GDT: #58: FLYERS at Panthers, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

FLORIDA PANTHERS (30-20-6) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (31-19-7)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN, [John Forslund and Pierre McGuire. Paul Burmeister, Patrick Sharp and Mike Johnson in studio] SN360, SNE, SNP, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic unless a change to 93.3 WMMR - Everything That Rocks!
• Flyers 24/7: Flyers Radio 24/7
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.
• Online Streaming: nbcsportsphiladelphia.com and the MyTeams app by NBC Sports

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Security Check Required
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Panthers' Website: Official Florida Panthers Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 Things: Flyers at Panthers
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2019-2020
• Panthers' Stats: Florida Panthers Stats | 2019-2020

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Panthers	56	30-20-6	66	16-10-2	14-10-4	198	188	22.5	77.6	50.6
Flyers	57	31-19-7	69	19-5-4	12-14-3	184	170	18.9	81.4	54.4

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier -- 93 Jake Voracek
49 Joel Farabee -- 13 Kevin Hayes -- 11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk -- 21 Scott Laughton -- 18 Tyler Pitlick
12 Michael Raffl -- 82 Connor Bunnaman -- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg -- 62 Justin Braun​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart is the named starter
37 Brian Elliott
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Power Plays

PP1: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Jake Voracek, Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov
PP2: James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes, Scott Laughton, Travis Sanheim, Matt Niskanen​

Injuries and Scratches

19 Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder, Sep. 26) was transferred from injured/non-roster to LTIR Nov.22. He could return at some point this season (Jan. 14 update). He practiced, no contact, as recently as Feb. 10.
23 Oskar Lindblom (Ewing’s sarcoma [bone cancer], Dec. 13) is on LTIR and will not return to play this season. He began treatments in early January.
48 Morgan Frost (healthy) could be scratched.
53 Shayne Gostisbehere (stiffness in knee, pain from scar tissue) will not play. He returned for one game last week following arthroscopic left knee surgery performed on Jan. 14 but has not played since. The hope is he can skate on Thursday.
55 Sam Morin (torn right ACL during AHL conditioning stint, Nov. 6) is on LTIR and expected out for the rest of the season.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers - News, Scores, Schedule, Roster - The Athletic
Alexander Appleyard's Twitter -- Alexander Appleyard (@avappleyard) | Twitter
Charlie O'Connor's Twitter -- Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) | Twitter​

Courier Post of South Jersey

Web site -- Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter -- Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

Hockey Buzz

Web site -- HockeyBuzz.com - NHL Rumors
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers​

NHL.com

Adam Kimelman's Twitter -- Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

FLORIDA PANTHERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

11 Jonathan Huberdeau -- 16 Aleksander Barkov -- 63 Evgenii Dadonov
68 Mike Hoffman -- 21 Vincent Trocheck -- 10 Brett Connolly
77 Frank Vatrano -- 14 Dominic Toninato -- 7 Colton Sceviour
19 Mike Matheson -- 55 Noel Acciari -- 13 Mark Pysyk​

Pairings

52 Mackenzie Weeger -- 5 Aaron Ekblad
61Riley Stillman -- 6 Anton Stralman
3 Keith Yandle -- 2 Josh Brown​

Goalies

72 Sergei Bobrovsky is the named starter.
33 Sam Montembeault​

Power Plays

PP1: Mike Hoffman, Aleksander Barkov, Evgenii Dadonov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Keith Yandle
PP2: Vincent Trocheck, Brett Connolly, Aaron Ekblad, Mike Matheson, Frank Vatrano​

Injuries and Scratches

8 Jayce Hawryluk (healthy) could be scratched.
9 Brian Boyle (upper body, Feb. 6) will not play.
60 Chris Driedger (lower body, Jan. 15) is on injured reserve
62 Denis Malgin (healthy) could be scratched.​

MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic
Erin Brown's Twitter -- Erin Brown (@rinkside) | Twitter
George Richards' Twitter -- George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) | Twitter​

Florida Panthers

Jameson Olive's Twitter -- Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) | Twitter​

Florida Panthers' Radio Network

Doug Plagens' Twitter -- Doug Plagens (@DougPlagens) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Florida

Web site -- FOX Sports Panthers (@FOXPanthers) | Twitter
Steve Goldstein's Twitter -- Steve Goldstein (@goldieonice) | Twitter
Craig Minervini's Twitter -- Craig Minervini (@CraigMinervini) | Twitter​

Litter Box Cats

Web site -- Florida Panthers Schedule, Roster, News, and Rumors | Litter Box Cats
Twitter -- Litter Box Cats (@LitterBoxCats) | Twitter​

Miami Herald

Web site -- Florida Panthers Hockey News | Miami Herald​

Panther Parkway

Web site -- Panther Parkway
Twitter - Panther Parkway (@PantherParkway) | Twitter​

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Web site -- Florida Panthers News & Rumors - Sun Sentinel​

WPLG

David Dwork's Twitter - David Dwork (@DavidDwork) | Twitter​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television
Saturday, February 15	at Tampa Bay	4:00 pm	NHLN, SNE, SNO, SNP, SUN, NBCSP
Tuesday, February 18	vs. Columbus	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-O
Thursday, February 20	at Columbus	7:00 pm	SN, FS-O, NBCSP
Saturday, February 22	vs. Winnipeg	1:00 pm	NHLN, SN, NBCSP
Tuesday, February 25	vs. San Jose	7:00 pm	NBCSP, NBCSCA
Friday, February 28	vs. NY Rangers	7:00 pm	NHLN, SN, TVAS, NBCSP, MSG

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FROM THE PAST

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[dats81]

On to the next one, all crucial games!

 

[AdamParrot]

I think we are not playing well in Sunrise... I'm not expecting a win. But we have Hart, so who knows.

LET'S GOOO FLYERS! Two points would be huge!

But I believe more in two points at TB than here. Interesting maybe I know.
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There are still 25 games left for us. 13 at home, 12 on road.
We still can lost 9 or 10 of them.

At least we still have fun in mid-February.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

If memory serves, the Flyers almost always play like hot garbage in Miami.

 

[deadhead]

It's been a good season, they've been competitive against all the top teams, and the only bad stretch was the road trip from hell.

It's a better season than 2015-16 or 2017-18, which were competitive teams that made the playoffs but had limited futures.

2015-16: rode Mason (.918 S%), G, Voracek, Couts, B Schenn, Simmonds in their prime but little else, a defense of MDZ, Amac, Streit, Gudas, Medvedev, Manning and Schultz did not bode well for the future, Ghost the only bright spot. Mason's playoff meltdown was the end for him

2017-18: G, Voracek and Couts to go with Patrick and TK, Provorov and Ghost leading the defense, but AMac, Hagg, Manning, Gudas, Sanheim as a rookie the bright spot. Youth starting to arrive, but not enough to fill out the roster. Goalies melted down.

What we've had this season is a lot more young depth, and the young players who started arriving in 2016 and 2017 are now approaching their peak years (TK, Provorov, Sanheim). Even with the loss of Patrick and Lindblom, huge blows to any franchise, they've remained competitive. Farabee, Frost, Myers should step up in the next couple years, Bunnaman, NAK providing bottom six depth and should be joined by a number of LHV players next year. The pipeline is still full.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

If memory serves, the Flyers almost always play like hot garbage in Miami.

Crap lately with one win in the past eight. Overall, 9-3-0-0 at Miami Arena and 20-15-1-1 since the Panthers moved to current building and its various names.

 

[PhlthyRich]

Crap lately with one win in the past eight. Overall, 9-3-0-0 at Miami Arena and 20-15-1-1 since the Panthers moved to current building and its various names.

So we're due?!

 

[FlyguyOX]

I think we are not playing well in Sunrise... I'm not expecting a win. But we have Hart, so who knows.

LET'S GOOO FLYERS! Two points would be huge!

But I believe more in two points at TB than here. Interesting maybe I know.
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There are still 25 games left for us. 13 at home, 12 on road.
We still can lost 9 or 10 of them.

At least we still have fun in mid-February.

I made the Florida Road trip shortly after Christmas a year or two ago where we lost to Florida the first night and beat Tampa the 2nd night. Tampa was obviously the more fun venue.

Also had drinks at Four Green Fields after the Tampa game and what do ya know Jon Cooper came in late after most people had left besides the few regulars and my drunk ass self, brother, and friend. I just stood there a couple feet from Cooper in my flyers jersey and I'm sure had a shit-eating grin on my face.

 

[BiggE]

After getting squat vs the Isles, they need to come home from FL with at least 2 points. Getting a win here would certainly help as getting points in TB will be a bitch.

 

[flyersjim73]

This is too soon. I’m not over last night yet. F the Islanders.

 

[bennysflyers16]

After getting squat vs the Isles, they need to come home from FL with at least 2 points. Getting a win here would certainly help as getting points in TB will be a *****.

I want 3 pts, nothing less.

2 vs Fla and 1 vs Tampa. Tampa may be missing Cirrelli and Kucherov as well

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

This is too soon. I’m not over last night yet. F the Islanders.

Same post but F the Flyers, not the Islanders.

 

[DancingPanther]

I'd roll with Elliot in this one

 

[flyersjim73]

Same post but F the Flyers, not the Islanders.

I’m perfectly content to be 100% committed to my abusive relationship with the Flyers thank you very much.

 

[flyerslducks]

I'd roll with Elliot in this one

why?

 

[flyerslducks]

well last night hurts but we still have a ton of games left. lots against the metro still:

2 vs cbj, 3 vs rangers, 1 caps, 1 canes, 1 isles, 1 devils, 1 pens

 

[Curufinwe]

It would be very Flyers to lose three in a row, then win three in a row in their last six games before the deadline.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Still ticked about last night, but overall I’m quite happy with the season. They’ve frequently outplayed the league’s best teams head-to-head despite the losses of Patrick, Lindblom, & other key players for stretches.

 

[DancingPanther]

why?

....buddy..

 

[flyerslducks]

....buddy..

i don't give a **** about road record. We are going into do or die for the flyers and this is a huge game to stay ahead in the wild card to now allow panthers to catch us. If we want to win in the playoffs or even make it, we need hart to win some road games. Im not relying on elliot at all. Elliot is at his best when he is a backup, let him be that. Even if we lose id rather have hart get some experience in these playoff type games

 

[DancingPanther]

i don't give a **** about road record. We are going into do or die for the flyers and this is a huge game to stay ahead in the wild card to now allow panthers to catch us. If we want to win in the playoffs or even make it, we need hart to win some road games. Im not relying on elliot at all. Elliot is at his best when he is a backup, let him be that. Even if we lose id rather have hart get some experience in these playoff type games

IT WAS SARCASM DUDE JFC

 

[Appleyard]

Lets hope that the teams road sv% climbs to at least 30th in the NHL during this game!

 

[DancingPanther]

Lets hope that the teams road sv% climbs to at least 30th in the NHL during this game!

Can only go up from here!

 

[prototypical4thliner]

Can only go up from here!

You say that... I think if the suck reaches a certain level, they will create a placeholder and give us 32nd.

 

[TheKingPin]

I think we are going to get run over. Typical flyers lose against the panthers, lose on the road, lose after a depressing loss.