GDT: #63: Sharks at FLYERS, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

SAN JOSE SHARKS (26-32-4) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (35-20-7)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSP, NBCSCA
• 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
• Sharks' Website: Official San Jose Sharks Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 Things: Flyers vs. Sharks
• NHL Stats: NHL.com Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2019-2020
• Sharks' Stats: San Jose Sharks Stats | 2019-2020

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Sharks	62	26-32-4	56	14-15-1	12-17-3	157	202	16.2	86.1	49.4
Flyers	62	35-20-7	77	21-5-4	14-15-3	201	178	20.2	81.7	54.2

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier -- 93 Jake Voracek
21 Scott Laughton -- 13 Kevin Hayes -- 11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk -- 38 Derek Grant -- 18 Tyler Pitlick
12 Michael Raffl -- 44 Nate Thompson -- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg -- 61 Justin Braun​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart is the likely starter.
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, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Travis Sanheim, Matt Niskanen​

Injuries and Scratches

19 Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder, Sep. 26) was transferred from injured/non-roster to LTIR Nov.22. He is progressing and has participated in no-contact practices as recently as late February. GM Chuck Fletcher hoped in the next couple weeks from Feb. 24 that Patrick would get to full contact in practices.
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.
53 Shayne Gostisbehere (stiffness in knee, pain from scar tissue) is day-to-day. He returned for one game following arthroscopic left knee surgery performed on Jan. 14 but has not played in the NHL since. He was sent to the AHL for conditioning on Feb. 20 and recalled on Sunday, Feb. 24.
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​

SAN JOSE SHARKS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

9 Evander Kane -- 39 Logan Couture -- 62 Kevin Labanc
28 Timo Meier -- 19 Joe Thornton -- 7 Dylan Gambrell
40 Antti Suomela -- 46 Joel Kellman -- 11 Stefan Noesen
20 Marcus Sorensen -- 70 Alexander True -- 73 Noah Gregor​

Pairings

67 Jacob Middleton -- 88 Brent Burns
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic --72 Tim Heed
51 Radim Simek -- 38 Mario Ferraro​

Goalies

30 Aaron Dell is the likely starter.
31 Martin Jones
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Injuries and Scratches

5 Dalton Prout (concussion, Nov. 13) is on injured reserve.
39 Logan Couture (fractured ankle, Jan. 6) was activated from injured reserve (Feb. 25).
48 Tomas Hertl (torn ACL and MCL, knee, Jan. 28) is on injured reserve.
53 Nicolas Meloche (healthy) could be scratched.
65 Erik Karlsson (broken thumb, Feb. 14) is on injured reserve.
68 Melker Karlsson (lower body, Feb. 21) is day-to-day.
Extras: Lean Bergmann and Maxim Letunov were both promoted from AHL.​

Power Plays

PP1: Evander Kane, Logan Couture, Joe Thornton, Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns
PP2: Stefan Noesen, Marcus Sorensen, Timo Meier, Mario Ferraro,Tim Heed​

Media Contacts
Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic
Kevin Kurz's Twitter -- Kevin Kurz (@KKurzNHL) | Twitter​

KFOX 98.5

Bret Hedican's Twitter -- Bret Hedican (@BretHedican) | Twitter
Dan Rusanowsky's Twitter -- Dan Rusanowsky (@DanRusanowsky) | Twitter​

Mercury News, The

Web site -- The Mercury News
Curtis Pashelka's Twitter -- Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) | Twitter​

NBC Sports California

Web site -- Sharks
Randy Hahn's Twitter -- Randy Hahn (@sharkvoice) | Twitter​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television
Friday, February 28	vs. NY Rangers	7:00 pm	NHLN, SN, TVAS, NBCSP, MSG
Sunday, March 1	at NY Rangers	12:00 pm	NBC, TVAS
Wednesday, March 4	at Washington	7:00 pm	NBCSN, TVAS
Thursday, March 5	vs. Carolina	7:00 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP
Saturday, March 7	vs. Buffalo	7:00 pm	NBCSP, MSG-B
Tuesday, March 10	vs. Boston	7:00 pm	NBCSN, SN, NBCSP, NESN
Thursday, March 12	at Tampa Bay	7:00 pm	SNE, SNO, SNP, TVAS, SUN, NBCSP

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FROM THE PAST

Flyers vs. Sharks notes:

• The Flyers have lost four in a row.
• The Flyers last regulation home win came December 21, 2000.
• The Sharks have points in the last 12 games in Philadelphia with a W-L-T-OTL record of 10-0-1-1 (22 out of 24 points).
• The Flyers began their history 7-1-1-0 at San Jose but are 2-9-1-2 since.
• The Sharks have points in 24 of the past 26 games played (38 out of 52 points, 73%).
• In the past 12 games in Philadelphia, the Flyers have one win: 1-6-1-4
• In the past 14 games at San Jose, the Flyers have two wins: 2-9-1-2
• In the past 26 games, the Flyers have three wins: 3-15-2-6

Overall W-L-T-OTL Records:

• Home 7-8-2-4
• Away 9-10-2-2
• Total 16-18-4-6

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Fast as a Shark" by Accept
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[Hollywood Cannon]

"The Sharks have points in the last 12 games in Philadelphia with a W-L-T-OTL record of 10-0-1-1 (22 out of 24 points)."

Sheesh.

 

[AdamParrot]

"The Sharks have points in the last 12 games in Philadelphia with a W-L-T-OTL record of 10-0-1-1 (22 out of 24 points)."

Sheesh.

We only can hope in Hart.

 

[Tripod]

"The Sharks have points in the last 12 games in Philadelphia with a W-L-T-OTL record of 10-0-1-1 (22 out of 24 points)."

Sheesh.

Wow. Time to snap that shit.

 

[Foggy14]

 

[bennysflyers16]

Sharks should dump a few guys tomm, absolute must win

 

[Foggy14]

The 7:00 start is good. Pageau will have plenty of time to get here for the game.

 

[flyerslducks]

The 7:00 start is good. Pageau will have plenty of time to get here for the game.

not interested in trading a first for him though

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

San Jose has the best PK in the League, at least statistically.

The Flyers need to have them feel the shake. Earthquake-style! As in the nickname of their soccer team.

Enough losing to this franchise.

 

[flyerslducks]

The evolution of our rookies, tk, hayes, hart really helped us this year. The great things is farabee, myers, frost, sanheim haven't even started hitting their potentials yet. Sanheim, we all feel like he can provide more offensively later on. Im glad he has rounded out his overall game as his offensive game will come more naturally now. Myers is still growing but man has be been great thus far.

Our next step is for farabee and frost to get bigger/faster, myers to get more minutes and get on the pk eventually. Our d is coming along fellas. More minutes to sanheim, myers, ghost = less for braun/hagg = better for everyone. The better our young guys get, the less pressure will be put on giroux and voracek. Those two might score more as a result or won't even need to if those guys can take the reigns.

Haven't even talked about patrick. I think many of us were expecting him to possibly take over 2C around this time. If he can do that next year or become a great top 6 winger...

 

[flyersfan018]

Can’t believe we lost to these bums 6-1 back in December...

 

[Normand Lacombe]

The Sharks are an old, injury riddled team missing their top two centers in Couture and Hertl and their number one defenseman in Karlsson. Jones and Dell are a terrible goaltending tandem. Forget about the last 20 years, the Flyers need to take care of business.

 

[TheKingPin]

The Sharks are an old, injury riddled team missing their top two centers in Couture and Hertl and their number one defenseman in Karlsson. Jones and Dell are a terrible goaltending tandem. Forget about the last 20 years, the Flyers need to take care of business.

And about to get thinner today. Too bad they don’t have their first.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

 

[TB87]

Ooof:

 

[DancingPanther]

Predictions for who the winger is to be scratched for Grant?

I say Pitlick.

Should be no one.

Disclaimer: if Farabee is scratched for Grant, I will be going batshit

 

[Flyerfan4life]

remember when we signed Stewie stew.

hahahaah.... what a complete wasted rosterspot/cap hit...

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Farabee being sent down for these 2 schlubs... ugh...

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

For those that would like to here my story of the car that side swiped me, see the Menu post 811.

 

[Magua]

Listen, fam. Grant and probably Thompson are scoring goals in this game. Let's just get out in front of it, accept it, move along, and not use it as ironclad proof when they do. And they 100% will.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Listen, fam. Grant and probably Thompson are scoring goals in this game. Let's just get out in front of it, accept it, move along, and not use it as ironclad proof when they do. And they 100% will.

On a double deflection Hagg point shot?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Listen, fam. Grant and probably Thompson are scoring goals in this game. Let's just get out in front of it, accept it, move along, and not use it as ironclad proof when they do. And they 100% will.

Their "Eric Chouinard" moment awaits.

 

[Person101]

Ooof:

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How could they add without taking players off the roster? It's literally impossible, someone would have to be sent down or sent to the press box. Or am I reading that wrong?

 

[deadhead]

They're at home, carrying 12 forwards with Farabee, Bunnaman and Frost at LHV.
On the road, they'll bring at least one of the kids.
For the playoffs, they can carry 23 (14/7/2).

 

[Irvdog13]

Farabee being sent down for these 2 schlubs... ugh...

Farabee deserved to get sent down as his recent play has been sub par. He responded well to his last AHL stint. He will be back in the mix a better man and no longer a teenager.