GDT: #59: FLYERS at Lightning, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, 4:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (38-15-5) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (32-19-7)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NHLN, SNE, SNO, SNP, SUN, 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
• Lightning's Website: Official Tampa Bay Lightning Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: Flyers face measuring stick as they try to end Tampa Bay Lightning’s 9-game win streak; Carter Hart to start
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2019-2020
• Lightning's Stats: Tampa Bay Lightning Stats | 2019-2020

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Lightning	58	38-15-5	81	19-7-2	19-8-3	206	153	24.0	84.2	50.9
Flyers	58	32-19-7	71	19-5-4	13-14-3	190	172	19.2	81.5	54.5

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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 expected to start.
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

6 Travis Sanheim (leg) is expected to play.
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 is progressing and could participate in a limited practice on Monday (Feb. 13 update).
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. He could go to the AHL on a conditioning assignment.
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​

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Possible Lineup
Lines

91 Steven Stamkos -- 21 Brayden Point -- 86 Nikita Kucherov
18 Ondrej Palat -- 71 Anthony Cirelli -- 17 Alex Killorn
7 Mathieu Joseph -- 13 Cedric Paquette -- 14 Pat Maroon
23 Carter Verhaeghe -- 67 Mitchell Stephens -- 37 Yanni Gourde​

Pairings

77 Victor Hedman -- 81 Erik Cernak
98 Mikhail Sergachev -- 22 Kevin Shattenkirk
55 Braydon Coburn -- 2 Luke Schenn​

Goalies

88 Andrei Vasilevskiy
35 Curtis McElhinney ​

Power Plays

PP1: Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn, Victor Hedman
PP2: Ondrej Palat, Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon, Kevin Shattenkirk, Mikhail Sergachev
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Injuries and Scratches

7 Mathieu Joseph (healthy) could be scratched if other players return.
9 Tyler Johnson (body maintenance day) is a game-time decision who did not practice on Friday.
27 Ryan McDonagh (lower body, Feb. 5) is on injured reserve.
33 Cameron Gaunce (healthy) could be scratched or play as a 7th defenseman.
44 Jan Rutta (lower body, Feb. 4) is on injured reserve.
71 Anthony Cirelli (lower body, Feb. 10) is a game-time decision but practiced Friday.
86 Nikita Kucherov (lower body, Feb. 10) is a game-time decision but practiced Friday..
91 Steven Stamkos (lower body, Feb. 9) is a game-time decision but practiced Friday.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic (@TheAthleticTB) | Twitter
Joe Smith's Twitter -- Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Sun

Web site -- Tampa Bay Lightning News, Schedule, Scores, Stats, Roster
Paul Kennedy's Twitter -- Paul Kennedy (@PaulKennedyFOX) | Twitter​

Lightning Insider

Web site -- Lightning Insider | Breaking News, Game Recaps and Schedules | Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Erlendsson's Twitter -- Lightning Insider (@Erik_Erlendsson) | Twitter​

Raw Charge

Web site -- Raw Charge (@RawCharge) | Twitter​

Tampa Bay Lightning

Bryan Burns' Twitter -- Bryan Burns (@BBurnsNHL) | Twitter​

Tampa Bay Times

Web site -- Tampa Bay Lightning, hockey news
Diana Nearhos's Twitter -- Diana C. Nearhos (@dianacnearhos) | Twitter​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television
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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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Nolan Patrick making progress, could be a regular at Flyers’ practices next week; ‘Ghost’s’ knee improved

Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere returned home Thursday — he grew up in South Florida — but was not in the lineup as the Flyers faced the Panthers at the BB&T Center.

The good news: Gostisbehere’s surgically repaired left knee is feeling much better, and he may be available when the Flyers play in Tampa on Saturday afternoon.
Coach Alain Vigneault said Gostisbehere was almost 100 percent.​

 

[Tripod]

Vasil.....20 straight games without a loss in regulation.

 

[Nabrules]

Even with Tampa’s injuries, they’re one of the best regular season teams assembled in the past 20 years. I’d be happy with a point, praying for 2!

 

[TheKingPin]

Lol Tampa on another 9 game win streak headed into a game vs us. What the hell. This schedule. This year...

Tampa lineup looks pretty different. Missing some of the top guys in the nhl let alone the team.

Nolan Patrick making progress, could be a regular at Flyers’ practices next week; ‘Ghost’s’ knee improved

Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere returned home Thursday — he grew up in South Florida — but was not in the lineup as the Flyers faced the Panthers at the BB&T Center.

The good news: Gostisbehere’s surgically repaired left knee is feeling much better, and he may be available when the Flyers play in Tampa on Saturday afternoon.
Coach Alain Vigneault said Gostisbehere was almost 100 percent.​

Your Patrick updates are my favorite!

 

[landsbergfan]

Vasil.....20 straight games without a loss in regulation.

So he is due...

 

[BiggE]

Nolan Patrick making progress, could be a regular at Flyers’ practices next week; ‘Ghost’s’ knee improved

Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere returned home Thursday — he grew up in South Florida — but was not in the lineup as the Flyers faced the Panthers at the BB&T Center.

The good news: Gostisbehere’s surgically repaired left knee is feeling much better, and he may be available when the Flyers play in Tampa on Saturday afternoon.
Coach Alain Vigneault said Gostisbehere was almost 100 percent.​

Good news, especially since Sanheim might be dinged up. Hopefully this means Patrick is about to get cleared for contact. If so, and all goes well, let’s get him down to LHV for a couple of weeks and then hopefully he can work off enough rust to at least step in and center the 4th line. Anything more than that, this season, would be a huge bonus.

 

[DancingPanther]

Dudes, last night is the PERFECT example of why Hart f***ing rocks.

Down 3-0 at home in a revenge game where points are at a premium. Florida comes out humming to start the 3rd. Boom, goal. No chance of stopping if. 3-1 courtesy of the other team's second best player.

They keep humming. Hart makes a series of 3 saves back to back to back with one being a 10 beller a few minutes following the goal.

They keep humming. Another scramble in front and Hart is there to make saves.

They keep humming. Goal. The other team's best player scores. 3-2.

They keep humming. Home team is gonna tie this one. Hart making save after save. Then the save of the game on Dadanov. Home team hangs their heads. The momentum shifts to a more even game, then Coots puts it away 5 minutes later.

You can see where this is going. Elliot doesn't make it out of that period alive. We all know it. But here's the thing- it might not even be because of any "softies". Does anyone blame Elliot if that Dadanov play goes in? Does anyone blame Elliot on that Hooberdough goal? Nope. MAYBE we'd whine on Barkov's goal but that was a snipe.

Sometimes the other team outplays your team, and sometimes it gets ugly. In times like that it's up to the goalie. In those situations, Hart is the man. Elliot wilts.

 

[PhlthyRich]

It would be great if all of Tampa's day-to-day injured guys took another day off

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Dudes, last night is the PERFECT example of why Hart ****ing rocks.

Down 3-0 at home in a revenge game where points are at a premium. Florida comes out humming to start the 3rd. Boom, goal. No chance of stopping if. 3-1 courtesy of the other team's second best player.

They keep humming. Hart makes a series of 3 saves back to back to back with one being a 10 beller a few minutes following the goal.

They keep humming. Another scramble in front and Hart is there to make saves.

They keep humming. Goal. The other team's best player scores. 3-2.

They keep humming. Home team is gonna tie this one. Hart making save after save. Then the save of the game on Dadanov. Home team hangs their heads. The momentum shifts to a more even game, then Coots puts it away 5 minutes later.

You can see where this is going. Elliot doesn't make it out of that period alive. We all know it. But here's the thing- it might not even be because of any "softies". Does anyone blame Elliot if that Dadanov play goes in? Does anyone blame Elliot on that Hooberdough goal? Nope. MAYBE we'd whine on Barkov's goal but that was a snipe.

Sometimes the other team outplays your team, and sometimes it gets ugly. In times like that it's up to the goalie. In those situations, Hart is the man. Elliot wilts.

Let the record show that it was 4-0 going into the third.

 

[DancingPanther]

Let the record show that it was 4-0 going into the third.

I am tired. I suck.

My point still stands.

 

[Rebels57]

I am tired. I suck.

My point still stands.

Hart was fantastic last night. He looked super relaxed which is the opposite of how he has looked on the road most of this season. He was just chillin' back there making it look too easy. This is the eventually the Hart we are gonna see 9/10 games when he is at his peak and it's gonna be amazing.

 

[landsbergfan]

Good news, especially since Sanheim might be dinged up. Hopefully this means Patrick is about to get cleared for contact. If so, and all goes well, let’s get him down to LHV for a couple of weeks and then hopefully he can work off enough rust to at least step in and center the 4th line. Anything more than that, this season, would be a huge bonus.

Not that the AHL is beneath him or anything, but depending on the timing of when he would actually return, I would rather he just stay here and play. He won't be counted on for a ton of minutes anyway

 

[flyersjim73]

Hart was fantastic last night. He looked super relaxed which is the opposite of how he has looked on the road most of this season. He was just chillin' back there making it look too easy. This is the eventually the Hart we are gonna see 9/10 games when he is at his peak and it's gonna be amazing.

Don’t disagree, but it certainly helps that the defense was largely very good against a fantastic offensive team last night. I agree about your 9/10 thought though.

 

[flyersnorth]

Hart was fantastic last night. He looked super relaxed which is the opposite of how he has looked on the road most of this season. He was just chillin' back there making it look too easy. This is the eventually the Hart we are gonna see 9/10 games when he is at his peak and it's gonna be amazing.

Agree. Sometimes it's easy to forget he's only 21 with 65 career GP.

 

[Beef Invictus]

OK so we dodged the Florida Quagmire by actually stomping on the Panthers, lets hope they don't sink into garbagey state tomorrow.

 

[PhlthyRich]

OK so we dodged the Florida Quagmire by actually stomping on the Panthers, lets hope they don't sink into garbagey state tomorrow.

we had our way with the Panthers, gigitty gigitty goo

 

[wankstifier]

Where is the science to facilitate my desire to hold all of Couturier's babies?

 

[BiggE]

Not that the AHL is beneath him or anything, but depending on the timing of when he would actually return, I would rather he just stay here and play. He won't be counted on for a ton of minutes anyway

After this much time off, I think at least a couple of AHL games would be beneficial before he starts playing for a team in the playoff stretch drive.

 

[Stizzle]

 

[Rebels57]

What do these tweets say? Do we like these?

 

[Illini Flyer]

What do these tweets say? Do we like these?

First one is Meltzer praising Laughton's work ethic at practice. Second one is Charlie saying it looks like Sanheim is good to go Saturday based off practice, waiting for confirmation from AV though.

 

[TB87]

Flyers gotta bring their A game tomorrow afternoon or else they could get smoked. TBL is playing fantastic hockey lately

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Hart gets the start. Sanheim will play.

 

[Rebels57]

Flyers gotta bring their A game tomorrow afternoon or else they could get smoked. TBL is playing fantastic hockey lately

They are 21-1-2 in last 24 or something crazy like that

This could finally be their year. Tomorrow won't be their day though.