GDT: #70| FLYERS at Devils | Thurs., March 16, 2017 | 7:00 pm ET | TVAS, MSG+, CSN-PH

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (32-29-8, 12-18-4 away ) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (25-31-12, 13-13-6 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TVAS, MSG+, CSN-PH
• Radio: https://www.nhl.com/info/team-audio
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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: https://www.nhl.com/news/philadelphia-flyers-new-jersey-devils-game-preview/c-287769902
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Devils' Stats: http://devils.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Points | Pct. | GF | GA | GF/G | GA/G| PP% | PK% | Shots For | Shots Ag. | FO%
Flyers| 69| 32-29-8| 72| .522| 174|200| 2.52| 2.90| 20.3| 79.7| 31.4| 28.5| 51.7
Devils |68| 25-31-12| 62| .456| 150| 195| 2.21| 2.87| 17.9| 80.5| 27.3| 31.2| 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
• Devils' Website: http://devils.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (A) |78 |L |6' 0" |198 |Mar 6, 1985|Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
Nick Cousins |25 |L |5' 10" |188 |Jul 20, 1993| Belleville, ON, CAN
Sean Couturier |14|L |6' 3" |211 |Dec 7, 1992 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
Valtteri Filppula| 51| L| 6' 0"| 196| Mar 20, 1984| Vantaa, FIN
Claude Giroux (C) |28 |R |5' 11" |185 |Jan 12, 1988 |Hearst, ON, CAN
Travis Konecny |11 |R |5' 10" |175 |Mar 11, 1997| London, ON, CAN
Roman Lyubimov |13| R |6' 2" |207 |Jan 6, 1992 |Tver, RUS
Michael Raffl |12| L| 6' 0"| 200| Dec 1, 1988| Villach, AUT
Matt Read |24| R| 5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986| Ilderton, ON, CAN
Brayden Schenn| 10 |L| 6' 1" |195| Aug 22, 1991| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Wayne Simmonds (A) |17| R| 6' 2" |185| Aug 26, 1988| Scarborough, ON, CAN
Chris VandeVelde |76| L |6' 2"| 190 |Mar 15, 1987| Moorhead, MN, USA
Jakub Voracek| 93| L |6' 2" |214| Aug 15, 1989|Kladno, CZE
Jordan Weal | 40| R| 5' 10" | 172| Apr 15, 1992| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
Dale Weise| 22 | R |6' 2" |206 |Aug 5, 1988| Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Michael Del Zotto| 15 | L |6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
Shayne Gostisbehere | 53 | L |5' 11" |180 |Apr 20, 1993 |Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Radko Gudas|3 |R |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990 |Prague, CZE
Andrew MacDonald |47 | L| 6' 1"| 204 |Sep 7, 1986| Judique, NS, CAN
Brandon Manning |23 | L| 6' 1" |205 |Jun 4, 1990 |Prince George, BC, CAN
Ivan Provorov |9 | L |6' 1"| 201 |Jan 13, 1997 |Yaroslavl, RUS
Nick Schultz |55 | L |6' 1"| 203 |Aug 25, 1982| Strasbourg, SK, CAN

Goalies

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

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
40 - Jordan Weal | 28 - Claude Giroux | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
11 - Travis Konecny |51 - Valterri Filppula |93 - Jakub Voracek
22 - Dale Weise |14 - Sean Couturier |10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |24 - Matt Read

Pairings

Name | Name
9 - Ivan Provorov |47 - Andrew MacDonald
15 - Michael Del Zotto | 3 - Radko Gudas
55 - Nick Schultz | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Nick Cousins | will not play | upper body (reported as facial injuries)
Roman Lyubimov | available| could be a healthy scratch
Brandon Manning | questionable| upper body
Michael Raffl | IR; out 6-to-8 weeks from Mar. 1| lower body

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux |Ivan Provorov | Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Travis Konecny | Valtteri Filppula | Sean Couturier| Jake Voracek | Michael Del Zotto

NEW JERSEY DEVILS​

DEVILS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
9 - Taylor Hall |19 - Travis Zajac | 21 - Kyle Palmieri
64 - Joseph Blandisi | 14 - Adam Henrique | 8 - Beau Bennett
42 - John Quenneville 37 - Pavel Zacha | 23 - Stefan Noesen
44 - Miles Wood |56 - Blake Pietila | 36 - Nick Lappin

Pairings

Name | Name
6 - Andy Greene |12 - Ben Lovejoy
7 - Jon Merrill | 47 - Dalton Prout
2 - John Moore | 28 - Damon Severson

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Cory Schneider | 1 - Keith Kinkaid (named starter)

DEVILS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Kenneth Appleby | available| could be a healthy scratch
Michael Cammalleri | doubtful | upper body
Blake Coleman |available| could be a healthy scratch
Jacob Josefson | doubtful | upper body
Marc Savard| LTIR| post-concussion syndrome
Steven Santini | available| could be a healthy scratch
Devante Smith-Pelly | questionable| lower body

DEVILS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Taylor Hall | Travis Zajac | Joseph Blandisi | Kyle Palmieri | Andy Greene
No. 2| Adam Henrique | John Quenneville | Beau Bennett | Pavel Zacha| Damon Severson

DEVILS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Beau Bennett| 8| R| 6' 2"| 195| Nov 27, 1991| Gardena, CA, USA
Joseph Blandisi| 64| L| 6' 0"| 200| Jul 18, 1994| Markham, ON, CAN
Michael Cammalleri (A)| 13| L| 5' 9"| 185| Jun 8, 1982| Toronto, ON, CAN
Blake Coleman|40| L| 5' 11"| 200| Nov 28, 1991| Plano, TX, USA
Taylor Hall| 9| L| 6' 1"| 201| Nov 14, 1991| Calgary, AB, CAN
Adam Henrique (A)| 14| L| 6' 0"| 195| Feb 6, 1990| Brantford, ON, CAN
Jacob Josefson| 16| L| 6' 0"| 190| Mar 2, 1991| Stockholm, SWE
Nick Lappin| 36| R| 6' 1"| 174| Nov 1, 1992| Geneva, IL, USA
Stefan Noesen| 23| R| 6' 1"| 205| Feb 12, 1993| Plano, TX, USA
Kyle Palmieri| 21| R| 5' 10"| 185| Feb 1, 1991| Smithtown, NY, USA
Blake Pietila| 56| L| 5' 11"| 200| Feb 20, 1993| Milford, MI, USA
John Quenneville | 42|L| 6' 1"| 195| Apr 16, 1996| Edmonton, AB, CAN
Marc Savard| -- | L| 5' 10"| 191| Jul 17, 1977| Ottawa, ON, CAN
Devante Smith-Pelly| 25| R| 6' 0"| 214| Jun 14, 1992| Scarborough, ON, CAN
Miles Wood| 44| L| 6' 1"| 185| Sep 13, 1995| Buffalo, NY, USA
Pavel Zacha| 37| L| 6' 3"| 210| Apr 6, 1997| Brno, CZE
Travis Zajac (A)| 19| R| 6' 2"| 185| May 13, 1985| Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Andy Greene (C)| 6| L| 5' 11"| 190| Oct 30, 1982| Trenton, MI, USA
Ben Lovejoy| 12| R| 6' 1"| 206| Feb 20, 1984| Concord, NH, USA
Jon Merrill| 7| L| 6' 3"| 205| Feb 3, 1992 | Oklahoma City, OK, USA
John Moore| 2| L| 6' 3"| 210| Nov 19, 1990| Winnetka, IL, USA
Dalton Prout| 47| R| 6' 3"| 229| Mar 13, 1990| Kingsville, ON, CAN
Steven Santini| 34| R| 6' 2"| 207| Mar 7, 1995| Bronxville, NY, USA
Damon Severson| 28| R| 6' 2"| 205| Aug 7, 1994| Melville, SK, CAN

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Kenneth Appleby| 55| 6' 4"| 205| Apr 10, 1995| North Bay, ON, CAN
Keith Kinkaid| 1| 6' 3"| 195| Jul 4, 1989| Farmingville, NY, USA
Cory Schneider| 35 | 6' 3"| 205| Mar 18, 1986| Marblehead, MA, USA

FLYERS vs. DEVILS SERIES HISTORY​

|
Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 9-0-1-0 | 5-0-0-0 |4-0-1-0
Colorado Rockies | 19-4-2-0| 12-0-1-0 | 7-4-1-0
New Jersey Devils| 82-92-15-11| 50-35-9-6 |32-57-6-5
Franchise History| 110-96-18-11| 67-35-10-6| 43-61-8-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 0-0 | 0-0 |0-0| 0-0
Colorado Rockies | 1-0|2-0 |1-0|1-0
New Jersey Devils| 2-3 | 14-14 |7-8| 7-6
Franchise History| 3-3| 16-14| 8-8|8-6

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New Jersey Devils|2-5-1 in the last 8 |1-6-1 in the last 8| 2-1-0 in the last 3

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sunday, March 19| Carolina at Philadelphia| 7:30 pm| CSN-PH, FS-CR
Tuesday, March 21| Philadelphia at Winnipeg| 8:00 pm | TSN3, CSN-PH
Thursday, March 23| Philadelphia at Minnesota| 8:00 pm| FS-N, FS-WI, CSN-PH
Saturday, March 25| Philadelphia at Columbus| 2:00 pm| NHLN-US, SN1, FS-O, CSN-PH
Sunday, March 26|Philadelphia at Pittsburgh| 7:00 pm| NBCSN, TVAS
Tuesday, March 28| Ottawa at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm| TCN-PH, RDS2, TSN5

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Broad Street Hockey​

| http://www.broadstreethockey.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/BroadStHockey

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

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

Sons of Penn​

| http://sonsofpenn.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/SonsOfPenn

The Bergen Record ​

| http://fireandice.northjersey.com/

Andrew Gross' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/new-jersey-devils

Newark Star-Ledger ​

| http://www.nj.com/devils/

Chris Ryan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/ChrisRyan_NJ

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"South of Heaven" by Slayer
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Flyers' starting goalie has not been confirmed for this game.

Kincaid starts for the Devils.

Devils wearing retro green-red jerseys.

 

[klutch]

Flyers playing a back to back. Devils having a terrible season.

Flyers vs Devils plus the variables..

Bring your pillow and blanket for this one.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

The way Coots is piling up points he's the obvious choice to be scratched. #Hakslogic

The Devils are an enigma for the Flyers, no matter how terrible they play. Will be interesting to see how the team comes out after the convincing win against our most hated rivals.

 

[dats81]

The world will end on the day the Flyers score more than 3 goals on the road against the NJ Devils again.

 

[Tripod]

Last game I get to watch before heading out to Mexico on Saturday. Expecting disappointment.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

A game at the Wells Fargo Center Annex. At least we'll be well represented in the crowd. The game itself will almost surely be a snoozer. Still, we're getting closer to the offseason, when we won't be able to watch at all for months and months. I'll miss us while we're playing golf.

 

[WIP CALLER]

these kind of games have been let downs all year. would be nice for them to string together a pair of strong efforts on the back to back and convert on all 4 Points. even if all it does is hurt draft position, I still would like to see the team finish the year strong and show signs that next year will be better, not just more of the same..

 

[WIP CALLER]

A game at the Wells Fargo Center Annex. At least we'll be well represented in the crowd. The game itself will almost surely be a snoozer. Still, we're getting closer to the offseason, when we won't be able to watch at all for months and months. I'll miss us while we're playing golf.

I agree, I'm not really a baseball fan anymore. used to be a huge braves fan but they took them off tbs and I never was a diehard Phillies fan so I just don't have passion for the sport anymore. will only watch the Phillies if literally nothing else is on but I couldn't tell you the best player on every mlb team anymore. summer to me is just following hockey, basketball and footballs off seasons, golfing, and waiting for fall... gotta enjoy these last few games even if the year itself was a disappointment.

 

[Hiesenberg]

If anybody is suffering from insomnia, they should watch this game.

 

[GingerFetish]

i hate watching devils vs us its the most boring hoofhockey

 

[FlyTimmo]

I'm ready for a boring 2-1 loss.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Mikey from O&B said Devils are 0-8-2 and are starting Kinkaid.

Flyers lose by 4 easily tonight. lol

 

[bennysflyers16]

Mase starting, which is deserved, but man this coach is an idiot with his goalies. Still baffled by the Neuvy start vs the Leafs then run Mase a bunch in a row again.

Mase should of had Leafs, Neuvy Bruins, then run with Mase if need be.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Will NJ suck still against us? Who knows.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Mase starting, which is deserved, but man this coach is an idiot with his goalies. Still baffled by the Neuvy start vs the Leafs then run Mase a bunch in a row again.

Mase should of had Leafs, Neuvy Bruins, then run with Mase if need be.

is that confirmed ?

tbh im shocked how many games they are giving Mase in a row considering they signed amd gave a hefty raised to Neuvy...

but then it is Haks. i suppose i shouldnt really be surprized

 

[Rebels57]

Im having a discussion on facebook with Bill Meltzer about Haks decision to start Mason and how it completely contradicts his reasoning for starting Neuvirth last week.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Im having a discussion on facebook with Bill Meltzer about Haks decision to start Mason and how it completely contradicts his reasoning for starting Neuvirth last week.

I actually find his dealing with the goalies more frustrating than his usage of VDV and Bellemare.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I actually find his dealing with the goalies more frustrating than his usage of VDV and Bellemare.

It's bad, man. It really is. Even if you don't have a serious preference between the two goalies - I don't really - it still seems pretty amateurish, i.e. collegiate.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

It's bad, man. It really is. Even if you don't have a serious preference between the two goalies - I don't really - it still seems pretty amateurish, i.e. collegiate.

Yeah, that's how I feel as well. I get that a coach may have a maddening preference for some random grinders, but I can find no rhyme or reason for his handling of our goaltending tandem.

 

[Rebels57]

I knew we were in for a ****-show regarding the goalies when Neuvy got the nod in Game 1 of the season.

 

[Curufinwe]

Mase starting, which is deserved, but man this coach is an idiot with his goalies. Still baffled by the Neuvy start vs the Leafs then run Mase a bunch in a row again.

Mase should of had Leafs, Neuvy Bruins, then run with Mase if need be.

Why should Neuvirth have got the Bruins instead of the Leafs? They were both must win games.

it still seems pretty amateurish, i.e. collegiate.

In Hak's last UND season, his starter played 42 games and the backup played 2.

 

[Curufinwe]

is that confirmed ?

tbh im shocked how many games they are giving Mase in a row considering they signed amd gave a hefty raised to Neuvy...

but then it is Haks. i suppose i shouldnt really be surprized

I'm sure the GM had nothing do with Neuvirth playing nine out 10 games right before he gave him a $5m extension.

 

[Eb]

Mason starting again?!

I thought your coach hated him?!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I was hoping Neuvy would start tonight. Mason's starting to get in the way of the tank with his recent play.