GDT: #58| Sabres at FLYERS | Thu., Feb. 19, 2015| 8:00 PM ET (ceremony at 7:00 PM ET)

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Game-time will be approximately 8:00 p.m. ET. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. ET.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (24-23-10, 15-8-4 home ) vs. BUFFALO SABRES (16-37-4, 5-20-2 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TVAS, MSG-B, BELL TV, CSN-PH
• Radio:
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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview:
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Sabres' Stats: http://sabres.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%
Flyers|
Sabres|

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| 30| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |22| 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 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980| 35| 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| 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
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
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
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229 |Nov 2, 1989| 25| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |37| 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
12 - Michael Raffl | 28 - Claude Giroux |93 - Jakub Voracek
24 - Matt Read| 89 - Sam Gagner |17 - Wayne Simmonds
10 - Brayden Schenn |21 - Scott Laughton |20 - R.J. Umberger
76 - Chris VandeVelde |78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 25 - Ryan White

Pairings

Name | Name
55 - Nick Schultz| 32 - Mark Streit
15 - Michael Del Zotto| 3 - Radko Gudas
82 - Evgeny Medvedev|22 - Luke Schenn

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sean Couturier |doubtful| upper body
Vincent Lecavalier | available | healthy
Brandon Manning | available | healthy
Michael Neuvirth |day-to-day| upper body
Brayden Schenn| probable| upper body, reported as shoulder

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Michal Raffl | Claude Giroux |Wayne Simmonds |Mark Streit | Jakub Voracek
No. 2|R.J. Umberger | Sam Gagner |Brayden Schenn | Michael Del Zotto| Evgeny Medvedev

BUFFALO SABRES​

SABRES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
80 Chris Stewart| 28 Zemgus Girgensons | 63 Tyler Ennis
26 Matt Moulson |17 Torrey Mitchell |12 Brian Gionta
82 Marcus Foligno |65 Brian Flynn |44 Nicolas Deslauriers
22 Johan Larsson | 37 Matt Ellis |19 Cody Hodgson

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 (expected starter) | 35 Anders Lindback

SABRES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Josh Gorges | doubtful | lower body
Patrick Kaleta | will not play; out 4-to-6 weeks from Feb. 16| surgery, lower body
Evander Kane |injured reserve |shoulder surgery
Cody McCormick| injured reserve |blood clot in calf
Tyson Strachan | available | will be a healthy scratch

SABRES' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1 | Matt Moulson | Zemgus Girgensons | Chris Stewart |Tyler Ennis |Rasmus Ristolainen
No. 2| Marcus Foligno | Brian Flynn |Brian Gionta | Nikita Zadorov |Zach Bogosian

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 |Považská 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| Gävle, SWE
34 | Michal Neuvirth | 6' 1"| 209| Mar 23, 1988| 26| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS vs. SABRES SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |83-58-20-6 | 49-20-12-4 |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)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres| 5-0-1 in last 6, 10-2-1 in last 13|5-0-1 in last 6|10-2-2 in last 14

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

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thu Oct 29, 2015 | New Jersey at Philadelphia |7:00 PM| MSG, CSN-PH
Fri Oct 30, 2015| Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:00 PM | TCN-PH, MSG-B, BELL TV
Mon Nov 2, 2015 | Philadelphia at Vancouver | 10:00 PM |TCN-PH, SNP
Tue Nov 3, 2015| Philadelphia at Edmonton | 9:00 PM | CSN-PH, SNOL
Thu Nov 5, 2015| Philadelphia at Calgary | 9:00 PM | SN360, CSN-PH
Sat Nov 7, 2015| Philadelphia at Winnipeg |7:00 PM | HNIC, TCN-PH
Tue Nov 10, 2015| Colorado at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |ALT, CSN-PH

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

Blog​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/

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/topic/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

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

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/

Jeff Neiburg's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Jeff_Neiburg

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​

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[klutch]

If we lose this one, I'm officially done for the season.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Happy Desjardins is getting put into the Flyers Hall of Fame, but ****, I could see this game being a disaster.

 

[Curufinwe]

I think they'll thump Buffalo, then get thumped by Nashville.

 

[swflyers93]

I'll tune in for the Rico stuff and then I am tuning out.

 

[sobrien]

We want Stolarz!






I think.






Right guys?


Edit: Nvm, Zepp bounced him back to the A. Good to know. We want Zepp!!

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Oh gawd not this again.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Holy crap, already? I haven't recovered from the last one.

 

[BernieParent]

If I record this game, I think I'd have to give my PVR antidepressants.

 

[Beef Invictus]

If I record this game, I think I'd have to give my PVR antidepressants.

I would wager it only makes it through 1.5 periods before going into a self-defensive coma.

 

[BernieParent]

I would wager it only makes it through 1.5 periods before going into a self-defensive coma.

My Samsung Smart TV would autocall tech support.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

I would wager it only makes it through 1.5 periods before going into a self-defensive coma.

That's a good estimate.

 

[dats81]

Maybe the first line will show up for this one. In Raff we trust.

 

[Hiesenberg]

I'm gonna see if I can sneak some decent seats from StubHub.

Right now you can get lower-ends for $58/ea. See if they tick down a little.

 

[Prongo]

I'm gonna see if I can sneak some decent seats from StubHub.

Right now you can get lower-ends for $58/ea. See if they tick down a little.

If you are on stubhub they generally do every hour as the game time comes closer. I remember I was at work and watching them go down all day and at 4 p.m I grabbed a pair at 18 bucks per ticket. They were around 26-28 during the day but continually dropped. 10 bucks per ticket though is a 20 dollar saving.. not to bad.

 

[Hiesenberg]

If you are on stubhub they generally do every hour as the game time comes closer. I remember I was at work and watching them go down all day and at 4 p.m I grabbed a pair at 18 bucks per ticket. They were around 26-28 during the day but continually dropped. 10 bucks per ticket though is a 20 dollar saving.. not to bad.

Nope.

Thanks for the advice. I'll have to spy on it

 

[Hiesenberg]

CC & MacD scratched again tonight.

Emery starting.

 

[bennysflyers16]

CC & MacD scratched again tonight.

Emery starting.

Tank Tank Tank

 

[Curufinwe]

Gotta reward LSchenn and Emery for their strong games on Tuesday.

 

[Prongo]

It's terrible we keep scratching MacDonald. No matter how ****** he plays we need him on the ice and hopefully contributing in some manner. If we ever want to trade him in the future, we need a new coach that can have him play in a system he will strive under. If not, we are screwed for 4-5 more years. Hopefully the cap is 1000 billion then we can just buy him out.

 

[Striiker]

MacDonald>Schenn>Grossmann

 

[bennysflyers16]

MacDonald>Schenn>Grossmann

Everyone but Berube agrees

 

[sobrien]

I'm gonna see if I can sneak some decent seats from StubHub.

Right now you can get lower-ends for $58/ea. See if they tick down a little.

Check Vividseats too. I got SUITE tix same day to the Lindros/LeClair HoF for $38 a pop.

 

[YEM]

Flyers are a -260 favourite tonight

 

[Flyerfan4life]

CC & MacD scratched again tonight.

Emery starting.

return of Zac attack