | Tyson Strachan | 6' 3"| 215 |Oct 30, 1984 |30| Melfort, SK, CAN
6 |Mike Weber |6' 2" |212 |Dec 16, 1987 |27 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
51 | Nikita Zadorov| 6' 5" |220 |Apr 16, 1995| 19| Moscow, RUS

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
35 |Anders Lindback | 6' 6" |215 |May 3, 1988 |26| GÃ¤vle, SWE
34 | Michal Neuvirth | 6' 1"| 209| Mar 23, 1988| 26| ÃšstÃ nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS vs. SABRES SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |83-58-20-5 | 49-20-12-3 |34-38-8-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |6-3 | 29-21|19-8|10-13

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=908005

FLYERS vs. SABRES 2014-15 SCHEDULE

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=10/03/2014&team=PHI

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: February 15, 1992

The Flyers scored five times in the first period and ended Edmonton's six-game win streak with an 8-5 home win. Mike Ricci (1-4-5) and Mark Pederson (1-3-4) combined for nine points. The Flyers improved to 7-1-1 in the last nine games.

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

Buffalo News

| http://www.buffalonews.com/section/SPORTS02?profileID=1104

Blog

| http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/

Mike Harrington's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/BNHarrington

John Vogl's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/buffnewsvogl

Olean Times Herald

| http://www.oleantimesherald.com/sports/sabres/

Blog

| http://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/

Bill Hoppe's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/BillHoppeNHL

WGR Radio 550 AM

| http://wgr550.com/Sabres/8767954

Brian Koziol's Twitter‏

| https://twitter.com/BrianWGR

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"I am the Sword" by Motorhead

Flyerfan4life · Feb 14, 2015

battle of the tanks..

SolidSnakeUS · Feb 14, 2015

Watch us lose in the same fashion.

Domino666 · Feb 14, 2015

Flyerfan4life said:
battle of the tanks..

Nobody is out-tanking Buffalo!!!!!

King Forsberg · Feb 14, 2015

Drop a touchdown on this embarrassment.

Striiker · Feb 14, 2015

The good news is that if we lose to Buffalo I'm pretty sure they're required to give us the 1st overall pick.

But no need to worry, we're winning this one 5-1.

TheKingPin · Feb 14, 2015

Win this and we are 5 points back of Boston with at least one game to play head to head with them. BS that w le could be in a situation to get within 3 of them with a win pretty easily.
Assuming a big game agaisnt Nashville we should be getting a lot of points in the next few weeks. Don't think we should be in tank mode anymore, despite the poor play the last two games.

King Forsberg · Feb 14, 2015

Yeah I'm officially on the playoffs or bust movement. This team is too talented to be tank discussion. I'm thinking they squeeze in the playoffs somehow in typical Flyers fashion. I hope Hextall doesn't try to buy at the deadline though. We should be selling off some 'assets' but even then I think they'll keep getting enough points to get in. If Giroux and Voracek can get back to pre all star game form and finish top 3 in points and we make the playoffs, then they should seriously be considered for the Hart.

Laveuglette · Feb 14, 2015

This team's worst problem this year was the PK, but refs seem to call less penalties, which really helps us. Also, getting Kimmo back should help the PK.

If our PK had been good at the beginning of the year, we'd be easily in a playoffs spot. It made us lose a lot of games.

Cootsfanclub · Feb 14, 2015

YuioIklo said:
This team's worst problem this year was the PK, but refs seem to call less penalties, which really helps us. Also, getting Kimmo back should help the PK.

If our PK had been good at the beginning of the year, we'd be easily in a playoffs spot. It made us lose a lot of games.

But at the same time, the team's biggest strength is the PP and less power plays has been contributing to their scoring struggles.

Laveuglette · Feb 14, 2015

Cootsfanclub said:
But at the same time, the team's biggest strength is the PP and less power plays has been contributing to their scoring struggles.

Our PP is good, esp. at home, but not good enough to compensate for our PK imo.

TheKingPin · Feb 14, 2015

YuioIklo said:
Our PP is good, esp. at home, but not good enough to compensate for our PK imo.

Not sure the numbers but our PK has done an 180 over the last stretch. We need a forecheck game or some kind of possession to get more O and more pp chances. Vinny and umberger kill that a lot of times. That's been the top line problem of late too.

Tyler Durden · Feb 14, 2015

So you guys actually think Stolarz gets the start over Emery in this game?

FLYguy3911 · Feb 14, 2015

Nope.

swflyers93 · Feb 15, 2015

Tyler Durden said:
So you guys actually think Stolarz gets the start over Emery in this game?

Emery vs. Neuvirth

GKJ · Feb 15, 2015

Sounds like Stolarz won't get a start unless both Zepp (again) and Emery get hurt.

MacDonald and Colaiacovo both scratched, so both are on equal footing, just one guy has a $30M contract and the other doesn't.

Hollywood Cannon · Feb 15, 2015

GKJ said:
Sounds like Stolarz won't get a start unless both Zepp (again) and Emery get hurt.

MacDonald and Colaiacovo both scratched, so both are on equal footing, just one guy has a $30M contract and the other doesn't.

Not sure what you mean by the equal footing. McDonald is scratched because of a death in the family. Not because of his play.

GKJ · Feb 15, 2015

Hollywood Couturier said:
Not sure what you mean by the equal footing. McDonald is scratched because of a death in the family. Not because of his play.

He's with the team today. But it is said that is why he isn't playing.

BackWithaVengeance · Feb 15, 2015

dats81 · Feb 15, 2015

I wonder how long that logjam on defense will last?

Never particularly liked that Coburn/Grossmann shutdown pairing and I fear it's even worse with a rusty Coburn. Not that Coburn had chemistry with any defenseman not named Timonen to begin with...

Curufinwe · Feb 15, 2015

GKJ said:
Sounds like Stolarz won't get a start unless both Zepp (again) and Emery get hurt.

MacDonald and Colaiacovo both scratched, so both are on equal footing, just one guy has a $30M contract and the other doesn't.

Berube said he was sitting MacDonald because he needed some practice time after missing a game and a practice to attend his grandmother’s funeral services.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...ffl-Coburn-returning.html#k62K8vhdiGSciGtz.99

Two days after the Flyers D turned in a completely awful defensive effort without MacDonald in the lineup because he was attending a relative's funeral is a weird time for you to renew your personal crusade against him. Maybe you should wait till he makes a terrible defensive error that leads to a game winning goal like Colaiacovo did on Friday.

Rebels57 · Feb 15, 2015

dats81 said:
I wonder how long that logjam on defense will last?

Never particularly liked that Coburn/Grossmann shutdown pairing and I fear it's even worse with a rusty Coburn. Not that Coburn had chemistry with any defenseman not named Timonen to begin with...

Funniest thing i've read in ages.

:handclap:

Rebels57 · Feb 15, 2015

King Forsberg said:
Yeah I'm officially on the playoffs or bust movement. This team is too talented to be tank discussion. I'm thinking they squeeze in the playoffs somehow in typical Flyers fashion. I hope Hextall doesn't try to buy at the deadline though. We should be selling off some 'assets' but even then I think they'll keep getting enough points to get in. If Giroux and Voracek can get back to pre all star game form and finish top 3 in points and we make the playoffs, then they should seriously be considered for the Hart.

If they were chasing any other team but Boston, I would agree, but if and when we do put the heat on Boston, they will turn it up a notch and pull away. Their a better team.

GKJ · Feb 15, 2015

Curufinwe said:
Berube said he was sitting MacDonald because he needed some practice time after missing a game and a practice to attend his grandmother’s funeral services.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...ffl-Coburn-returning.html#k62K8vhdiGSciGtz.99

Two days after the Flyers D turned in a completely awful defensive effort without MacDonald in the lineup because he was attending a relative's funeral is a weird time for you to renew your personal crusade against him. Maybe you should wait till he makes a terrible defensive error that leads to a game winning goal like Colaiacovo did on Friday.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=97308409&postcount=18

Maybe you should read threads.

Hollywood Cannon · Feb 15, 2015

GKJ said:
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=97308409&postcount=18

Maybe you should read threads.

I genuinely have no idea where you're going with that. First you say MacDonald and CC are on equal footing and its pointed out that he's not playing because of a death in the family, which you acknowledge. Then you post a condescending response to Curufinwe showing exact reason given by Berube in why MacDonald isn't playing and it has nothing to do with being on equal footing.

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