GDT: #70: Capitals at FLYERS, Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019, 7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

WASHINGTON CAPITALS (41-22-7) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (34-27-8)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: ESPN+, NBCSP, NBCSWA
• 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
• Capitals' Website: Official Washington Capitals Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 THINGS: WSH vs. PHI
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2018-2019
• Capitals' Stats: Washington Capitals Stats | 2018-2019

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%
Capitals	70	41-22-7	89	21-9-5	20-13-2	236	216	22.1	79.1	45.6	.904
Flyers	69	34-27-8	76	18-13-4	16-14-4	210	227	17.1	77.9	55.3	.897

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

25 James van Riemsdyk - 19 Nolan Patrick - 28 Claude Giroux
23 Oskar Lindblom - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
12 Michael Raffl - 21 Scott Laughton - 38 Ryan Hartman
44 Phil Varone - 10 Corbin Knight - 27 Justin Bailey​

Pairings

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

Goalies

79 Carter Hart (named starter) - 37 Brian Elliott (likely starter on Friday)​

Power Plays

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

Injuries and Scratches

5 Sam Morin (D) is skating after returning to the NHL Feb. 25 from a torn ACL suffered last May.
30 Michal Neuvirth (G) is on IR due to a lower body injury suffered Jan. 3. There is no timetable for his return.
33 Cam Talbot (G) could be a healthy scratch.
47 Andrew MacDonald (D) could be a healthy scratch.
93 Jake Voracek (F) is suspended and will not play. He is eligible to return March 15.
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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​

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Possible Lineup
Lines

8 Alex Ovechkin - 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov - 43 Tom Wilson
13 Jakub Vrana - 19 Nicklas Backstrom - 77 T.J. Oshie
62 Carl Hagelin - 20 Lars Eller - 10 Brett Connolly
65 Andre Burakovsky - 18 Chandler Stephenson - 72 Travis Boyd​

Pairings

6 Michal Kempny - 74 John Carlson
9 Dmitri Orlov - 2 Matt Niskanen
44 Brooks Orpik - 3 Nick Jensen​

Goalies

70 Brayden Holtby (expected starter) - 1 Pheonix Copley
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Injuries and Scratches

23 Dmitrij Jaskin (F) could be a healthy scratch.
26 Nic Dowd (F) could be a healthy scratch.
29 Christian Djoos (D) could be a healthy scratch.​

MEDIA CONTACTS
NBC Sports Washington

Web site -- Capitals
Joe Beninati's Twitter -- Joe Beninati (@JoeBpXp) | Twitter
Craig Laughlin's Twitter -- Craig Laughlin (@Laughlin18) | Twitter
Alan May's Twitter -- Alan May (@MayHockeyNBCS) | Twitter​

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter -- Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) | Twitter​

Washington Post

Web site -- Washington Capitals
Isabelle Khurshudyan's Twitter-- Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) | Twitter​

Washington Times

Web site -- Capitals Stats - Capitals News - Scores - Washington Times
Adam Zielonka's Twitter -- Adam Zielonka (@Adam_Zielonka) | Twitter​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
March 15	at Toronto	7:00 pm	TSN4, NBCSP+
March 17	at Pittsburgh	7:30 pm	NBCSN, TVAS
March 19	vs. Montreal	7:00 pm	NBCSP, TSN2, RDS
March 21	at Chicago	8:30 pm	WGN, NBCSP
March 23	vs. NY Islanders	1:00 pm	NHLN, NBCSP, MSG+
March 24	at Washington	12:30 pm	NBC, TVAS
March 27	vs. Toronto	7:00 pm	SN, TVAS, NBCSP
March 30	at Carolina	1:30 pm	FS-CR, NBCSP
March 31	vs. NY Rangers	12:30 pm	NBC

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[flyersjim73]

Goalies
79 Carter Hart (possible starter) - 37 Brian Elliott

Did Gordon or someone indicate that Hart was getting the start on Thursday?

 

[CapnZin]

Mantra for the game: DONT GET SUSPENDED

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Goalies
79 Carter Hart (possible starter) - 37 Brian Elliott

Did Gordon or someone indicate that Hart was getting the start on Thursday?

Gordon said he would get one of them (Thursday or Friday).

 

[flyersjim73]

Gordon said he would get one of them (Thursday or Friday).

Ah ok good.

 

[Tripod]

Hart should play this game with Talbot as the backup. That way Elliott gets 2 days off between games for the b2b.

And then on Friday, start Elliott with Talbot as the backup.

This allows us a fresh starter for both games....and whoever plays the best between them, gets Sunday's game.

What you don't want, is Hart to start on Thursday, get pulled, and have Elliott as the backup. You are then left with 3 bad options for Friday.

 

[TheKingPin]

To be only 3 pts out at this point is pretty amazing. When they add this summer it will be that much better. The D looks like it will be absolutely stacked and likely surprise the rest of the league. The offense will at least get Frost and likely a big UFA. Even if it’s not Panarin, it will be someone with skill that will improve the team. Then you have Hart of course. The division looks pretty open and I think we will take it next year. Or at least compete for it.

 

[Normand Lacombe]

Washington completely outclassed the Flyers for the first 30 minutes last week. Flyers better not come out sleepwalking this time. I would also start Hart for this game. Before his injury, he had a shaky game vs Detroit, then was pulled 2 consecutive games against Tampa and Montreal. Hart needs a solid game against an elite team.

 

[Alex K]

 

[Frickley]

Ah yes, what a silly series that was.

 

[Juicy Pop]

To be only 3 pts out at this point is pretty amazing. When they add this summer it will be that much better. The D looks like it will be absolutely stacked and likely surprise the rest of the league. The offense will at least get Frost and likely a big UFA. Even if it’s not Panarin, it will be someone with skill that will improve the team. Then you have Hart of course. The division looks pretty open and I think we will take it next year. Or at least compete for it.

All we really need is a bottom-pair D that can just be invisible 95% of the time.

 

[Juicy Pop]

We were so unbelievably overmatched in that series with Couturier out and yet somehow took 2 games off of them on the back of Neuvy's miracle showing.

 

[BiggE]

Questions for the day:

Can they keep this run up and get into the playoffs?
Will Jake win his appeal and be available Thursday?
Will Mimsy ever realize that Hagg sucks?
Is Michael Neuvirth still alive?
Is 8:40am too early to start drinking?

 

[Striiker]

How long until a team glues one guy to Ovechkin - like literally have him so close for the entire PP that Ovi can't even wind up for a one-timer - and just have the other three try to defend as if it's a 3v4...

That has to be better than letting him take shots constantly.

 

[FlyersMania2]

Guess Gordon will be throwing Hart to the wolves instead of pitching him a softball against the Sens.

At what point do we stop carrying 7 d-men? It's ridiculous.

 

[flyersjim73]

We were so unbelievably overmatched in that series with Couturier out and yet somehow took 2 games off of them on the back of Neuvy's miracle showing.

Didn’t help that Sargent Hak seemed to go out of his way to put the worst four players on the team (some of which shouldn’t even have been on the team) on the ice everytime the other team got a PP.

 

[BiggE]

Didn’t help that Sargent Hak seemed to go out of his way to put the worst four players on the team (some of which shouldn’t even have been on the team) on the ice everytime the other team got a PP.

Hak's over reliance on guys like PEB and Vandevelde while the PK was mired in the bottom third of the league was just mind boggling. As bad as Mimsy is, and he's pretty bad, he's still an upgrade over Hak.

 

[dragonoffrost]

Questions for the day:

Can they keep this run up and get into the playoffs?
Will Jake win his appeal and be available Thursday?
Will Mimsy ever realize that Hagg sucks?
Is Michael Neuvirth still alive?
Is 8:40am too early to start drinking?

Maybe
Probably not
No....
Who Cares?
Never

 

[dragonoffrost]

How long until a team glues one guy to Ovechkin - like literally have him so close for the entire PP that Ovi can't even wind up for a one-timer - and just have the other three try to defend as if it's a 3v4...

That has to be better than letting him take shots constantly.

I said it last game last Wednesday night at the game and they Flyers played typical PK alignment and boom goal for OverChicken

Maybe teams think that doing that will make the Caps do something to make him Ovi a pick or something?

 

[dragonoffrost]

Guess Gordon will be throwing Hart to the wolves instead of pitching him a softball against the Sens.

At what point do we stop carrying 7 d-men? It's ridiculous.

They are carrying 8D...Morin is wasting away in Popcornville.

 

[dragonoffrost]

Hak's over reliance on guys like PEB and Vandevelde while the PK was mired in the bottom third of the league was just mind boggling. As bad as Mimsy is, and he's pretty bad, he's still an upgrade over Hak.

I guess Gallant is an idiot also since PEB is a mainstay on Vegas's PK

 

[Freddy The Fog]

How long until a team glues one guy to Ovechkin - like literally have him so close for the entire PP that Ovi can't even wind up for a one-timer - and just have the other three try to defend as if it's a 3v4...

That has to be better than letting him take shots constantly.

I have no doubt that Couturier can shut him down. None. (At least for a game) He's that good. Unfortunately we don't have a coach or scheme in place for that style of play.....at this time.

 

[BiggE]

I guess Gallant is an idiot also since PEB is a mainstay on Vegas's PK

Well, at least he's not being weighed down by Vandevelde. I didn't have a problem with Bellemare being used on the kill, I just thought they were using him, and especially Vandevelde too much and a guy like Couturier to little. I also thought that Giroux should have seen more time on the PK. When your PK constantly sucks, you change things up. Under Hak, they usually didn't.

 

[Curufinwe]

I guess Gallant is an idiot also since PEB is a mainstay on Vegas's PK

Yes, PEB has the most ice time among forwards on the NHL's 8th best PK.

 

[Freddy The Fog]

Sink or swim for Hart.

A win puts him in the zone and he carries the team in future games.

Honestly believe the team's D tries harder when he's in nets. Think there's a subconscious element at play since he's a rookie and needs all the support they can muster. Both professionally and emotionally.

A loss... well.... can you say 'F***'d'?