GDT: #65 | FLYERS at Lightning | Sat., Mar. 3, 2018, 1:00 pm ET | SUN, NBCSP

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (44-17-4) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (34-20-10)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: SUN, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
• 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
• Lightning's Website: Official Tampa Bay Lightning Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill...-3318--TB-Phantoms--Prospect-Updates/45/91429
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
• Lightning's Stats: Tampa Bay Lightning Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Lightning	65	44-17-4	92	21-6-2	23-11-2	224	170	24.2	77.7	47.6	.918	586
Flyers	64	34-20-10	78	16-10-6	18-10-4	187	173	21.1	75.3	53.4	.908	557

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
20 Taylor Leier - 21 Scott Laughton - 12 Michael Raffl
15 Jori Lehtera - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 22 Dale Weise​

Pairings​

9 Ivan Provorov - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
8 Robert Hagg - 47 Andrew McDonald
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

34 Petr Mrazek - 49 Alex Lyon​

Injuries and Scratches

17 Wayne Simmonds is on IR. He is out 2-to-3 weeks from Feb. 20 with an upper body injury.
24 Matt Read could be a healthy scratch.
29 Johnny Oduya could be a healthy scratch.
30 Michel Neuvirth is on IR. He is out 4-to-6 weeks from Feb. 20 with a lower body injury.
37 Brian Elliott is on IR. He could be out 5-to-6 weeks from Feb. 13 after core muscle surgery.
40 Jordan Weal could be a healthy scratch.
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Power Play Units

1. Nolan Patrick - Sean Couturier - Jake Voracek - Claude Giroux - Shayne Gostisbehere
2. Jordan Weal - Travis Konecny - Oskar Lindblom - Valtteri Filppula - Ivan Provorov
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Courier-Post of South Jersey

Web site | Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter | Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

HockeyBuzz.com

Web site -- http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philly.com Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

Sons of Penn

Web site -- Home page – Right Sidebar
Twitter -- Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) | Twitter​

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Possible Lineup
Lines

17 Alex Killorn - 21 Brayden Point - 91 Steven Stamkos
89 Cory Conacher - 37 Yanni Gourde - 73 Adam Erne
14 Chris Kunitz - 9 Tyler Johnson - 10 J.T. Miller
71 Anthony Cirelli - 13 Cedric Paquette - 24 Ryan Callahan ​

Pairings

77 Victor Hedman - 6 Anton Stralman
98 Mikhail Sergachev - 5 Dan Girardi
55 Braydon Coburn - 62 Andrej Sustr ​

Goalies

88 Andrei Vasilevskiy - 70 Louis Domingue ​

Injuries and Scratches

18 Ondrej Palat is out 6-to-8 weeks from January 22 due to a right ankle injury.
27 Ryan McDonagh is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
29 Slater Koekkoek could be a healthy scratch.
31 Peter Budaj is on injured reserve with a left leg injury.
59 Jake Dotchin could be a healthy scratch
86 Nikita Kucherov is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
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Power Play Units

1. Alex Killorn - Steven Stamkos - Tyler Johnson- Victor Hedman - Nikita Kucherov
2. Yanni Gourde - Brayden Point - Ryan Callahan - Mikhail Sergachev - Anton Stralman
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Fox Sports Sun

Twitter -- FOX Sports Bolts (@FOXSportsBolts) | Twitter
Web site -- Tampa Bay Lightning News, Schedule, Scores, Stats, Roster
Paul Kennedy's Twitter -- Paul Kennedy (@PaulKennedyFOX) | Twitter​

Lightning Insider

Web site -- Lightning Insider | Breaking News, Game Recaps and Schedules | Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Erlendsson's Twitter -- Lightning Insider (@Erik_Erlendsson) | Twitter​

Raw Charge

Web site -- Raw Charge (@RawCharge) | Twitter​

Tampa Bay Times

Web site -- Tampa Bay Lightning, hockey news
Roger Mooney's Twitter -- Roger Mooney (@RogerMooney50) | Twitter
Joe Smith's Twitter -- Joe Smith (@TBTimes_JSmith) | Twitter​

FLYERS' SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
Sunday, Mar. 4	Philadelphia at Florida	3:00 pm	TVAS, FS-F, NBCSP	97.5
Wednesday, Mar. 7	Pittsburgh at Philadelphia	8:00 pm	NBCSN, TVAS	97.5
Thursday, Mar. 8	Philadelphia at Boston	7:00 pm	SN, NESN, NBCSP+	93.3
Saturday, Mar. 10	Winnipeg at Philadelphia	1:00 pm	NBCSP, TSN3	97.5
Monday, Mar. 12	Vegas at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	SN, NBCSP, ATTSN-RM	97.5
Thursday, Mar. 15	Columbus at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-O	93.3

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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Thunder Kiss '65" by White Zombie
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[The Rage Kage]

This is gonna be ugly.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Mse great choice but we will need 2 songs for this game.

We're gonna need a lot of alcohol for this one. So fitting the song will be

George thorogood and the Delaware destroyers 1 Burton 1 scotch 1 beer

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I might miss most of this one. It's probably for the best. Here's hoping for a pleasant surprise!

 

[Rebels57]

Bounce back win here would be gargantuan.

We can beat them if we limit the usage of the AHL Six.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Good teams always bring out the best of the Flyers, so there is that.

BUT play like you did against the Canes and they will eat you alive.

Ohhh and Manning can gtfo, ty.

 

[Foggy14]

Vengeance, I think you're right. The Flyers have a remarkable ability to play a very similar game to their opposition, whoever they might be.

It drives me crazy at home where, with the last change, we should be dictating the style of play much more than we do. On the road, it's not too bad.

If this was the 1860's, Hak would be George McClellan when the Union needed Ulysses S. Grant, but I digress.

Go Flyers. Beat Tampa at its own game!

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Vengeance, I think you're right. The Flyers have a remarkable ability to play a very similar game to their opposition, whoever they might be.

It drives me crazy at home where, with the last change, we should be dictating the style of play much more than we do. On the road, it's not too bad.

If this was the 1860's, Hak would be George McClellan when the Union needed Ulysses S. Grant, but I digress.

Go Flyers. Beat Tampa at its own game!

If this were the 1870s, Hak would be George Armstrong Custer when the Flyers need Crazy Horse. His wife thinks it IS the 1870s. Praise God.

 

[Foggy14]

Captain, having Neil Young and Crazy Horse behind the Flyers' bench would be so cool!

 

[Magua]

Captain, having Neil Young and Crazy Horse behind the Flyers' bench would be so cool!

@deadhead might actually mercilessly turn on Hak and his minions if you told him Neil Young and Crazy Horse would be their replacements. Or his brain would explode.

 

[dats81]

I fully expect a little skid here with the way the upcoming schedule is constructed.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@deadhead might actually mercilessly turn on Hak and his minions if you told him Neil Young and Crazy Horse would be their replacements. Or his brain would explode.

Yeah, he's completely wild about Neil Young, who was ~5'11 150 lbs when he first started playing music, but then after gigging in small places across Northwest Canada, grew to around 6'3 180 pounds. Not really as squat as you would like, could stand to add beef and/or muscle to his core and/or beefnuts to stand up to the rigors of headlining, but he has enough size that he isn't going to get run over if he starts playing in the middle of the street. Now he has "old man strength," which shouldn't be confused with talent.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Captain, having Neil Young and Crazy Horse behind the Flyers' bench would be so cool!

Great band, here's a great live preformance

 

[MorgantiDrinksBlood]

6-2 Flyers mark my words.

 

[marcsson68]

I feel guilty about the bad game against the Canes. Like someone mentioned, the fact that the pre-game thread was full of posts with little hockey and much more music might have influenced the Hockey Gods that decide about the outcome of games.

I was especially guilty for bringing up the story of myself having attended a Kiss concert (even though I mentioned it in the context of Iron Maiden being the opener for Kiss then). Bringing up Kiss obviously isn´t something that any God may appreciate. To make it clear: I was 12 or 13 years old then. My taste was according to my age. I know now that Kiss usually means awful lyrics paired with generic music. Still the concert was fun and thus I still have a soft spot inside for the band and for every once in a while I listen to some of the classics like Parasite.

Later on my musical horizon widened and now I like all kinds of music as long as it is well-made, from heavy metal to classic.

I hope the Hockey Gods are fine with this now. But actually I expect a March of slumping. The Flyers most likely will slide down to the 2nd wild card spot soon.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Bounce back win here would be gargantuan.

We can beat them if we limit the usage of the AHL Six.

I just got goosebumps. That's something they'll tell kids in 30 years around campfires.

 

[flyersfan018]

I’ll be there. And luckily for you guys I’m 1-0-1 this season.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

I can't help but feel this game is a hinge point for the rest of the season. Coming of a listless effort they are now playing a true Cup contender (who also hasn't looked great recently), and with another bad loss I'm afraid things may snowball. If they return to their form from a few weeks ago, win or lose, I will feel better about their prospects heading down the homestretch. I'm likely more stressed about one game than I should be.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hopefully the Flyers don't get TOO embarrassed like last night...

 

[Adam Warlock]

I wouldnt mind a few bad losses if it led to necessary changes...but it wont so its probably not going to be a fun weekend.

We all want Sanheim but even an Oduya for Manning swap would show some signs of common sense from the coach.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Wish the coach and GM could see that Manning sucks without having to go on a big losing streak.

 

[Rebels57]

Wish the coach and GM could see that Manning sucks without having to go on a big losing streak.

Lockerrom magic > using best lineup

In their minds

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Who wants to bet that Lehtera and Weise still play over Weal and Leier tonight?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Wish the coach and GM could see that Manning sucks without having to go on a big losing streak.

Several days ago, Bernie mentioned that he thought because Hakstok himself was a bland, "reliable" defensemen, he has some sympathies for those players - I really agree with that. It could be nothing, but I could very easily see that influencing his evaluation of players. I'm sure he sees Mandog's limitations - he must - he's stupid, but he's not blind - and I can't help but think that he thinks of his own playing days and the efforts he made to "play it safe," and he enables Manning. It's nauseating, but I think that's (possibly) where it comes from. Because no one could watch that gaffe magnet and think "Now this is a guy I want to keep running out there."

 

[The Rage Kage]

Who wants to bet that Lehtera and Weise still play over Weal and Leier tonight?

Well since none of them play...