GDT: #67 | Penguins at FLYERS | Wed., Mar. 7, 2018, 8:00 pm ET | NBCSN, TVAS

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (38-25-4) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (34-21-11)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN [John Forslund, Pierre McGuire and Eddie Olczyk] and TVAS
• 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
• Penguins' Website: Official Pittsburgh Penguins Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 THINGS: Penguins vs. Flyers
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
• Penguins' Stats: Pittsburgh Penguins Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Penguins	67	38-25-4	80	25-8-1	13-17-3	217	201	26.4	81.7	50.2	.904	647
Flyers	66	34-21-11	79	16-10-6	18-11-5	195	187	20.6	75.1	53.5	.907	561

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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
40 Jordan Weal - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 17 Wayne Simmonds
15 Jori Lehtera - 21 Scott Laughton - 12 Michael Raffl​

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 expected to play. He has been out since Feb. 20 with an upper body injury.
20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch.
22 Dale Weise could be a healthy scratch.
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.

Feb. 28 update: Could return in the fourth week of March pending the next update.​

37 Brian Elliott is on IR. He could be out 5-to-6 weeks from Feb. 13 after core muscle surgery.

Feb. 28 update: Could return in the third week of March pending the next update.​

Power Play Units

1. Wayne Simmonds - Sean Couturier - Jake Voracek - Claude Giroux - Shayne Gostisbehere
2. Nolan Patrick - Oskar Lindblom - Travis Konecny - Jordan Weal - 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
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Possible Lineup
Lines

59 Jake Guentzel - 87 Sidney Crosby - 72 Patric Hornqvist
62 Carl Hagelin - 71 Evgeni Malkin - 17 Bryan Rust
12 Dominik Simon - 19 Derick Brassard - 81 Phil Kessel
34 Tom Kuhnhackl - 15 Riley Sheahan - 43 Conor Sheary ​

Pairings

8 Brian Dumolin - 58 Kris Letang
6 Jamie Oleksiak- 4 Justin Schultz
3 Olli Maataa - 2 Chad Ruhwedel​

Goalies

1 Casey DeSmith - 35 Tristan Jarry​

Injuries and Scratches

22 Matt Hunwick could be a healthy scratch.
30 Matt Murray is day-to-day with a concussion. He skated with the team Tuesday but did not practice..
37 Carter Rowney could be a healthy scratch.
46 Zach Aston-Reese is out due to an upper body injury.
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Power Play Units

1. Patric Hornqvist - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel - Sidney Crosby - Justin Schultz
2. Jake Guentzel - Conor Sheary -Derick Brassard - Olli Maatta - Kris Letang
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site --http://www.theathletic.com/pittsburgh/
Seth Rorabaugh's Twitter -- Seth Rorabaugh (@SethRorabaugh) | Twitter
Josh Yohe's Twitter -- Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) | Twitter​

AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

Twitter -- AT&T SportsNet™ PIT (@ATTSportsNetPIT) | Twitter​

Pens Inside Scoop

Web site -- Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) | Twitter​

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Web site -- Pittsburgh Penguins news and commentary | Post-Gazette
Jason Mackey's Twitter -- Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) | Twitter
Sam Werner's Twitter -- Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) | Twitter​

Pittsburgh Tribune

Web site -- Penguins
Jonathan Bombaluie's Twitter -- Jonathan Bombulie (@BombulieTrib) | Twitter​

Radio

Penguins' Live -- Penguins Live (@penguinslive) | Twitter
Josh Getzoff's Twitter -- Josh Getzoff (@PensJG) | Twitter​

FLYERS' SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
Thu., Mar. 8	Philadelphia at Boston	7:00 pm	NHLN-US, SN, NESN, NBCSP+	93.3
Sat., Mar. 10	Winnipeg at Philadelphia	1:00 pm	NBCSP, TSN3	97.5
Mon. Mar. 12	Vegas at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	SN, NBCSP, ATTSN-RM	97.5
Thu., Mar. 15	Columbus at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-O	93.3
Sat., Mar. 17	Philadelphia at Carolina	7:00 pm	FS-CR, NBCSP	97.5
Sun., Mar. 18	Washington at Philadelphia	5:00 pm	NHLN-US, NBCSP, NBCSWA	97.5
Tue., Mar. 20	Philadelphia at Detroit	7:30 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP	97.5

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The lines and pairings will be updated.

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The Flyers records against each NHL team this season
(games remaining in parenthesis and where the Flyers play):

Boston 0-1-0 (home and away)
Buffalo 2-1-0
Carolina 1-1-0 (home and away)
Columbus 2-0-1 (home)
Detroit 2-0-0 (away)
Florida 1-2-0
Montreal 3-0-0
New Jersey 2-1-1
NY Islanders 1-0-2 (away)
NY Rangers 1-1-0 (home and home)
Ottawa 1-1-1
Pittsburgh 0-1-1 (home and away)
Tampa Bay 1-1-1
Toronto 3-0-0
Washington 2-1-0 (home)
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Anaheim 1-1-0
Arizona 1-0-1
Calgary 1-0-1
Chicago 1-1-0
Colorado 0-0-1 (away)
Dallas 1-0-0 (away)
Edmonton 2-0-0
Los Angeles 0-2-0
Minnesota 0-2-0
Nashville 0-2-0
San Jose 1-1-0
St. Louis 2-0-0
Vancouver 1-1-0
Vegas 1-0-0 (home)
Winnipeg 0-0-1 (home)​

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The Flyers are:

8-5 in overtimes
2-6 in shootouts
11-2-3 vs. Canadian teams
22-11-7 vs. Eastern Conference
12-10-4 vs. Western Conference
34-21-11 this season​

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Get your damn shit together and show these guys why they shouldn't want to play us in the play-offs. Ohhhh, staying out of the box will do wonders against the Pens.

 

[dats81]

If they again take that many ill advised penalties, the Pens will cruise away with an easy win.

Need to accept the given: Flyers can't kill penalties and their goalies can't stop break aways. The only way to survive is to avoid both.

 

[boxcar65]

I think calling up Sanheim to play with Gudas is the right move. Manning-Hagg goes to the third pair. Chances are either AMac or Oduya might be ready by Wednesday, but I think you still give the rook another shot. If Gudas plays badly, we can say it wasn’t because of Manning dragging him down.

 

[Domino666]

I’m really not looking forward to this game, this has massacre written all over it, or following how this team goes, they’ll get merked by Pitt and destroy Boston or vise versa, or maybe just slayed by both
Sad face

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

We're gonna get so f***ing wrecked with Mrazek in net. How far away is Neuvy or Stolarz?

I think calling up Sanheim to play with Gudas is the right move. Manning-Hagg goes to the third pair. Chances are either AMac or Oduya might be ready by Wednesday, but I think you still give the rook another shot. If Gudas plays badly, we can say it wasn’t because of Manning dragging him down.

For once, I kind of agree with you. Have Sanheim brought up to play on the left side. I want Hak to let him play his f***ing game instead of worrying about every little f*** up. Let him play with a bit of risk. You'll be happy you did. Keep that third pairing to about 15 minutes a night and I think it won't be too awful.

 

[dats81]

Don't get your hopes high an a potential Sanheim callup.
Mac Donald will play. He probably would have been healthy enough to go against the Panthers anyway but they had Oduya in the fold and wanted to see what he got.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

How far away is Neuvy or Stolarz?

I would anticipate some time next week for Elliott's return.

Approximate an addition of ten days for Neuvirth.

There was never a period of time attached to Stolarz in order to avoid any suspicion of recurrence of injury should it have lasted longer than any specified return. That was in September. The only phrases stated now are synonymous to "nearing" a return. Whether that is this week or this month, it is more promising for a return than a month ago.

All that can change and certainly a player's medical history to other less tangible factors are involved.

Simmonds could return this week.

 

[dats81]

We're gonna get so ****ing wrecked with Mrazek in net. How far away is Neuvy or Stolarz?

I think Elliot is supposed to return before Neuvirth but still a couple of weeks away.

And as far as Stolarz is concerned, they did barely trust him as a part time backup last season and he hasn't played for almost a year now. Not a viable option for the remainder of this season.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

I think Elliot is supposed to return before Neuvirth but still a couple of weeks away.

And as far as Stolarz is concerned, they did barely trust him as a part time backup last season and he hasn't played for almost a year now. Not a viable option for the remainder of this season.

If Stolie does return, I would expect hm to stay in the AHL for the remainder of the season.

 

[TheKingPin]

No way you got to Stolarz unless he is 100% game shape and we continuing this goalie performance.

I think Mrazek is what he is, inconsistent. He has a few days to regroup but I think you have to go back to him Wednesday.

Didn’t know oduya was injured. This is the only scenario sanhiem or Morin gets in. Since Morin is out its time to get sanhiem in there. Sanhiem Gudas could be a force, giving us a really good top 4 which is all we need for now on D anyway.

 

[Striiker]

Just let the Sanheim dream die. You’re getting your hopes up for nothing.

If the horrific play of our bottom 3 defensemen hasn’t convinced Hakstol to get rid of one of them by now, it’s not going to happen. Hakstols perfectly happy to have his decisions sink this ship.

We’ll just have to wait until Hextall does his job in the offseason and makes it so Hakstol actually doesn’t have a choice. We know that if you give him one, he’ll choose wrong. Like if you let a child decide what they want to eat, so they choose ice cream for every meal until they’re morbidly obese and sick.

Sanheims not coming back this season unless there’s a long term injury. And even then, I wouldn’t even be surprised for Hakstol to fall in love Oduya’s veteran presence and intangibles.

 

[Tripod]

To me it's simple. Keeping the bottom 4 Dmen means we are always out matched with little to no upside. Adding Sanheim to the mix gives us the CHANCE that a hint of that upside is realized which will certainly help us in the long run.

19 games since Sanheim was demoted. 12 of those games we gave up 3 or more goals.

Our wins are because our top guys have been outscoring our defensive/goalie issues. It's why people were complaining even when winning because the issues are obvious. And one of those issue is not enough talent on defense.

With 16 games left and the playoffs looking very likely, adding more skill to our team would certainly help it. Imagine if it solidified a 2nd pairing and how that would help us.

But instead, we will keep the status quo, try and tread water until we drown.

 

[TheKingPin]

Just let the Sanheim dream die. You’re getting your hopes up for nothing.

If the horrific play of our bottom 3 defensemen hasn’t convinced Hakstol to get rid of one of them by now, it’s not going to happen. Hakstols perfectly happy to have his decisions sink this ship.

We’ll just have to wait until Hextall does his job in the offseason and makes it so Hakstol actually doesn’t have a choice. We know that if you give him one, he’ll choose wrong. Like if you let a child decide what they want to eat, so they choose ice cream for every meal until they’re morbidly obese and sick.

Sanheims not coming back this season unless there’s a long term injury. And even then, I wouldn’t even be surprised for Hakstol to fall in love Oduya’s veteran presence and intangibles.

If amac and oduya are hurt at the same time and alt is gone it’s not unreasonable to think sanhiem is called up.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Hakstol wouldn't play against Pittsburgh anyway. Probably better off going 13 F and 5D.

 

[JXC]

HUGE GAME

Big barometer

 

[Hiesenberg]

The bleeding will continue

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

The way this Defense plays kessell is licking his chops.

 

[CanadianSniper]

Gotta win this one.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The way this Defense plays kessell is licking his chops.

Lou, there is not a second of any day, waking or sleeping, when that fat bastard isn't licking his chops.

 

[Amorgus]

Lou, there is not a second of any day, waking or sleeping, when that fat bastard isn't licking his chops.

You smell you own. *mic drop*

 

[Frickley]

Lou, there is not a second of any day, waking or sleeping, when that fat bastard isn't licking his chops.

Empties the garbage can: *licks his chops

Takes a whiff of Malkin's sweaty hockey gear: *licks his chops

Sees shower drain drain clogged with own body hair: *licks his chops

Watches Dale Weise defecate on woman's head: *licks his chops

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Empties the garbage can: *licks his chops

Takes a whiff of Malkin's sweaty hockey gear: *licks his chops

Sees shower drain drain clogged with own body hair: *licks his chops

Watches Dale Weise defecate on woman's head: *licks his chops

If you scotch-taped some mutton to your face, he would lick your chops, the fat bastard.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

You smell you own. *mic drop*

We are all living in a fart vacuum, it's not like we have a choice.