GDT: #58| FLYERS at Oilers | Thursday, February 16, 2017| 9:00 pm ET| SNW, CSN-PH

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (27-23-7, 10-14-3 away ) vs. EDMONTON OILERS (30-19-8 14-10-3 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: SNW, CSN-PH
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic -- [ 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/news/philadelphia-flyers-edmonton-oilers-game-preview/c-286833268 and https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/5-things-flyers-vs-oilers--philadelphia-flyers/c-286817236
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Oilers' Stats: http://oilers.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| 57| 27-23-7| 61|.535| 143| 167| 2.51| 2.93| 20.4| 80.9| 31.2| 28.5| 51.4
Oilers| 57| 30-19-8| 68| .596| 158| 144|2.77| 2.53| 20.4| 81.7| 31.4| 29.6| 47.3

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Oilers' Website: http://oilers.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
Jordan Weal | 40| R| 5' 10" | 172| Apr 15, 1992| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
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
10 - Brayden Schenn | 28 - Claude Giroux |93 - Jakub Voracek
40 - Jordan Weal | 14 - Sean Couturier | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl|25 - Nick Cousins | 24 - Matt Read
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 13 - Roman Lyubimov

Pairings

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

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto | available | out since Jan. 21 when hit by a puck on his right leg
Travis Konecny| injured reserve (Feb. 10) | out 4-to-6 weeks, reported as a sprained left knee/ankle
Nick Schultz | available | could be scratched
Dale Weise | available | could be scratched

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

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

EDMONTON OILERS​

OILERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
19 - Patrick Maroon | 97 - Connor McDavid | 14 - Jordan Eberle
27 - Milan Lucic | 29 - Leon Draisaitl | 42 - Anton Slepyshev
36 - Drake Caggiula | 93 - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 44 - Zack Kassian
23 - Matt Hendricks | 55 - Mark Letestu | 26 - Iiro Pakarinen

Pairings

Name | Name
2 - Andrej Sekera | 83 - Matt Benning
77 - Oscar Klefbom | 6 - Adam Larsson
88 - Brandon Davidson | 62 - Eric Gryba

Goalies

Name | Name
33 - Cam Talbot (expected starter) | 1 - Laurent Brossoit

OILERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Andrew Ference| injured reserve| right hip surgery
Darnell Nurse| injured reserve| surgery to repair ligament and bone damage in his right ankle
Jordan Oesterle | available | could be scratched
Tyler Pitlick| injured reserve| torn ACL
Jujhar Khaira| injured reserve| wrist
Kris Russell| day-to-day| undisclosed
Benoit Pouliot| day-to-day| undisclosed

OILERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Milan Lucic | Mark Letestu | Leon Draisaitl | Oscar Klefbom | Connor McDavid
No. 2| Patrick Maroon| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Drake Caggiula| Jordan Eberle | Andrej Sekera

OILERS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Drake Caggiula| 36| L| 5' 9"| 185| Jun 20, 1994| Pickering, ON, CAN
Leon Draisaitl| 29| L| 6' 1"| 214| Oct 27, 1995| Cologne, DEU
Jordan Eberle| 14| R| 5' 11"| 181| May 15, 1990| Regina, SK, CAN
Matt Hendricks| 23| L| 6' 0"| 207| Jun 17, 1981| Blaine, MN, USA
Zack Kassian| 44| R| 6' 3"| 217| Jan 24, 1991| Windsor, ON, CAN
Jujhar Khaira| 54| L| 6' 3"| 214| Aug 13, 1994| Surrey, BC, CAN
Mark Letestu| 55| R| 5' 10"| 197| Feb 4, 1985| Elk Point, AB, CAN
Milan Lucic| 27| L| 6' 3"| 233| Jun 7, 1988| Vancouver, BC, CAN
Patrick Maroon | 19| L| 6' 3"| 230| Apr 23, 1988| St. Louis, MO, USA
Connor McDavid (C)| 97| L| 6' 1"| 190| Jan 13, 1997| Richmond Hill, ON, CAN
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins| 93| L| 6' 0"| 189| Apr 12, 1993| Burnaby, BC, CAN
Iiro Pakarinen| 26| R| 6' 1"| 215| Aug 25, 1991| Loviisa, FIN
Tyler Pitlick | 15| R|6' 0"| 202| Nov 1, 1991| Minneapolis, MN, USA
Benoit Pouliot | 67| L| 6' 3"| 200| Sep 29, 1986| Alfred, ON, CAN
Anton Slepyshev| 42|R | 6' 2"| 187| May 13, 1994| Penza, RUS

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Matt Benning| 83| R| 6' 0"| 202| May 25, 1994| Edmonton, AB, CAN
Brandon Davidson| 88| L| 6' 2"| 210| Aug 21, 1991| Lethbridge, AB, CAN
Andrew Ference| 21| L| 5' 11"| 182| Mar 17, 1979| Edmonton, AB, CAN
Eric Gryba| 62| R| 6' 4"| 228| Apr 14, 1988| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Oscar Klefbom| 77|L| 6' 3"| 215| Jul 20, 1993| Karlstad, SWE
Adam Larsson| 6| R| 6' 3"| 205| Nov 12, 1992| Skellefteå, SWE
Darnell Nurse | 25| L| 6' 4"| 213| Feb 4, 1995| Hamilton, ON, CAN
Jordan Oesterle| 82| L| 6' 0"| 182| Jun 25, 1992| Dearborn Heights, MI, USA
Kris Russell| 4| L| 5' 10"| 170| May 2, 1987| Caroline, AB, CAN
Andrej Sekera| 2| L| 6' 0"| 198| Jun 8, 1986| Bojnice, SVK

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Laurent Brossoit| 1| 6' 3"| 202| Mar 23, 1993| Port Alberni, BC, CAN
Cam Talbot| 33| 6' 3"| 193| Jul 5, 1987| Caledonia, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. OILERS SERIES HISTORY​

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Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Edmonton Oilers| 33-30-8-1 | 24-12-2-0| 9-18-6-1

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Edmonton Oilers| 1-2 | 7-8| 5-2 | 2-6

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Edmonton Oilers| 4-2-1 in the last 7| 4-1-0 in the last 5 |1-4-1 in the last 6

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Saturday, March 4 | Philadelphia at Washington| 7:30 pm | CSN-DC, CSN-PH
Tuesday, March 7| Philadelphia at Buffalo | 7:30 pm| NBCSN, CSN-PH

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

CHED 630 AM​

| http://www.630ched.com/oilers/

Jack Michaels' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/EdmontonJack

Bob Stauffer's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Bob_Stauffer

Reid Wilkins' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/ReidWilkins

Edmonton Journal ​

| http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/edmonton-oilers/index.html ;

Blog ​

| http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/category/cult-of-hockey/

Bruce McCurdy's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BruceMcCurdy

Jim Matheson's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/NHLbyMatty

Jonathan Willis' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JonathanWillis

Edmonton Oilers ​

Chris Wescott's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/TheChrisWescott

Edmonton Sun ​

| http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/oilers

Terry Jones' Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/sunterryjones

Robert Tychkowski's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/Sun_Tychkowski

TSN 1260 AM​

| http://www.tsn.ca/radio/edmonton-1260

Jason Gregor's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/JasonGregor

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Rust in Peace....Polaris" by Megadeth
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Time be absolutely blasted. I hope McDavid embarrasses us.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Yep.

Oilers are lightning fast and love to be on the offensive side of the puck.

This will hurt.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

just like the Sharks game. when given little to no chance these are the games the Flyers win.

 

[TheKingPin]

just like the Sharks game. when given little to no chance these are the games the Flyers win.

These guys love adversity. I'd love the G in the above picture to come all out in this game.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

just like the Sharks game. when given little to no chance these are the games the Flyers win.

If so, we'll make the play-offs given the schedule the Flers have from here on.

I am very skeptical.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The only thing I want is for this one to get, and then stay, punchy.
I want to see Mandog trolling like a m*********er.
I want Wayne Train dealing haymakers.
I want Schenn to put his lard on the line and deliver and absorb blows.

BRING ME THE ASS OF MCJESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hate the Oil forever and ever, amen.

**** this organization.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Mandog has to go with someone this game right?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Mandog has to go with someone this game right?

Right.
It is written in the stars.
Ring the bell and let's go.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Manning's lucky he didn't play like 10-15 years ago. He'd be a Matthew Barnaby caliber punching bag if he did.

 

[Origina1Master]

The only thing I want is for this one to get, and then stay, punchy.
I want to see Mandog trolling like a m*********er.
I want Wayne Train dealing haymakers.
I want Schenn to put his lard on the line and deliver and absorb blows.

BRING ME THE ASS OF MCJESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hate the Oil forever and ever, amen.

**** this organization.

I'm gonna be at this game, I hope it's feisty too. I hate the Oilers.

I'm also hoping we score more than one goal...

 

[bennysflyers16]

These guys love adversity. I'd love the G in the above picture to come all out in this game.

Adversity was last night, but your right , they need a run of like 6-7 sytraight for a chance. The boys are plummeting quickly, gonna be a a close 1 goal game or absolute blow out but with a Mandog beating thrown In.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Gryba, Looch, Hendricks, Kassian,

Not sure we want fisticuffs tonight, Simmer could have a long night

 

[Curufinwe]

Mandog has to go with someone this game right?

Swapping him out for MDZ might some of the sting out of McDavid tonight, and MDZ needs to be playing anyway with only fives games left till the deadline.

 

[Limeyjim]

These guys love adversity. I'd love the G in the above picture to come all out in this game.

You mean you want him to play the same way he did after he announced his engagement.....he's been almost invisible ever since.
The true captain of this team is Simmonds.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I need all the help I can get with watching the Flyers right now. So I hope they keep Manning in for some potential fireworks.

 

[Branko]

Commence: TANK MODE

 

[backburner]

Can't stay awake when the Flyers play at 1pm. def cant for 9pm

 

[YEM]

Swapping him out for MDZ might some of the sting out of McDavid tonight, and MDZ needs to be playing anyway with only fives games left till the deadline.

ya know what...that would be a nice lil troll job if they sat Manning
I'm for it

 

[Curufinwe]

ya know what...that would be a nice lil troll job if they sat Manning
I'm for it

Let the Oilers crowd whip themselves up into a frenzy at the thought of finally getting revenge on the #6 defensive plug who has somehow turned into their version of what Claude Lemeiux was for Detroit fans 20 years ago, and then at the last minute, scratch him.

 

[boxcar65]

Ref season is pretty much over, so I will actually be able to watch this one from start to finish. If Manning plays(and I do see the potential of him being scratched for MDZ), I'm sure the Oilers lunkheads will challenge him in the first five minutes. Let's have the obligatory fight and get it over with. I'm sure everyone on this board will laugh when he loses the fight, but at least he will be a MANN and not back down.

Hopefully, it will have an effect on his teammates and they will actually play hard and escape with a win.

 

[GKJ]

I hope Brandon Manning shows up with war paint on his face

 

[YEM]

I hope Brandon Manning shows up with war paint on his face

 

[Dorian2]

Hey...hope it's a good game tonight guys.....I had the annual 2 games against the Oilers for our boards going for a couple of years but didn't do them this year. Please don't go to see ours today.....some of you may have seen it on the mains.

Total trash garbage GDT post that doesn't deserve the time of day, particularly on the mains.

My apologies to you for the rest of the Oil fan base here on HF.

Great GDT as usual BTW!!

 

[TheKingPin]

You mean you want him to play the same way he did after he announced his engagement.....he's been almost invisible ever since.
The true captain of this team is Simmonds.

He is definitely the captain of this team. As G goes, the team goes.