GDT: #62| FLYERS at Maple Leafs | Thu., Feb. 26, 2015| 7:30 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (26-24-11, 9-16-6 away) vs. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (24-31-5, 17-13-0 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TVA, CSN-PH, TSN4
• Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
  1. http://atdee.net/index.html
  2. http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2014020911

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020911
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=104313
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Maple Leafs' Stats: http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/index.html

Teams' Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers | 61 |26-24-11| 17-8-5 |9-16-6 |4-2-4 |2.61 |2.80 |23.3 |76.0| 10.1 |29.3 |29.8 |51.3
Maple Leafs| 60 |24-31-5 |17-13-0 |7-18-5 |2-7-1 |2.73 |3.00 |18.6 |82.1 |9.4 |29.4 |32.6| 48.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Maple Leafs' Website: http://mapleleafs.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| 29| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14| Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |22 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
28| Claude Giroux "C" | C |5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
40| Vincent Lecavalier| C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980 |34| 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| 28 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo| C |5' 11"| 169| Jun 15, 1990 |24| Mississauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1"| 190 |Aug 22, 1991 |23| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R |6' 2"|183|Aug 26, 1988| 26| Scarborough, ON, CAN
18 | R.J. Umberger | C |6' 2" |214 |May 3, 1982 |32 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76| Chris VandeVelde| C |6' 2" | 190 |Mar 15, 1987 | 27 | Moorhead, MN, USA
93 | Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |25| Kladno, CZE
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0" |193 | Mar 17, 1988 | 26| Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 |Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985 |29| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
26 | Carlo Colaiacovo | 6' 1" | 200| Jan 27, 1983 | 32| Toronto, ON, CAN
15 | Michael Del Zotto | 6' 0"| 195| Jun 24, 1990| 24| Stouffville, ON, CAN
8 | Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |30 |Stockholm, SWE
47 |Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1" |190 |Sep 7, 1986| 28 |Judique, NS, CAN
20 | Chris Pronger | 6' 6" | 220 | Oct 10, 1974 | 40 | Dryden, ON, CAN
22 | Luke Schenn |6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989 |25 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55 | Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203 |Aug 25, 1982| 32 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32 | Mark Streit "A" |5' 11"| 191 |Dec 11, 1977| 37| Bern, CHE
44 | Kimmo Timonen| 5' 10" | 194 |Mar 18, 1975 | 39 | Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 |Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |32| Hamilton, ON, CAN
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 26| Oakville, ON, CAN
72 | Rob Zepp | 6' 0" |181 |Sep 7, 1981 |33 |Scarborough, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
12 Michael Raffl | 28 Claude Giroux |17 Wayne Simmonds
24 Matt Read |14 Sean Couturier | 93 Jakub Voracek
25 Ryan White |10 Brayden Schenn |18 R.J. Umberger
76 Chris VandeVelde|78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |36 Zac Rinaldo

Pairings

Name | Name
55 Nick Schultz | 32 Mark Streit
15 Michael Del Zotto |5 Braydon Coburn
8 Nicklas Grossmann |47 Andrew MacDonald

Goalies

Name | Name
35 Steve Mason | 72 Rob Zepp (expected starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Carlo Colaiacovo | available | healthy
Ray Emery | injured reserve (Feb. 26) | lower body
Vincent Lecavalier | available| healthy
Steve Mason |will dress | right knee surgery (Feb. 10)
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Luke Schenn |available| healthy
Kimmo Timonen |LTIR; could return as early as Saturday| blood clot in right calf

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek | Mark Streit
No. 2| Sean Couturier| R.J. Umberger | Matt Read | Andrew MacDonald | Michael Del Zotto

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS​

MAPLE LEAFS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
21 James van Riemsdyk |42 Tyler Bozak | 81 Phil Kessel
18 Richard Panik |43 Nazem Kadri |19 Joffrey Lupul
47 Leo Komarov | 11 Olli Jokinen |20 David Booth
22 Zack Sill* |24 Peter Holland | 67 Brandon Kozun**

Pairings

Name | Name
3 Dion Phaneuf |55 Korbinian Holzer
44 Morgan Rielly |46 Roman Polak
51 Jake Gardiner |12 Stephane Robidas

Goalies

Name | Name
45 Jonathan Bernier (expected starter) |34 James Reimer

MAPLE LEAFS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Brandon Kozun** | available, lines not set| recalled Feb. 26
Petter Granberg | available | could be replaced by Phaneuf
Dion Phaneuf | activated today, expected to play |reported as a broken bone in right hand
Zach Sill* | will play, lines not set | acquired Wednesday in a trade
Trevor Smith | will not play | lower body

MAPLE LEAFS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| James van Riemsdyk | Tyler Bozak | Phil Kessel |Dion Phaneuf |Joffrey Lupul
No. 2| Nazem Kadri |Richard Panik | Olli Jokinen | Jake Gardiner |Morgan Rielly

MAPLE LEAFS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
20 | David Booth | L |6' 0" |212 |24 Nov 1984 |30 |Detroit, MI, USA
42 | Tyler Bozak |C |6' 1"| 195| 19 Mar 1986 |28| Regina, SK, CAN
24 | Peter Holland | C |6' 2"| 194 |14 Jan 1991| 24| Toronto, ON, CAN
11| Olli Jokinen | C |6' 2" |210 |5 Dec 1978 |36| Kuopio, FIN
43 | Nazem Kadri | C |6' 0" |188| 6 Oct 1990| 24| London, ON, CAN
81 | Phil Kessel |R| 6' 0"| 202| 2 Oct 1987 |27 |Madison, WI, USA
47 | Leo Komarov |C |5' 11"| 198 |23 Jan 1987 |28| Narva, EST
67| Brandon Kozun |
19 | Joffrey Lupul "A" | L| 6' 1" |206|23 Sep 1983|31 |Fort Saskatchewan, AB, CAN
18 |Richard Panik | R| 6' 1"| 208 |7 Feb 1991| 24| Martin, SVK
22 | Zach Sill | C |6' 0"| 202 |24 May 1988| 26| Truro, NS, CAN
23 |Trevor Smith | C |6' 1" |195 |8 Feb 1985 |30| Ottawa, ON, CAN
21 |James van Riemsdyk | L| 6' 3"| 200 |4 May 1989| 25| Middletown, NJ, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
51| Jake Gardiner | 6' 2"| 184| 4 Jul 1990 |24| Minnetonka, MN, USA
8 | Petter Granberg | 6' 3"| 200|27 Aug 1992 |22| Gallivare, SWE
55| Korbinian Holzer| 6' 3" |205 |16 Feb 1988 |27| Munich, DEU
3 | Dion Phaneuf "C" | 6' 3"| 214 |10 Apr 1985| 29| Edmonton, AB, CAN
46 | Roman Polak | 6' 0"| 236| 28 Apr 1986| 28 |Ostrava, CZE
44| Morgan Rielly | 6' 1" |205 |9 Mar 1994 |20| Vancouver, BC, CAN
12| Stephane Robidas| 5' 11" |190 |3 Mar 1977 |37| Sherbrooke, QC, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
45| Jonathan Bernier| 6' 0"| 185| 7 Aug 1988| 26| Laval, QC, CAN
34| James Reimer |6' 2" |208 |15 Mar 1988| 26| Morweena, MB, CAN

FLYERS vs. MAPLE LEAFS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Toronto Maple Leafs|92-54-22-3 |53-24-8-0| 39-30-14-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Toronto Maple Leafs|5-1 |22-14|14-5| 8-9

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Toronto Maple Leafs|3-1-1 in the last 5| 2-0-0 in the last 2|7-2-1 in the last 10

• Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=888544

FLYERS vs. MAPLE LEAFS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

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Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Dec 20, 2014| Philadelphia 7 at Toronto 4 |7:00 PM | CBC, CSN-PH
Sat Jan 31, 2015| Toronto 0 at Philadelphia 1 |7:00 PM |HNIC, CSN-PH
Thu Feb 26, 2015| Philadelphia 2 at Toronto 3 |7:30 PM | TVA, CSN-PH, TSN4

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=10/03/2014&team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Feb 28, 2015 | NY Rangers at Philadelphia |8:00 PM |NBC, CITY
Tue Mar 3, 2015| Calgary at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | SNW, CSN-PH
Thu Mar 5, 2015 | St. Louis at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |NHLN-US, SN360, FS-MW, CSN-PH
Sat Mar 7, 2015 | Philadelphia at Boston |1:00 PM | NHLN-US, TVA, SN1, CSN-PH, NESN
Sun Mar 8, 2015| Philadelphia at New Jersey | 5:00 PM | TCN-PH, MSG+
Tue Mar 10, 2015 | Dallas at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | TVA, FS-SW+, CSN-PH
Thu Mar 12, 2015 | Philadelphia at St. Louis |8:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-MW
Sat Mar 14, 2015 | Detroit at Philadelphia |1:00 PM |FS-D, CSN-PH
Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Philadelphia at Ottawa |7:00 PM | TVA, CITY, CSN-PH

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: February 26, 1997​

The Legion of Doom Line of Eric Lindros (1-6-7), Mikael Renberg (2-3-5) and John LeClair (3-1-4) combined for 16 points (6-10-16) in the Flyers' 8-5 win at Ottawa. Lindros' career-high seven points was the second highest total in team history (Tom Bladon had eight in 1977) and his six assists set a team record. It was the second time this month (also February 6 vs. Montreal) that the trio established a team-record for most points by one line with 16. The line was a combined +15 with Renberg a +6. LeClair's 40th goal completed his hat trick with 59 seconds left.

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

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/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

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/

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli

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

MapleLeafs.com ​

| http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/newsindex.htm?author=4331&view=headline

David Alter's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/dalter

Paul Hendrick's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/HennyTweets

National Post ​

| http://news.nationalpost.com/tag/toronto-maple-leafs/

Michael Traikos' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Michael_Traikos

Sportsnet 590 The Fan Radio ​

| http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/

Toronto Globe and Mail ​

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

Blog ​

| http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/

James Mirtle's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/mirtle

David Shoalts' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/dshoalts

Toronto Star ​

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

Kevin McGran's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/kevin_mcgran

Toronto Sun​

| http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/mapleleafs

Lance Hornby's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/sunhornby

TSN Radio 1050 ​

| http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050

Jonas Siegel's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/jonasTSN1050

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"The Trooper" by Iron Maiden
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Time to lose again. I love beating the Leafs, but considering how we play lesser teams...

 

[Striiker]

During practice today Lecavalier replaced Couturier on the 2nd line.... that's a horrifying thought.

Don't know where Couturier was either, injured or what.

 

[Prongo]

If Couts has any sort of injury we are done. Giroux will be playing 27 minutes a night against other teams top lines while Vinny L will be sucking up the #2 center spot.

Probably a maintenance day though.

 

[fahad203]

Leafs fan in peace.

Please beat us, Please

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Leafs fan in peace.

Please beat us, Please

Considering how we've played against Columbus, Buffalo and Carolina, I can't see us winning.

 

[Curufinwe]

Leafs just traded their leading +/- guy Winnik.

 

[stavs*]

you guys better beat us tomorrow

 

[tymed]

the leafs will stir us into an effort.

 

[mtxed]

What are the chances Zepp starts???

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

What are the chances Zepp starts???

More than likely.

Stolarz was probably on emergency recall since three roster players (mandatory allowed) were scratched last night (Colaiacovo, Luke Schenn and Lecavalier. Emery was the fourth, allowed if replaced by an emergency recall).

Emery, from what was reported, didn't make the trip.

Mason doesn't seem quite ready. Saturday has been indicated for him.

 

[chupanibre]

ugh, we're going to lose. I can sense it

 

[Flyerfan4life]

ugh, we're going to lose. I can sense it

and we are going to blow up Masons body again...

TO SOON !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[klutch]

We'll lose and JVR will get a hat trick to shove it down our throats.

 

[OzFlyers]

As Craig Button said about teams like the Flyers... If you can't beat the teams below you then you are just prentenders.

 

[swflyers93]

As Craig Button said about teams like the Flyers... If you can't beat the teams below you then you are just prentenders.

We are pretenders, any fan who thinks different is crazy.

 

[RinaldoZac]

If anyone is going to game, the place to eat before hand is Wahlburgers (about 10 min walk from Air Canada Center)

 

[RinaldoZac]

Zepp vs Bernier, same lineup expected for Philadelphia. Zach Sill (acquired by Leafs yesterday for Winnik) will play tonight and wear #22

 

[Curufinwe]

Rinaldo and Sill will surely fight at some point.

 

[chupanibre]

Had no idea they got Sill. To be honest I have no idea why anyone would want Sill.

 

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

During practice today Lecavalier replaced Couturier on the 2nd line.... that's a horrifying thought.

Don't know where Couturier was either, injured or what.

According to NHL.com, Lecavalier and Luke Schenn are scratches tonight.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

According to NHL.com, Lecavalier and Luke Schenn are scratches tonight.

Zac-Attack !!!!!!!!!!!!!

and of course Cementhead doesnt scratch Grossmann for L. Schenn vs. his old team..

of course not..

 

[Coffe]

Had no idea they got Sill. To be honest I have no idea why anyone would want Sill.

Sill is good, especially pickled and flavoured with mustard or the soused version. A must have on the traditional midsummer table


Sill is Swedish for herring.

 

[RJ8812*]

My buddy's co-worker knows Reggie Leech, so him and his son get to meet the team beforehand. He gave the guy his jersey to get signed, and told me about it, but it was too late, so I couldn't get him a jersey in time (jerkface)

 

[Gert B Frobe]

If anyone is going to game, the place to eat before hand is Wahlburgers (about 10 min walk from Air Canada Center)

Marky Mark's place? I'd like to smack that little punk in the face with one of his brother's cheeseburgers then punch him in the throat.

That's how tough I am on the internet. Seriously though he is a little punk.