GDT: #61| FLYERS at Penguins | Saturday, February 25, 2017| 8:00 pm ET| NBC, SN, TVAS2

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (28-25-7, 11-15-3 away ) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (37-14-8, 24-4-3 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBC (U.S.), SportsNet and TVA Sports 2 (Canada)
• Radio: [ 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/fans/stadium-series
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Penguins' Stats: http://penguins.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|60| 28-25-7| 63| .525| 150| 179|2.50| 2.98|21.1|81.0|31.3|28.3|51.6
Penguins|59| 37-14-8| 82| .695| 205|164|3.47| 2.78|21.7|80.3|34.1|32.2|47.8

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Penguins' Website: http://penguins.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
40 - Jordan Weal | 28 - Claude Giroux | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
25 - Nick Cousins | 10 - Brayden Schenn |93 - Jakub Voracek
12 - Michael Raffl|14 - Sean Couturier | 22 - Dale Weise
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 24 - Matt Read

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 (expected starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto | available | could be scratched
Travis Konecny| IR (Feb. 10); could return around March 3-7 | out 4-to-6 weeks, reported as a sprained left knee/ankle
Roman Lyubimov| available| could be scratched
Nick Schultz | available | could be scratched
Jordan Weal |available, cleared to play | 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

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS​

PENGUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
62 - Carl Hagelin | 87 - Sidney Crosby | 72 - Patric Hornqvist
14 - Chris Kunitz | 71 - Evgeni Malkin | 81 - Phil Kessel
23 - Scott Wilson| 13 - Nick Bonino| 59 - Jake Guentzel
34 - Tom Kuhnhackl | 7 - Matt Cullen | 16 - Eric Fehr

Pairings

Name | Name
28 - Ian Cole|4 - Justin Schultz
8 - Brian Dumoulin | 65 - Ron Hainsey
2 - Chad Ruhwedel | 24 - Cameron Gaunce

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Matt Murray | 29 - Marc-Andre Fleury

PENGUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Trevor Daley |injured reserve| arthroscopic left knee surgery (Feb. 23) , out six weeks
Kris Letang | will not play | upper body
Steven Oleksy| available| could be scratched
Carter Rowney| available| could be scratched
Olli Maatta | injured reserve| left hand surgery, out six weeks from Feb. 17
Bryan Rust | injured reserve | arm
Conor Sheary | injured reserve| upper body

PENGUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Evgeni Malkin | Sidney Crosby | Patric Hornqvist | Phil Kessel | Justin Schultz/
No. 2| Chris Kunitz | Matt Cullen | Jake Guentzel | Ian Cole | Chad Ruhwedel

PENGUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Nick Bonino|13|L|6' 1"|196|Apr 20, 1988|Hartford, CT, USA
Sidney Crosby (C)|87|L| 5' 11"|200|Aug 7, 1987|Cole Harbour, NS, CAN
Matt Cullen| 7|L|6' 1"|200|Nov 2, 1976|Virginia, MN, USA
Eric Fehr|16|R|6' 4"|212|Sep 7, 1985|Winkler, MB, CAN
Jake Guentzel| 59|L|5' 11"|180|Oct 6, 1994|Omaha, NE, USA
Carl Hagelin|62|L| 5' 11"|186|Aug 23, 1988|Sodertalje, SWE
Patric Hornqvist|72|R|5' 11"|189|Jan 1, 1987|Sollentuna, SWE
Phil Kessel|81|R|6' 0"|202|Oct 2, 1987|Madison, WI, USA
Tom Kuhnhackl|34|L|6' 2"|196|Jan 21, 1992|Landshut, DEU
Chris Kunitz (A)|14|L|6' 0"|195|Sep 26, 1979|Regina, SK, CAN
Evgeni Malkin (A)|71|L|6' 3"|195|Jul 31, 1986|Magnitogorsk, RUS
Carter Rowney|37|R|6' 2"|200|May 10, 1989|Grand Prairie, AB, CAN
Bryan Rust|17|R|5' 11"|192|May 11, 1992|Pontiac, MI, USA
Conor Sheary|43|L|5' 8"|175|Jun 8, 1992|Winchester, MA, USA
Scott Wilson|23|L|5' 11"|183|Apr 24, 1992|Oakville, ON, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Ian Cole| 28| L| 6' 1"|219|Feb 21, 1989|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Trevor Daley|6|L| 5' 11"|195|Oct 9, 1983|Toronto, ON, CAN
Brian Dumoulin|8|L|6' 4"|207|Sep 6, 1991|Biddeford, ME, USA
Cameron Gaunce|24|L|6' 1"|210|Mar 19, 1990|Sudbury, ON, CAN
Ron Hainsey| 65| L| 6' 3"| 210| Mar 24, 1981| Bolton, CT, USA
Kris Letang|58|R|6' 0"|201|Apr 24, 1987|Montreal, QC, CAN
Olli Maatta|3|L|6' 2"|206|Aug 22, 1994|Jyväskylä, FIN
Steve Oleksy|61|R|6' 0"|190|Feb 4, 1986|Chesterfield, MI, USA
Chad Ruhwedel|2|R|5' 11"|191|May 7, 1990|San Diego, CA, USA
Justin Schultz|4|R|6' 2"|193|Jul 6, 1990|Kelowna, BC, CAN

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Marc-Andre Fleury| 29| 6' 2"| 180| Nov 28, 1984| Sorel, QC, CAN
Matt Murray| 30| 6' 4"| 178| May 25, 1994| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS SERIES HISTORY​

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Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|151-89-30-8 |96-31-8-4| 55-58-22-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins |4-2 |19-16|10-7| 9-9

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|1-4-0 and 9-4-0 |4-2-0 in the last 6 |11-3-1 in the last 15

The Flyers' record in the Consol Energy Center is 11-3-1 in the regular season and 2-1 in the playoffs.
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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

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

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

Flyerdelphia​

| http://www.flyerdelphia.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Flyerdelphia

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

Pittsburgh Penguins ​

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Josh Getzoff's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PensJG

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ​

| http://www.post-gazette.com/penguins/

Dave Molinari's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/molinaripg

Pittsburgh Tribune ​

| http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/

Jonathan Bombulie's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BombulieTrib

Bill West's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BWest_Trib

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Holy Wars....The Punishment's Due" by Megadeth
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

This post will be updated but is up early due to other commitments.

Friday's practice times: Penguins will practice at 4:00 p.m. (was 2:30 p.m.) and Flyers will follow at 6:00 p.m. (was 5:00 p.m.)

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Yep, THIS will be a lot of fun.

Can't wait to be murdered on national tv from Crosby and Co ...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Somebody get me a straitjacket, ear plugs and a blindfold and teach me how to smoke.

 

[dats81]

Maybe just maybe win this one and then tank royally.

 

[hckyplayer8]

If there is one more W in their pocket it needs to be this game.

Expecting a 1-4 blowout.

 

[Curufinwe]

I hope it gets rained out both days.

 

[Les Averman]

Been holding off on buying tickets since I knew prices would drop tremendously, as they have. But with each passing day, I want to go less and less. This team is not enjoyable to watch at all, and I'm not sure I want to pay to see them get embarrassed.

 

[Danko]

Nope. Please cancel this game.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Either A, ice is bad and Pens have trouble,,
or B, ice is good and we get smoked on the national stage,

Good with either

 

[Flyotes]

Nope. Please cancel this game.

Shared sentiment. Hopefully wrong.

 

[Rebels57]

Will likely be yet another embarassment in a season full of them.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I can't wait to freeze my ass off and sit in rain at this one.

Would have much preferred Friday's weather.

 

[BernieParent]

Need a little Crash Davis:

 

[Hurricane28]

Windy and crashing temperatures saturday night...oh joy

 

[Les Averman]

I can't wait to freeze my ass off and sit in rain at this one.

Would have much preferred Friday's weather.

To be fair, it'll stop raining Saturday in the early afternoon. Wind is pretty rough in the stadium coming in off the river at the south end of the stadium, though.

 

[SuchySays]

Any chance of a move to Sunday?

I have to work Saturday and even though we suck I'd like to watch via non-stream in the office.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Neuvirth starting again, because for some odd reason he's impressed Hakstol with his stunningly mediocre play.

 

[Hiesenberg]

But then again, so does VDV/PEB/MACDONALD/STREIT

 

[Striiker]

In their past 10 games...

Mason - .885 sv% 3.31 GAA

Neuvirth - .901 sv% 2.38 GAA

Neither have been great, but I'll take Neuvirth for sure. Even ignoring stats, by the eye test Mason has let in way worse goals.

 

[Hiesenberg]

In their past 10 games...

Mason - .885 sv% 3.31 GAA

Neuvirth - .901 sv% 2.38 GAA

Neither have been great, but I'll take Neuvirth for sure. Even ignoring stats, by the eye test Mason has let in way worse goals.

Neuvirth has been super super leaky lately.

 

[Striiker]

Neuvirth has been super super leaky lately.

He's had his struggles, but Mason's been even worse.

We don't have a reliable goalie right now so we need to go with the best we have, and right now that's Neuvirth.

 

[Curufinwe]

Carchidi states Voracek limped off the ice at practice.

Carchidi speculates that he re-aggravated a groin injury.

 

[Striiker]

Of course he recklessly speculates things that he couldn't possibly know.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Any chance of a move to Sunday?

I have to work Saturday and even though we suck I'd like to watch via non-stream in the office.

Very little. Articles I have read like to cherry pick weather forecasts from Friday and make it look like it's Saturday's forecast. "Temperature in 70's and rain." The high for the entire day is 60 and that's at midnight (Friday night into Saturday Morning). It goes down from then until it's 38 degrees at game time. Rain is in the forecast but is expected to end around noon and then ~10% chance the rest of the day.