GDT: #60| Capitals at FLYERS | Wednesday, February 22, 2017| 8:00 pm ET| NBCSN, TVAS

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (28-24-7, 17-9-4 home ) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (39-12-7, 15-7-6 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TVAS
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic [ link: https://www.nhl.com/info/team-audio ]
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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/5-things-capitals-vs-flyers--philadelphia-flyers/c-287024604
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Capitals' Stats: http://capitals.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| 59| 28-24-7| 63| .534| 149| 175| 2.53| 2.97| 21.3| 81.3| 31.2| 28.3| 51.3
Capitals|58| 39-12-7| 85| .733| 194| 121| 3.34| 2.09| 21.8| 84.3| 29.8| 27.9| 50.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Capitals' Website: http://capitals.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 |47 - Andrew MacDonald
32 - Mark Streit| 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere
3 - Radko Gudas | 23 - Brandon Manning

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto | available | could be scratched
Travis Konecny| injured reserve (Feb. 10) | out 4-to-6 weeks, reported as a sprained left knee/ankle
Nick Schultz | available | could be scratched
Jordan Weal |practiced Tuesday, not expected to play | upper body (reported as head and left shoulder) 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

WASHINGTON CAPITALS​

CAPITALS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
8 - Alex Ovechkin | 19 - Nicklas Backstrom | 77 - T.J. Oshie
90 - Marcus Johansson | 92 - Evgeny Kuznetsov | 14 - Justin Williams
10 - Brett Connolly | 20 - Lars Eller | 82 - Zach Sanford
26 - Daniel Winnik | 83 - Jay Beagle | 43 - Tom Wilson

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Karl Alzner | 74 - John Carlson
9 - Dmitri Orlov | 2 - Matt Niskanen
44 - Brooks Orpik |4 - Taylor Chorney

Goalies

Name | Name
70 - Braden Holtby (likely starter) | 31 - Philipp Grubauer

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Travis Boyd| available| could be a healthy scratch (recalled Feb. 21)
Andre Burakovsky| out until mid-March| right hand (blocked shot)
Nate Schmidt | available |expected to be replaced by Chorney

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1 |Marcus Johansson | Nicklas Backstrom | T.J. Oshie | Alex Ovechkin | John Carlson
No. 2| Evgeny Kuznetsov | Lars Eller | Justin Williams | Dmitri Orlov | Matt Niskanen

CAPITALS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Nicklas Backstrom (A)|19| L| 6' 1"| 213| Nov 23, 1987| Gävle, SWE
Jay Beagle| 83| R| 6' 3"| 215| Oct 16, 1985| Calgary, AB, CAN
Travis Boyd| 72|L | 5' 11"| 191 |Sep 14, 1993| Edina, MN, USA
Andre Burakovsky| 65| L| 6' 3"| 205| Feb 9, 1995| Klagenfurt, AUT
Brett Connolly| 10|R| 6' 3"| 194| May 2, 1992| Campbell River, BC, CAN
Lars Eller| 20| L | 6' 2"| 207| May 8, 1989| Rodovre, DNK
Marcus Johansson| 90| L| 6' 1"| 204| Oct 6, 1990| Landskrona, SWE
Evgeny Kuznetsov| 92| L| 6' 2"| 192| May 19, 1992| Chelyabinsk, RUS
T.J. Oshie| 77|R| 6' 0"| 189| Dec 23, 1986| Everett, WA, USA
Alex Ovechkin (C)| 8| R| 6' 3"| 239| Sep 17, 1985| Moscow, RUS
Zach Sanford| 82| L| 6' 4"| 203| Nov 9, 1994| Salem, MA, USA
Justin Williams| 14| R| 6' 1"| 188| Oct 4, 1981| Cobourg, ON, CAN
Tom Wilson| 43| R| 6' 4"| 217| Mar 29, 1994| Toronto, ON, CAN
Daniel Winnik| 26| L| 6' 2"| 206| Mar 6, 1985| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Karl Alzner| 27|L |6' 3"| 219| Sep 24, 1988| Burnaby, BC, CAN
John Carlson| 74| R| 6' 3"| 215| Jan 10, 1990| Natick, MA, USA
Taylor Chorney| 4| L| 6' 0"| 191| Apr 27, 1987| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
Matt Niskanen| 2| R| 6' 1"| 200| Dec 6, 1986| Virginia, MN, USA
Dmitry Orlov| 9| L| 5' 11"| 212| Jul 23, 1991| Novokuznetsk, RUS
Brooks Orpik (A)| 44| L| 6' 3"| 219| Sep 26, 1980| San Francisco, CA, USA
Nate Schmidt| 88| L| 6' 1"| 194| Jul 16, 1991| St. Cloud, MN, USA

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Philipp Grubauer| 31| 6' 1"| 182| Nov 25, 1991| Rosenheim, DEU|
Braden Holtby | 70| 6' 2"| 217| Sep 16, 1989| Lloydminster, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS SERIES HISTORY​

|
Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|111-72-19-7 |67-32-6-2|44-40-13-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|2-2 |11-12|6-4| 5-8

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|9-4-0 in the last 13 |6-1-0 in the last 7 | 3-2-0 in the last 5

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

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

Comcast Sports ​

| http://www.csnwashington.com/capitals

Joe Beninati's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JoeBpXp

JJ Regan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JJReganCSN

Jill Sorenson's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JillCSN

Monumental Network ​

| http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/sports/washington-capitals/index.jsp

John Walton's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/WaltonCaps

Ben Raby's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BenRaby31

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter​

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| https://twitter.com/vogscaps

Washington Post|[/LEFT]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

Isabelle Khurshudyan's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan

Washington Times ​

| http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/hockey/

Tommy Chalk's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/tommy_chalk?lang=en​

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Night Train" by Guns N' Roses
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Time to get destroyed.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Nah, this is the game they win and look good doing it, we'll all think they are turning the corner and then they **** the bed for the next 10

 

[boxcar65]

Will AMac be back????

 

[Danko]

3 games left to the trade deadline correct?

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

I expect an emotional battle with a dissapointing 3rd period.

 

[dats81]

I think they put up a good fight but come away empty handed.
No puck luck, some gaffes in the neutral zone ... same old story.

 

[Curufinwe]

3 games left to the trade deadline correct?

Yes, but hopefully Hextall won't wait till after the 2/28 game against the Avs to make deals.

 

[flyersfan187]

Will AMac be back????

I am guessing he is benched to showcase MDZ for the deadline so he should be out again. At least that makes sense because MacDonald is better than MDZ.

 

[TheKingPin]

I think we can win this one. The caps are on a mini skid for them and aren't scoring in the last two game anyway. I more expect us to get crushed against the pens but an outdoor game is always a little bit of a wild card.

 

[Striiker]

Neuvirth starts again.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Neuvirth starts again.

I don't even think he was that great against the Canucks. He's been very meh. But I guess they are trying to showcase him for a trade.

 

[Rebels57]

I don't even think he was that great against the Canucks. He's been very meh. But I guess they are trying to showcase him for a trade.

They also may be letting him audition for the starter role next season.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Every time he's been given that chance, he's always faltered. Either with injuries or just straight up sucking. Now is no different.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Gotta think Neuvirth get's the start on Saturday if he's even half decent tomorrow night.

I can't see them throwing Mason out there when he hasn't started since 2/9.

 

[Rebels57]

Every time he's been given that chance, he's always faltered. Either with injuries or just straight up sucking. Now is no different.

Yeah but I also don't fault them for wanting to get one more long look so they can feel comfortable in any decision they make.

 

[TCTC]

I'm fine with Neuvirth being the starter at this point. At least he might be a backup option for next year. Mason will almost certainly be gone after this season.

 

[flyersfan187]

I wonder if they are playing Neuvirth so much to showcase him for a trade or if they aren't playing Mason because they don't want to risk hurting him and want to trade him instead. hmm

 

[Flyerfan4life]

after the way Masons face looked walking to the bench to sit in the backups spot @ the Canucks game, i'd bet the farm hes done with the Flyers and wants to sign elsewere.. he looked down rite pissed

 

[Striiker]

If being benched for a bit is enough to break his fragile little mind then he can **** off to a different team.

But that's probably not the case anyway.

 

[TheKingPin]

Well nuevy did play well against them last playoffs.

 

[Tripod]

They also may be letting him audition for the starter role next season.

How could you trust him to stay healthy? We need a starter who can handle playing more than half the season.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Haks clearly is not a Mase fan, seems so crazy he wouldn't play Stolie more when he had the chance.

Really hope we can get an asset for Mase cause as mentioned above, he is done as a Flyer.

 

[Prongo]

This is a game probably most expect the flyers to lose, meaning they will probably come out and play well.

 

[Rebels57]

How could you trust him to stay healthy? We need a starter who can handle playing more than half the season.

I doubt they can and I dont..but they probably want to be sure.