GDT: #64: FLYERS at Blue Jackets, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (35-24-3) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (30-26-7)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: FS-O, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 FM 97.5 The Fanatic unless a change to 93.3 FM 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.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Security Check Required
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Blue Jackets' Website: Official Columbus Blue Jackets Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: Preview of Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Philadelphia Flyers: 'We have to start the game better'
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2018-2019
• Blue Jackets' Stats: Columbus Blue Jackets Stats | 2018-2019

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%
Blue Jackets	62	35-24-3	73	16-14-2	19-10-1	197	185	15.8	84.0	49.7	.900
Flyers	63	30-26-7	67	17-12-4	13-14-3	188	211	17.2	76.8	55.9	.896

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux -19 Nolan Patrick - 11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom - 14 Sean Couturier - 93 Jake Voracek
25 James van Riemsdyk - 21 Scott Laughton - 38 Ryan Hartman
10 Corbin Knight - 44 Phil Varone - 12 Michael Raffl ​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere - 61 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hägg - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

33 Cam Talbot (expected starter at NJ) - 37 Brian Elliott (expected starter at Columbus)​

Power Plays

PP1: Van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Giroux, Gostisbehere, Voracek
PP2: Konecny, Patrick, Lindblom, Sanheim, Provorov​

Injuries and Scratches

5 Sam Morin (D) will not play but is skating after recently returning from an injury in May
30 Michal Neuvirth (G) is on IR due to a lower body injury (Jan. 3). No timetable for is return.
47 Andrew could be a healthy scratch.
79 Carter Hart (G) suffered an ankle injury and will be sidelined 7-to-10 days (Feb. 23).​

MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- 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 -- NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) | Twitter
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- http://www.philly.com/topic/broad-street-bull/
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Possible Lineup
Lines

9 Artemi Panarin - 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois - 13 Cam Atkinson
19 Ryan Dzingel - 95 Matt Duchene - 28 Oliver Bjorkstrand
71 Nick Foligno - 38 Boone Jenner - 77 Josh Anderson
50 Eric Robinson - 20 Riley Nash - 17 Brandon Dubinsky ​

Pairings

8 Zach Werenski - 3 Seth Jones
65 Markus Nutivaara - 58 David Savard
4 Scott Harrington - 54 Adam McQuaid ​

Goalies

72 Sergei Bobrovsky (starter)- 70 Joonas Korpisalo​

Injuries and Scratches

1 Keith Kincaid (G) could be a healthy scratch.
10 Alexander Wennberg (F) could be a healthy scratch.
14 Dean Kukan (D) could be a healthy scratch.
27 Ryan Murray (D) is on IR with an upper body injury (Feb. 17).
37 Markus Hannikainen (F) could be a healthy scratch.
45 Lukas Sedlak (F) could be a healthy scratch.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
1st Ohio Battery

Web site -- 1st Ohio Battery
Rob Mixer's Twitter -- Rob Mixer (@RobMixer) | Twitter​

Athletic, The

Web site -- Blue Jackets - The Athletic
Alison L's Twitter -- Alison (@AlisonL) | Twitter
Aaron Portzline's Twitter -- Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) | Twitter
Tom Reed's Twitter -- Tom Reed (@treed1919) | Twitter​

Blue Jackets Radio Network

Twitter -- CBJ Radio (@cbjradio) | Twitter
Bob McElligott's Twitter -- Bob McElligott (@BobbyMacSports) | Twitter ​

Columbus Dispatch

Web site -- Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Hockey News, Stats, Scores & Injuries
Brian Hedger's Twitter -- Brian Hedger (@BrianHedger) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Ohio

Web site -- Columbus Blue Jackets News, Schedule, Scores, Stats, Roster
Bill Davidge's Twitter -- Bill Davidge (@bdavidge99) | Twitter
Dave Maetzold's Twitter - Dave Maetzold (@DMaetzMedia) | Twitter
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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
March 1	at New Jersey	7:00 pm	MSG+ 2, NBCSP
March 3	at NY Islanders	3:00 pm	SN1, TVAS, MSG+, NBCSP
March 6	vs. Washington	7:30 pm	NBCSN, TVAS
March 9	at NY Islanders	7:00 pm	MSG+, NBCSP
March 11	vs. Ottawa	7:00 pm	NBCSP, TSN5, RDS

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FROM THE PAST

Road Record: 3 W - 12 L - 2 T ( 32 GF - 48 GA )​

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Jump Around" by House of Pain

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The first post will be updated.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

This one is massive. For anyone who wants us to squirt into the playoffs and get our taints handed to us by Tampa.

 

[Curufinwe]

Talbot Time.

 

[orangecrush8]

Regulation win or bust.

 

[orangecrush8]

This one is massive. For anyone who wants us to squirt into the playoffs and get our taints handed to us by Tampa.

“What’s a taint?”

“I dunno. Sounds bad”.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Flyers need to seal the deal.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Regulation win or bust.

Columbus has points in 13 straight home games in this series including six OT or SO wins. Twelve of those 13 are wins. Hence the House of Pain.

How long has it been since the Flyers won in regulation at Columbus? Robert Esche got the win.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Columbus has points in 13 straight home games in this series including six OT or SO wins. Twelve of those 13 are wins. Hence the House of Pain.

How long has it been since the Flyers won in regulation at Columbus? Robert Esche got the win.

Lets put an end to there 13 st home games.

Let's get 13 coffins for the jackets. they need to Rest In Piece

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Columbus has points in 13 straight home games in this series including six OT or SO wins. Twelve of those 13 are wins. Hence the House of Pain.

How long has it been since the Flyers won in regulation at Columbus? Robert Esche got the win.

Fun fact, Robert Esche’s cousin was one of my middle school teachers.

I’ve never been able to talk about the world juniors, or hockey, with any other teacher or professor since lol.

I’ll never forget coming back from Christmas break:

“Hey Mr. Esche, you follow the World Juniors at all?”
“You know about the World Juniors?”

I know sometimes it might not feel like it... but hockey has come really far in this country.

 

[wankstifier]

Wasn't sure if this was posted yet...



Love how Patrick responds after that Johnson knee-on-knee.

Also, any idea of where those nicknames for Couturier and Lindblom come from?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Wasn't sure if this was posted yet...



Love how Patrick responds after that Johnson knee-on-knee.

Also, any idea of where those nicknames for Couturier and Lindblom come from?

Gerald is Couturier's middle name.

I am not sure about the association with Piano Man and Lindblom but let's agree for now it has something to do with Billy Joel.

 

[wankstifier]

9 Artemi Panarin - 95 Matt Duchene - 13 Cam Atkinson
71 Nick Foligno - 38 Boone Jenner - 77 Josh Anderson
19 Ryan Dzingel - 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois - 28 Oliver Bjorkstrand
17 Brandon Dubinsky - 20 Riley Nash - 50 Eric Robinson​

Are these lines real? I just looked at PLD's past couple of games and his icetime checks out with 3rd line usage...

Kinda hilarious that the BJs might have managed to make themselves worse after the trades by demoting their best C from the top line.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Are these lines real? I just looked at PLD's past couple of games and his icetime checks out with 3rd line usage...

Kinda hilarious that the BJs might have managed to make themselves worse after the trades by demoting their best C from the top line.

Switch the second and third lines per Daily Faceoff. Coming off a loss tonight, there may be some changes to what is listed.

 

[Rebels57]

Are these lines real? I just looked at PLD's past couple of games and his icetime checks out with 3rd line usage...

Kinda hilarious that the BJs might have managed to make themselves worse after the trades by demoting their best C from the top line.

Well their first 2 games with Duchene they didnt even allow a goal.

 

[TheKingPin]

Their top 5 is very scary. Provy and Sanheim are going to have to have a very good game. And we are going to have to score more than them. What a game!

 

[Illini Flyer]

Wasn't sure if this was posted yet...



Love how Patrick responds after that Johnson knee-on-knee.

Also, any idea of where those nicknames for Couturier and Lindblom come from?

Awesome vid! Getting to see all the boys becoming part of the team up close like that makes the last ~4 years a lot more bearable

 

[Dicky Dangles]

Columbus has points in 13 straight home games in this series including six OT or SO wins. Twelve of those 13 are wins. Hence the House of Pain.

How long has it been since the Flyers won in regulation at Columbus? Robert Esche got the win.

 

[Magua]

It’s a running joke in the locker room that Couturier has 800 nicknames fwiw. They’ve said so before.

 

[BiggE]

It’s a running joke in the locker room that Couturier has 800 nicknames fwiw. They’ve said so before.

Is Shutdown Seanie one of them?
(asking for a friend)

 

[TCTC]

You have to applaud Kekalainen for taking the risky approach and going all in this year. But it will be hilarious if they miss the playoffs.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

I know I was saying this last year, but watching the Flyers in 2019 really makes me think they will comfortably be a playoff team next year. In any case, knocking the Jackets out of the playoffs this year could really set their franchise back long term.

“A year away from being a year away”

 

[Freddy The Fog]

We are the better team. Time to show it.

I want Hartman to send another legal message (That was a beauty. Do it again.)

Play Sam soon!

Rumor has it Neuvirth injured his thumb searching trades on his phone.

Let’s go Flyers.

 

[Hiesenberg]

For the love god, bench MacDonald

 

[Hiesenberg]

Just saw the TOI from last night and Myers got twice what Amac got. I gotta think the writing is on the wall here.