GDT: #59| FLYERS at Canucks | Sunday, February 19, 2017| 10:00 pm ET| SN360, CSN-PH

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (27-24-7, 10-15-3 away ) vs. VANCOUVER CANUCKS (26-27-6, 18-8-3 home )​

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BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: SN360, 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/flyers/news/5-things-flyers-vs-canucks--philadelphia-flyers/c-286919642
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Canucks' Stats: http://canucks.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| 58| 27-24-7| 61| .526| 146| 173| 2.52| 2.98| 20.6| 80.9| 31.3| 28.4| 51.4
Canucks| 59| 26-27-6| 58| .492| 136| 167| 2.31| 2.83| 14.8| 79.1| 27.7| 31.1| 51.6

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Canucks' Website: http://canucks.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 | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
22 - Dale Weise| 14 - Sean Couturier | 93 - Jakub Voracek
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 |23 - Brandon Manning
32 - Mark Streit| 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere
15 - Michael Del Zotto |3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Travis Konecny| injured reserve (Feb. 10) | out 4-to-6 weeks, reported as a sprained left knee/ankle
Andrew MacDonald | available | could be scratched
Nick Schultz | available | could be scratched
Jordan Weal | will not play | upper body Feb. 16

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 | Matt Read |Mark Streit |Sean Couturier

VANCOUVER CANUCKS​

CANUCKS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
22 - Daniel Sedin | 33 - Henrik Sedin| 60 - Markus Granlund
14 - Alexandre Burrows |53 - Bo Horvat | 36 - Jannik Hansen
21 - Loui Eriksson | 20 - Brandon Sutter | 46 - Jayson Megna
50 - Brendan Gaunce | 45 - Michael Chaput |24 - Reid Boucher

Pairings

Name | Name
23 - Alexander Edler | 51 - Troy Stecher
5 - Luca Sbisa | 8 - Chris Tanev
27 - Ben Hutton | 88 - Nikita Tryamkin

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Ryan Miller (expected starter) | 25 - Jacob Markstrom

CANUCKS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sven Baertschi | injured reserve| concussion (Feb. 7)
Alex Biega | available| could be scratched
Derek Dorsett| injured reserve| cervical disc surgery in his neck
Erik Gudbranson | injured reserve| had wrist surgery to repair ligament
Philip Larsen | available | could be scratched
Anton Rodin | injured reserve| left knee surgery, out 6 months from Feb. 7
Jack Skille |will not play | groin

CANUCKS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Daniel Sedin | Henrik Sedin | Jayson Megna| Loui Eriksson | Troy Stecher
No. 2|Alexandre Burrows | Bo Horvat | Markus Granlund|Alexander Edler | Ben Hutton

CANUCKS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Sven Baertschi| 47| L |5' 11"| 192 |Oct 5, 1992| Bern, CHE
Reid Boucher|24| L |5' 10"| 195 |Sep 8, 1993| Lansing, MI, USA
Alexandre Burrows| 14 |L |6' 1"| 197 |Apr 11, 1981 |Pincourt, QC, CAN
Michael Chaput|45 |L |6' 2"| 204 |Apr 9, 1992|Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
Derek Dorsett |15 |R |6' 0" |192 |Dec 20, 1986|Kindersley, SK, CAN
Loui Eriksson| 21 | L |6' 2"| 196 |Jul 17, 1985|Gothenburg, SWE
Brendan Gaunce|50 |L |6' 2"| 217 |Mar 25, 1994|Sudbury, ON, CAN
Markus Granlund|60 |L |6' 0" |183 |Apr 16, 1993| Oulu, FIN
Jannik Hansen|36 | R|6' 1" |194 |Mar 15, 1986| Rødovre, DNK
Bo Horvat|53|L |6' 0" |223 |Apr 5, 1995| London, ON, CAN
Jayson Megna|46 |R |6' 1" |195 |Feb 1, 1990|Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Anton Rodin |17 |L |5' 11"| 185 |Nov 21, 1990| Stockholm, SWE
Daniel Sedin (A)|22 |L |6' 1" |190 |Sep 26, 1980| Ornskoldsvik, SWE
Henrik Sedin (C)|33 |L| 6' 2" |183 |Sep 26, 1980| Ornskoldsvik, SWE
Jack Skille| 9 |R |6' 1" |216 |May 19, 1987| Madison, WI, USA
Brandon Sutter| 20 |R |6' 3"|191 |Feb 14, 1989|Huntington, NY, USA

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Alex Biega| 55 |R| 5' 10" |193 |Apr 4, 1988| Montreal, QC, CAN
Alexander Edler| 23 |L |6' 3" |214 |Apr 21, 1986| Ostersund, SWE
Erik Gudbranson |44 |R |6' 5" |220| Jan 7, 1992| Ottawa, ON, CAN
Ben Hutton|27| L |6' 2" |207| Apr 20, 1993| Brockville, ON, CAN
Philip Larsen| 63|R |6' 1" |185 |Dec 7, 1989|Esbjerg, DNK
Luca Sbisa| 5 |L|6' 2" |209 |Jan 30, 1990 |Ozieri, ITA
Troy Stecher| 51|R |5' 10" |190| Apr 7, 1994 | Richmond, BC, CAN
Christopher Tanev| 8|R|6' 2"| 195 |Dec 20, 1989|Toronto, ON, CAN
Nikita Tryamkin |88|L |6' 7"|265| Aug 30, 1994|Yekaterinburg, RUS

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Jacob Markstrom|25 |6' 6" |196 |Jan 31, 1990 |Gävle, SWE
Ryan Miller | 30 |6' 2"| 168 |Jul 17, 1980|East Lansing, MI, USA

FLYERS vs. CANUCKS SERIES HISTORY​

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Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Vancouver Canucks | 72-33-13-0| 40-20-1-0 |32-13-12-0

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Vancouver Canucks| 1-0|2-1|1-1|1-0

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Vancouver Canucks| 2-0-0 in the last 2| 2-0-0 in the last 2 |0-2-0 in the last 2

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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

Team 1040 Sports Radio​

| http://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040-i-1410

Jeff Paterson's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/patersonjeff

Vancouver Province ​

| http://www.theprovince.com/sports/hockey/canucks-hockey/index.html

Blog​

| http://blogs.theprovince.com/category/sports/hockey/the-legion-of-blog/

Jason Botchford's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/botchford

Ben Kuzma's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/benkuzma

Vancouver Sun​

| http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/index.html

Iain MacIntyre's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/imacvansun

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"You Can't Bring Me Down" by Suicidal Tendencies
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[TheKingPin]

Thanks MSE.

Let's try and pick up points against .500 teams. Although losing out to till the deadline make it a lot more likely we make some trades. I'd also love to add a skilled forward in this draft. So win or lose its a win-win!

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Thanks MSE.

Let's try and pick up points against .500 teams. Although losing out to till the deadline make it a lot more likely we make some trades. I'd also love to add a skilled forward in this draft. So win or lose its a win-win!

You are welcome. Once the Flyers' practice and the Canucks play Saturday, the post will be updated.

 

[Beef Invictus]

let's go flyers

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Yay, time for another boring game ...

 

[OzFlyers]

Yay, time for another boring game ...

Two high scoring teams. Should be a barn burner!

 

[Tripod]

This might be the 1st Flyers game I pass on watching this year. An 11pm start time for me. I do have the next day off, but we have become so boring to watch.

 

[Striiker]

Only thing worse than watching this team is watching this team late. I really don't want to stay up late for this ****... but I will because I'm ****ing stupid.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Oh god a 10pm start vs the Canucks. Seems like the perfect DVR game.

 

[bennysflyers16]

This might be the 1st Flyers game I pass on watching this year. An 11pm start time for me. I do have the next day off, but we have become so boring to watch.

Don't kid yourself,,, you will join all the gluttons for punishment

 

[dats81]

I'm bored.
Last season was inconsistent as hell but we had at least Ghost tearing it up with his one timers and some kind of upward trend that made the team fun to watch. Now it's all just meh.

 

[Rebels57]

Another lackluster loss incoming. Thankfully I swore myself off every game but the Stadium Series after Thursdays debacle. Can't stand to watch Hakstols blank expression after the red light turns on behind our netminders any longer.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

How sad is it that these are the two teams I cheer for in the NHL. I had my heart broken in 2010 and 2011. Now both teams are terribad. Flyers should win this one...

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

How sad is it that these are the two teams I cheer for in the NHL. I had my heart broken in 2010 and 2011. Now both teams are terribad. Flyers should win this one...

I get to have that fun in a little over a week with the Avs coming to town.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

So does PP1 go back to Voracek/Ghost because they scored a meaningless goal the other night or do they try Provy/Ghost again?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Time to suck.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

So does PP1 go back to Voracek/Ghost because they scored a meaningless goal the other night or do they try Provy/Ghost again?

Our coach loves a rut, so I imagine he keeps everything the same.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

How sad is it that these are the two teams I cheer for in the NHL. I had my heart broken in 2010 and 2011. Now both teams are terribad. Flyers should win this one...

I like the Canucks too and I wish they would just blow it up already. They are overachieving bigtime this year and that's not saying much. The thing that bugs me the most is seeing Trevor Linden kind of floundering - one of my all-time favorite non-Flyers, second behind Yzerman.

 

[flyersjim73]

If I'm actively watching the game I can't help but root for this team, but I know it's better for several reasons if they lose these games.

 

[BillDineen]

Weal out of this game per Twitter.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

I like the Canucks too and I wish they would just blow it up already. They are overachieving bigtime this year and that's not saying much. The thing that bugs me the most is seeing Trevor Linden kind of floundering - one of my all-time favorite non-Flyers, second behind Yzerman.

Agreed. I was a huge fan of Linden growing up. The front office is definitely hurting the Canucks now. Jim Benning is destroying the team and its future.

 

[Rebels57]

I like the Canucks too and I wish they would just blow it up already. They are overachieving bigtime this year and that's not saying much. The thing that bugs me the most is seeing Trevor Linden kind of floundering - one of my all-time favorite non-Flyers, second behind Yzerman.

Over-achieving was probably the worst-case scenario for that team this year.

They really needed a tank-season to land a future 1C and to give their management a rude awakening.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Is it wrong to wish they would send Provorov to the Phantoms so he can enjoy some success and get a taste of professional play-off hockey?

 

[Magua]

Weal out of this game per Twitter.

Feel bad for him. Comes up in his first real NHL shot (last year was not that) and does a great job, gets knocked out right away. I believe he's from the Vancouver area too, so imagine it would've been cool to play.

 

[Appleyard]

Over-achieving was probably the worst-case scenario for that team this year.

They really needed a tank-season to land a future 1C and to give their management a rude awakening.

They have Horvat... he is pretty darn good. But tbh his ceiling is probably realistically a '1b/2a' center like Couture, Koivu, Turris, Johnson, O'Reilly, Stepan, Stastny, Brassard etc.