GDT: #66: Flyers at Lightning, Friday, March 11, 2016, 7:30 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (31-23-11, 13-14-4 away ) vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (39-23-5, 21-10-3 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, SUN [This game is available through a stream on NHL.com.]
• Radio: https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/c-1000000004
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015021014 or http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873172&navid=DL|PHI|home
• Extensive game notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/01 - Game Notes/[email protected]
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Lightning's Stats: http://lightning.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers| 65 |31-23-11 |18-9-7 |13-14-4| 7-2-1 |2.54 |2.58 |18.3| 79.7 |12.9 |30.6 |31.2 |50.2
Lightning| 67| 39-23-5 |21-10-3 |18-13-2 |8-1-1| 2.72 |2.34 |16.7| 83.7 |8.9| 29.1 |28.9| 49.4

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Lightning's Website: http://lightning.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| 31| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
52 | Nick Cousins | C| 5' 10" | 188 |Jul 20, 1993 | 22| Belleville, ON, Canada
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |211 |Dec 7, 1992 |23| Phoenix, AZ, USA
89 |Sam Gagner |C |5' 11" |202 |Aug 10, 1989 |26| London, ON, CAN
28 | Claude Giroux "C"| C| 5' 11" |185 |Jan 12, 1988 |28| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 190| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
12 | Michael Raffl | L |6' 0" |200| Dec 1, 1988 |27| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185| Jun 14, 1986| 29 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1" |195| Aug 22, 1991| 24 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17| Wayne Simmonds "A" | R| 6' 2" |185 |Aug 26, 1988 |27|Scarborough, ON, CAN
20 | R.J. Umberger |C |6' 2"| 214 |May 3, 1982 |33| Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76 | Chris VandeVelde | C |6' 2" |190| Mar 15, 1987 |28| Moorhead, MN, USA
93 |Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |26| Kladno, CZE
19 |Jordan Weal | C |5' 10" |179| Apr 15, 1992 |23| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0"| 200| Mar 17, 1988| 27 |Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
15| Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |25 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
53| Shayne Gostisbehere | 5' 11" |180 |Apr 20, 1993 |22| Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
3 |Radko Gudas |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990| 25| Prague, CZE
23| Brandon Manning | 6' 1"| 204 |Jun 4, 1990| 25 |Prince George, BC, CAN
47 | Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 205| Sep 7, 1986 |29 | Judique, NS, CAN
82| Evgeny Medvedev | 6' 3"| 187| Aug 27, 1982| 33 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |38| Bern, CHE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4" |210 |May 29, 1988 |27 |Oakville, ON, CAN
30 | Michal Neuvirth| 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988 |27| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
10 - Brayden Schenn |28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl |14 - Sean Couturier |89 - Sam Gagner
21 - Scott Laughton |52 - Nick Cousins | 24 - Matt Read
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |25 - Ryan White

Pairings

Name | Name
55 - Nick Schultz | 32 - Mark Streit
47 - Andrew MacDonald | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere
82 - Evgeny Medvedev or 23 - Brandon Manning |3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (expected starter) | 30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto | injured reserve; out 3-to-4 months | left wrist surgery (Feb. 26)
Manning/Medvedev | available | one is expected to be a healthy scratch
R.J. Umberger | available | could be a healthy scratch
Jakub Voracek |out two weeks from Feb. 29 |reported as left foot (walking boot)
Jordan Weal |injured reserve; could be activated this week| upper body

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Mark Streit |Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Ryan White| Sam Gagner| Matt Read| Sean Couturier |Andrew MacDonald

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING​

LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
17 - Alex Killorn | 91 - Steven Stamkos | 24 - Ryan Callahan
18 - Ondrej Palat |9 - Tyler Johnson | 86 - Nikita Kucherov |
13 - Cedric Paquette |51 - Valtteri Filppula | 23 - J.T. Brown
11 - Brian Boyle | 90 - Vladislav Namestnikov |22 - Erik Condra

Pairings

Name | Name
77 - Victor Hedman| 6 - Anton Stralman
5 - Jason Garrison | 62 - Andrej Sustr
89 - Nikita Nesterov| 55- Braydon Coburn

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Ben Bishop | 88 - Andrei Vasilevskiy

LIGHTNING INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Matt Carle | available | could be a healthy scratch
Jonathan Marchessault| available | could be a healthy scratch

LIGHTNING POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Steven Stamkos | Nikita Kucherov| Tyler Johnson| Ondrej Palat|Vladislav Namestnikov
No. 2| Alex Killorn | Valtteri Filppula | Ryan Callahan | Anton Stralman| Victor Hedman

LIGHTNING ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
11 | Brian Boyle | C |6' 7"| 243| Dec 18, 1984| 30| Hingham, MA, USA
23 | J.T. Brown | R| 5' 10" |175 |Jul 2, 1990| 25 |Burnsville, MN, USA
24 | Ryan Callahan | R |5' 10" |186 |Mar 21, 1985| 30| Rochester, NY, USA
22 | Erik Condra | R |5' 11" |183 |Aug 6, 1986 |29 |Trenton, MI, USA
51 | Valtteri Filppula | C |6' 0" |196 |Mar 20, 1984| 31| Vantaa, FIN
9 |Tyler Johnson | C| 5' 8"| 185 |Jul 29, 1990 |25 |Spokane, WA, USA
17| Alex Killorn | C| 6' 2"| 198 |Sep 14, 1989| 26 |Halifax, NS, CAN
86| Nikita Kucherov | R| 5' 11"| 178 |Jun 17, 1993 |22| Moscow, RUS
81| Jonathan Marchessault | C| 5' 9"|174 | Dec 27, 1990 | 25| Cap-Rouge| QC, CAN
90 | Vladislav Namestnikov | C| 5' 11" |180 |Nov 22, 1992 |22| Zhukovskiy, RUS
18 |Ondrej Palat | L| 6' 0" |188| Mar 28, 1991| 24| Frydek-Mistek, CZE
13 |Cedric Paquette| C| 6' 1"| 199| Aug 13, 1993| 22| Gaspe, QC, CAN
91 | Steven Stamkos "C" | C |6' 1"| 194 |Feb 7, 1990| 25| Markham, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
25| Matthew Carle | 6' 0"| 197| Sep 25, 1984 |31| Anchorage, AK, USA
55 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5"| 226| Feb 27, 1985| 30|Shaunavon, SK, CAN
5 |Jason Garrison |6' 2"| 223 |Nov 13, 1984 |30| White Rock, BC, CAN
77 |Victor Hedman | 6' 6"| 223 |Dec 18, 1990 |24 |Ornskoldsvik, SWE
89| Nikita Nesterov | 5' 11" |191| Mar 28, 1993| 22 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
6 |Anton Stralman | 5' 11" |190 |Aug 1, 1986 |29| Tibro, SWE
62 | Andrej Sustr |6' 7"| 220| Nov 29, 1990| 24| Plzen, CZE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 | Ben Bishop | 6' 7"| 216 |Nov 21, 1986 |28| Denver, CO, USA
88 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 6' 3" |207 |Jul 25, 1994| 21| Tyumen, RUS

FLYERS vs. LIGHTNING SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Tampa Bay Lightning|45-34-8-4 |22-13-7-2| 23-21-1-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Tampa Bay Lightning |1-1 |7-6|4-2| 3-4

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Tampa Bay Lightning| 3-1-0 in the last 3 | 2-0-0 in the last 2| 1-6-2 in the last 9

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Mar 12, 2016 | Philadelphia at Florida |7:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-F
Tue Mar 15, 2016 | Detroit at Philadelphia | 7:30 PM | FS-D, CSN-PH, NBCSN
Wed Mar 16, 2016 | Philadelphia at Chicago | 8:00 PM| NBCSN
Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Pittsburgh at Philadelphia | 1:00 PM | ROOT, CSN-PH
Mon Mar 21, 2016 | Philadelphia at NY Islanders | 7:30 PM | CSN-PH, NBCSN
Tue Mar 22, 2016 | Philadelphia at Columbus | 7:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-O
Thu Mar 24, 2016 | Philadelphia at Colorado | 9:00 PM | CSN-PH, ALT
Sat Mar 26, 2016 | Philadelphia at Arizona | 10:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-A PLUS

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

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/sports

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

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

Fox Sports Florida​

| http://msn.foxsports.com/florida/tampa-bay-lightning

Paul Kennedy's Twitter| ​

https://twitter.com/PaulKennedyFOX

Tampa Bay Lightning​

Bryan Burns' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/BBurnsNHL

Tampa Bay Times ​

| http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/

Blog| ​

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightning/

Joe Smith's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/TBTimes_JSmith

Tampa Tribune​

| http://tbo.com/sports/lightning/

Erik Erlendsson's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/erlendssonTBO

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Lightning Strikes" by Aerosmith
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Bring it on. Dominate them .

 

[TheKingPin]

Hoping we now match up well against them and that's why we dominated. Otherwise, they are going want this game so bad.

 

[GhostIsBae]

Need the same effort from this game.

 

[klutch]

Would love to get 2 points here, but tbh I wouldn't complain with 1 !

 

[boxcar65]

I think you can go ahead and pencil in Gudas-Manning on the third pair. They look like they might be developing some chemistry back there. ManDog needs to eliminate the one or two major blunders per game and he will be fine.

 

[Hiesenberg]

I actually find myself not hating Manning as much. He still makes some mistakes and provides zero offense, but he does understand the plan.

MacDonald is the only one who does not follow the neutral zone strategy, the dude backs in way too much.

 

[The Rage Kage]

They now have a perfect opportunity to take control of their own destiny and win this game.

 

[chupanibre]

Red Wings and Pens both lost yesterday, this is our opportunity to level the playing field!

It's going to be tough beating TBL twice, but the Flyers should have all the motivation in the world to play their hardest

 

[Mike2000z28]

Gonna be a tough long weekend if we can't win at least one game. Tampa and then Florida back to back is gonna be tough.

 

[dats81]

Might be the first time in many years that they actually take a Florida trip seriously and play with some urgency.

 

[OzFlyers]

Gonna be a tough long weekend if we can't win at least one game. Tampa and then Florida back to back is gonna be tough.

Need some revenge from that last trip to Sunrise!

 

[Larry44]

I actually find myself not hating Manning as much. He still makes some mistakes and provides zero offense, but he does understand the plan.

MacDonald is the only one who does not follow the neutral zone strategy, the dude backs in way too much.

They need to stand behind AMac at practice with a cattle prod and zap his butt until he stops backing in.

 

[Juicy Pop]

So be it, they've done enough and from here on out it is pure pleasure for me. Screw tanking, I'll accept our fate.

 

[wuf]

So be it, they've done enough and from here on out it is pure pleasure for me. Screw tanking, I'll accept our fate.

At this point all our D prospects have me much less worried about where we draft next year. I feel it's much more important to build a winning culture, with a new coach and new faces. Makes ya feel warm and fuzzy inside, ya know?

 

[GKJ]

For streaming purposes, Yahoo and the NHL announced a deal where Yahoo will live stream 4 games per week. This game will be the first one. Local restrictions still apply.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Blackout restrictions need to die.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Come on boys I want playoff avatars

 

[Winston Wolf]

I've seen Manning (boxcar65) and one other person here and maybe one or two in the last GDT compliment Manning recently. Am I the only one who saw him give up two (2!) odd man rushes in one shift the last game?

Regardless, the forward lineup is nasty. Konecny will be here next year, no doubt.

 

[PhillyPhaithful]

It feels like the last flyers game was 3 months ago. CANT WAIT FOR TONIGHT

 

[boxcar65]

I've seen Manning (boxcar65) and one other person here and maybe one or two in the last GDT compliment Manning recently. Am I the only one who saw him give up two (2!) odd man rushes in one shift the last game?

Wolf, he is still going to make some mistakes(just like ALL of our D), but his play has improved somewhat during the past few games he has played. Tonight will be a good test in Tampa.

 

[bb12]

Wolf, he is still going to make some mistakes(just like ALL of our D), but his play has improved somewhat during the past few games he has played. Tonight will be a good test in Tampa.

Just give it a rest. The guy stinks. If he is resigned this summer then it will be hextalls worst move as gm

 

[Hurricane28]

Just give it a rest. The guy stinks. If he is resigned this summer then it will be hextalls worst move as gm

He probably will be re signed which is fine if he is cast off to the AHL

 

[thelos]

Manning is cheap and serviceable enough to be our #7, but not good enough to be a permanent #6.

 

[flyersfromquebec]

Giroux, Schenn, Simmonds, Couts, Gudas and Gosth are in playoff mode and the bottom 6 are playing well. If we can have good goaltending till the end of the season I dont see Pittsburgh winning against us (thats 6 points) and split against Detroit (thats 2 points). Best case scenario: we eliminate the pens with the last two afternoon game in april.

Now for Tampa...If they can pull it off tonight, It will prove Hakstol have the team under control and they care about winning. They need 120% effort for 60 minutes to do that.