GDT: #67: Flyers at Panthers, Saturday, March 12, 2016, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Follow the posts made in this thread for updates to both teams including starting goaltenders. This first post will not be updated until near game-time.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (32-23-11, 14-14-4away ) vs. FLORIDA PANTHERS (37-21-9, 21-9-5 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, FS-F, NHL-TV
• 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=2015021023
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Panthers' Stats: http://panthers.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|66 |32-23-11 |18-9-7 |14-14-4 |7-2-1 |2.54 |2.56 |18.9 |79.8| 12.7 |30.5 |31.0 |50.2
Panthers| 67| 37-21-9 |21-9-5 |16-12-4| 4-3-3 |2.70 |2.39 |16.4 |81.5 |10.6 |28.3 |29.6| 49.8

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Panthers' Website: http://panthers.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
23 - Brandon Manning |3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason | 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)
Andrew MacDonald | day-to-day| lower body
Evgeny Medvedev | available | could be a healthy scratch
Michal Neuvirth | day-to-day| stomach virus
R.J. Umberger | available | could be a healthy scratch
Jakub Voracek |could return March 15 |reported as left foot (walking boot)
Jordan Weal |injured reserve; could be activated within the 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

FLORIDA PANTHERS​

PANTHERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
11 - Jonathan Huberdeau | 16 - Aleksander Barkov | 68 - Jaromir Jagr
36 - Jussi Jokinen| 21 - Vincent Trocheck | 18 - Reilly Smith
48 - Logan Shaw | 27 - Nick Bjugstad | 24 - Jiri Hudler
28 - Garrett Wilson | 17 - Derek MacKenzie| 22 - Shawn Thornton

Pairings

Name | Name
7 - Dmitry Kulikov | 5 - Aaron Ekblad
51 - Brian Campbell | 44 - Erik Gudbranson
46 - Jakub Kindl| 6 - Alex Petrovic

Goalies

Name | Name
1 - Roberto Luongo | 35 - Al Montoya

PANTHERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
David Bolland | Injured Reserve| Lower body
Quinton Howden | Available| Could be a healthy scratch
Steven Kampfer | Available| Could be a healthy scratch
Willie Mitchell | Injured Reserve | Upper body
Teddy Purcell | Questionable | Groin |
Kyle Rau | Available| Could be a healthy scratch

PANTHERS' POWER PLAY UNITS:

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Jonathan Huberdeau | Nick Bjugstad | Jaromir Jagr |Aleksander Barkov | Aaron Ekblad
No. 2| Jiri Hudler | Vincent Trocheck | Reilly Smith |Brian Campbell | Jussi Jokinen

PANTHERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
16| Aleksander Barkov| C| 6' 3" |213 |Sep 2, 1995 |20| Tampere, FIN
27| Nick Bjugstad | C |6' 6"| 218 |Jul 17, 1992 |23 |Minneapolis, MN, USA
63| Dave Bolland "A" | C |6' 0"| 184| Jun 5, 1986| 29| Mimico, ON, CAN
42| Quinton Howden |C |6' 2"| 189 |Jan 21, 1992| 24| Winnipeg, MB, CAN
11| Jonathan Huberdeau | L| 6' 1" |188| Jun 4, 1993 |22| Saint-Jerome, QC, CAN
24 | Jiri Hudler | R| 5' 10" |183 |Jan 4, 1984| 32| Olomouc, CZE
68| Jaromir Jagr | R| 6' 3" |230| Feb 15, 1972| 44| Kladno, CZE
36| Jussi Jokinen | L |5' 11" |198 |Apr 1, 1983 |32| Kalajoki, FIN
17| Derek MacKenzie "A" | C| 5' 11" |181| Jun 11, 1981 |34| Sudbury, ON, CAN
26| Teddy Purcell | R |6' 2" |195 |Sep 8, 1985 |30| St. John's, NL, CAN
92| Kyle Rau |C |5' 8"| 178 |Oct 24, 1992| 23| Eden Prairie, MN, USA
48| Logan Shaw | R |6' 3"| 202| Oct 5, 1992 |23 |Glace Bay, NS, CAN
18| Reilly Smith |R |6' 0" |185 |Apr 1, 1991| 24 |Toronto, ON, CAN
22 | Shawn Thornton | L |6' 2"| 217| Jul 23, 1977| 38 |Oshawa, ON, CAN
21 | Vincent Trocheck | C |5' 10" |182| Jul 11, 1993| 22| Pittsburgh, PA, USA
28| Garrett Wilson | L |6' 2" |199 |Mar 16, 1991 |24| Barrie, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
51| Brian Campbell "A"| 5' 10" |192 |May 23, 1979| 36| Strathroy, ON, CAN
5 |Aaron Ekblad | 6' 4"| 216| Feb 7, 1996 |20 |Windsor, ON, CAN
44| Erik Gudbranson| 6' 5" |216 |Jan 7, 1992 |24| Ottawa, ON, CAN
3 |Steven Kampfer | 5' 11" |192 |Sep 24, 1988 |27| Ann Arbor, MI, USA
46 |Jakub Kindl | 6' 3" |199 |Feb 10, 1987 |29| Sumperk, CZE
7 |Dmitry Kulikov | 6' 1" |204| Oct 29, 1990| 25 |Lipetsk, RUS
33| Willie Mitchell "C" | 6' 3"| 210 |Apr 23, 1977 |38| Port McNeill, BC, CAN
6 |Alex Petrovic | 6' 4"| 206 |Mar 3, 1992 |24 |Edmonton, AB, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
1 |Roberto Luongo | 6' 3" |217 |Apr 4, 1979 |36| Montreal, QC, CAN
35| Al Montoya | 6' 2" |203 |Feb 13, 1985 |31 |Chicago, IL, USA

FLYERS vs. PANTHERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Florida Panthers|48-29-7-5 |20-15-6-4| 28-14-1-1

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Florida Panthers|0-1 |2-4|1-2| 1-2

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Florida Panthers|1-1-2 in the last 4 | 3-0-1 in the last 4 | 1-3-1 in last 5

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Mon Mar 28, 2016 | Winnipeg at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TSN3, CSN-PH

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name |

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://www.foxsports.com/nhl/florida-panthers-team

Steve Goldstein's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/goldieonice

Miami Herald ​

| http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nhl/florida-panthers/

Blog ​

| http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers/

George Richards' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/GeorgeRichards

Palm Beach Post​

| http://www.palmbeachpost.com/flist/sports/hockey/florida-panthers/fNS/

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ​

| http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/florida-panthers/

Harvey Fialkov's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/hfialkov

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"The Threat is Real" by Megadeth
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[SolidSnakeUS]

Keep the ball rolling. ****ing cream them.

 

[Alex91]

Was expecting a lost last night making this game a most win. Still think this a winnable game, and another statement game. Win this a force Det hand.

Go Flyers Go! Feels good to be competitive again this late

 

[boxcar65]

Great song choice...Megadeth's new album is their best one in a long time. Obviously Florida has a great record, but the way the boys are playing, I think every game is winnable right now. Contributions from all 20 in one way or another, and you have to like Hakstol's smooth coaching style behind the bench.

Imagine how pumped the home crowd will be Tuesday night if we sweep the Sunshine state. Heck, it will probably feel like a home crowd again tonight in Miami. Go Flyers.

 

[tade]

I think that Medvedev should be in for today's game, over Manning.

 

[Alex91]

If we make it past the first 5 min without giving up a goal then we will win this game. It seems like Florida either dominates us early and often, or visr versa

 

[WastedTalent]

Really would like to see Manning out of the lineup. Can't count how many times the guy fumbled an easy pass or didn't make the simple play and wound up skating himself into a turnover last night

 

[Sombastate]

A win today would be absolutely gigantic. Couple that with a Red Wings' loss and i will be the happiest of campers. The camp site will be my oyster.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

I just came accross this, do they show games when they play. if you open it now it just shows a csn theme playing over and over again.

but wanted to know if you have ever seen the flyers online, this seem like it is the CSN in market online site. just wanted to know if you ever see it work.

http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/index_csn-philly.html

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

If we make it past the first 5 min without giving up a goal then we will win this game. It seems like Florida either dominates us early and often, or visr versa

this will be the first time we play florida with us playing on a roll like we have been.

pp nearly clicking at 24 % lately which is great right up there with chicago.

 

[Appleyard]

Stolarz seemingly called up... (and Oulette up to the Phantoms)

so one of Mason or Neuvirth is injured... no idea who though!

 

[Curufinwe]

What the hell.

 

[Appleyard]

What the hell.

Yeh... they have not announced anything but the AHL websites has the transactions confirmed.

Someone must have gone down in morning skate.

EDIT: well apparently there was no morning skate... which makes it feel far more likely to be Mason and he woke up this morning feeling crap after game yesterday.

Or not... Neuvirth had some bad oysters or something.

 

[orangecrush8]

Yeh... they have not announced anything but the AHL websites has the transactions confirmed.

Someone must have gone down in morning skate.

Apparently neither goalie was at the morning skate this morning.

I can't imagine it's Mason after playing last night.

 

[orangecrush8]

Neuvirth has a stomach virus.

We can all breathe now.

 

[Appleyard]

Neuvirth out with stomach bug.

Must have had some dodgy seafood last night.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

So Mason it is.

 

[Sombastate]

So Mason on a back to back? That sucks

 

[boxcar65]

Be nice to see a scrap tonight to liven things up...maybe either Manning or White against Thornton.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

So Mason on a back to back? That sucks

yeah, but he is playing better, as well as the team.

im gonna call a 4-2 win.

 

[Alex91]

Be nice to see a scrap tonight to liven things up...maybe either Manning or White against Thornton.

Or Manning vs White over best view from popcorn suite

 

[Tripod]

At least Mason was not overused last night facing only 19 shots.

Big game!

 

[Rebels57]

Mason has struggled in back-to-backs, as we all know, but this is a huge game and I expect him to rise to the challenge.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Anyone have suggestions regarding the best bar to watch the flyers at in the fishtown area? Looking to catch the game before a show I'm going to close to Girard el stop. Maybe handle bar?

 

[CodyTheHuman]

A win today would be absolutely gigantic. Couple that with a Red Wings' loss and i will be the happiest of campers. The camp site will be my oyster.

That's a weird analogy.