GDT: #71| Hurricanes at FLYERS | Sun., March 19, 2017 | 7:30 pm ET | CSN-PH, FS-CR

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (32-30-8, 20-11-4 home ) vs. CAROLINA HURRICANES (30-27-12, 9-17-8 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, FS-CR
• Radio: 97.5 FM The Fanatic https://www.nhl.com/info/team-audio
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/5-things-hurricanes-vs-flyers--philadelphia-flyers/c-287869510
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Hurricanes' Stats: http://hurricanes.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| 70| 32-30-8| 72| .514| 176| 206| 2.51| 2.94| 20.1| 79.5| 31.2| 28.5| 51.7
Hurricanes|69| 30-27-12| 72| .522| 177| 194| 2.57|2.81| 17.2| 84.6| 30.4| 27.9| 52.6

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Hurricanes' Website: http://hurricanes.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 (starter) | 30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Nick Cousins | day-to-day | upper body (reported as facial injuries)
Roman Lyubimov | available| could be a healthy scratch
Brandon Manning |practiced Saturday, could return| upper body
Steve Mason | expected to be available| cramping
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

CAROLINA HURRICANES​

HURRICANES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
20 - Sebastian Aho |11 - Jordan Staal | 86 - Teuvo Teravainen
23 - Brock McGinn| 49 - Victor Rask | 16 - Elias Lindholm
53 - Jeff Skinner |33 - Derek Ryan| 21 - Lee Stempniak
42 - Joakim Nordstrom | 36 - Patrick Brown |34 - Phillip Di Giuseppe

Pairings

Name | Name
74- Jaccob Slavin |27 - Justin Faulk
5 - Noah Hanifin | 22 - Brett Pesce
6 - Klas Dahlback| 7 - Ryan Murphy

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Cam Ward (starter) | 31 - Eddie Lack

HURRICANES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Jay McClement|doubtful | lower body
Matt Tennyson| available| could be scratched
Valentin Zykov| doubtful| upper body

HURRICANES' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Sebastian Aho | Jordan Staal | Teuvo Teravainen | Elias Lindholm | Justin Faulk
No. 2|Jeff Skinner | Victor Rask | Derek Ryan | Noah Hanifin | Lee Stempniak

HURRICANES' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Sebastian Aho |20 |L |5' 11" |172 |Jul 26, 1997 |Rauma, FIN
Patrick Brown | 36| R| 6' 1"| 210| May 29, 1992| Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Phillip Di Giuseppe| 34| L| 6' 0"| 200| Oct 9, 1993| Toronto, ON, CAN
Elias Lindholm| 16 |R |6' 1"| 192 |Dec 2, 1994| Boden, SWE
Jay McClement| 18| L |6' 1" |205| Mar 2, 1983| Kingston, ON, CAN
Brock McGinn| 23 | L |6' 0" |185 |Feb 2, 1994 |Fergus, ON, CAN
Joakim Nordstrom |42 |L |6' 1" |189 |Feb 25, 1992 |Stockholm, SWE
Victor Rask (A)|49| L |6' 2" |200| Mar 1, 1993| Leksand, SWE
Derek Ryan |33 |R |5' 11" |170| Dec 29, 1986 |Spokane, WA, USA
Jeff Skinner (A) |53| L |5' 11"|200 |May 16, 1992 |Toronto, ON, CAN
Jordan Staal (A) |11| L| 6' 4" |220 |Sep 10, 1988 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
Lee Stempniak |21| R |5' 11"| 195|Feb 4, 1983| West Seneca, NY, USA
Teuvo Teravainen |86| L |5' 11"|178 |Sep 11, 1994 |Helsinki, FIN
Valentin Zykov|39| R| 6' 1"| 224| May 15, 1995| St. Petersburg, RUS

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Klas Dahlbeck |6 |L|6' 3" |207 |Jul 6, 1991 | Katrineholm, SWE
Justin Faulk (A)| 27|R |6' 0"|215| Mar 20, 1992|South St.Paul, MN, USA
Noah Hanifin| 5 |L|6' 3" | 206 |Jan 25, 1997|Boston, MA, USA
Ryan Murphy |7 |R| 5' 11"|185 |Mar 31, 1993|Aurora, ON, CAN
Brett Pesce| 22 |R |6' 3" |200 |Nov 15, 1994|Tarrytown, NY, USA
Jaccob Slavin |74|L|6' 2"|205|May 1, 1994|Denver, CO, USA
Matt Tennyson| 26|R|6' 2"|205|Apr 23, 1990|Minneapolis, MN, USA

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Eddie Lack| 31| 6' 4" |187| Jan 5, 1988 |Norrtälje, SWE
Cam Ward|30| 6' 1" |185 |Feb 29, 1984|Saskatoon, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. HURRICANES SERIES HISTORY​

|
Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Hartford Whalers |35-17-7-0|20-7-2-0 |15-10-5-0
Carolina Hurricanes |45-16-7-7 |24-6-3-4|21-10-4-3
Franchise History|80-33-14-7|44-13-5-4 |36-20-9-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Hartford Whalers|0-0 | 0-0|0-0|0-0
Carolina Hurricanes |0-0 | 0-0|0-0|0-0
Franchise History|0-0 | 0-0|0-0|0-0

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Carolina Hurricanes|5-2-0 in the last 7| 3-0-0 in the last 3 |2-5-2 in the last 9

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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

Carolina Hurricanes ​

Michael Smith's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/MSmithCanes

Mike Maniscalco's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/mikemaniscalco

Fox Sports Carolinas ​

| http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/carolina-hurricanes-team

Raleigh News & Observer ​

| http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/

Chip Alexander's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ice_chip

North State Journal ​

| http://www.nsjonline.com/section/sports

Cory Lavalette's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/corylav?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Black Sunshine" by White Zombie w/Iggy Pop
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[Tripod]

1st game all year I will miss. To those in charge of tank nation, may you have 4 losses while I am gone. To those who still believe the playoffs are real, may you get 4 wins.

The heart wants wins, the head knows the losses help us more in the future when it really matters.

Good luck.

Oh...and I predict Simmonds will have 1 great game when I am gone...a 2-3 goal game where he looks fantastic.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

1st game all year I will miss. To those in charge of tank nation, may you have 4 losses while I am gone. To those who still believe the playoffs are real, may you get 4 wins.

The heart wants wins, the head knows the losses help us more in the future when it really matters.

Good luck.

Oh...and I predict Simmonds will have 1 great game when I am gone...a 2-3 goal game where he looks fantastic.

Have a safe trip, bud

 

[Tripod]

Have a safe trip, bud

Thanks man.

Warm weather, great food, the beach.....just like Thialand right?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Time to get crushed.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Thanks man.

Warm weather, great food, the beach.....just like Thialand right?

Yes. Luckily for you, you get to leave after a while and cool off back home

 

[bennysflyers16]

1st game all year I will miss. To those in charge of tank nation, may you have 4 losses while I am gone. To those who still believe the playoffs are real, may you get 4 wins.

The heart wants wins, the head knows the losses help us more in the future when it really matters.

Good luck.

Oh...and I predict Simmonds will have 1 great game when I am gone...a 2-3 goal game where he looks fantastic.

You can have 3 losses, need a Win Tuesday !!!

 

[Tripod]

You can have 3 losses, need a Win Tuesday !!!

I will grant you that wish. Always nice to see a win when you rarely get to see them live.

 

[bennysflyers16]

I will grant you that wish. Always nice to see a win when you rarely get to see them live.

Thanks lol

Have a great trip !!!

 

[TheKingPin]

Great news! Hak said we had a great practice today! Looked refreshed after a day off. We are back on track guys! What a joke...

Mase back in net. Very little makes sense with Hak.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Great news! Hak said we had a great practice today! Looked refreshed after a day off. We are back on track guys! What a joke...

Mase back in net. Very little makes sense with Hak.

He is perfect proof for why the word "jerk" isn't enough and we, as a civilization,
needed to create the word "jerkwad"

 

[YEM]

how have the Canes been this bad for so long [1 playoff appearance in the last 9 seasons] and have such an underwhelming group of forwards on their squad? wow...

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Optional skate today (Sunday).

According to the Philly.com reporter on scene (link: https://twitter.com/sjnard ):

Steve Mason warming up at the #Flyers morning skate.
Weal, Luybimov, Konecny, Read, Manning, Schenn, Bellemare & both goalies​

 

[TheKingPin]

It's not the worst in the world. Aho is killing it. That D is nice.

Good on schenn to get the skate in.

 

[Magua]

how have the Canes been this bad for so long [1 playoff appearance in the last 9 seasons] and have such an underwhelming group of forwards on their squad? wow...

Well, firstly they built their defense corps to be one of the elite in the league in the coming years.....Faulk, Hanifin, Slavin, Pesce, Bean, Fleury. A lot of their recent problems have been in goaltending. They've really cratered the team, and made them look worse than they are. What we're going through this season, they've had for years. But even this year, their forward group is underwhelming, yet they still score at a higher rate than us. And they have much better underlying #s.

Rask, Aho, Skinner, Staal, Lindholm, Teravainen.....add in Roy, Gauthier, Kuokkanen. They should have really good middle 6 depth, they have a lot of underrated players, but they are few on real star top line/6 talent. Aho and Skinner are probably it. Their story has been one of poor drafting for a long time. Their drafting through the 2000s was incredibly underwhelming, which is why they're in this seemingly endless situation to begin with. Then they traded what became valuable assets in Ladd and Johnson for nothing really. They've been a team really adept at finding talent in the second of late, but they have a knack for using high picks in recent years on safe guys, and been burned by it to varying degrees. Hanifin was taken over the other two defensemen most likely, and he still has a lot of potential, so we'll ignore that, but he certainly was the safe pick. Fleury was taken one pick before both Nylander and Ehlers. It was questionable at the time. Lindholm is good, but they expected and needed more from him.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

i really dont understand what Haks is doing with the goalies..

sits Mason for many games in a row... now playing Mase for many games in a row..

i have no idea what hes doing

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Oh wow, end to end early.

 

[OriginJM]

i really dont understand what Haks is doing with the goalies..

sits Mason for many games in a row... now playing Mase for many games in a row..

i have no idea what hes doing

that makes two of you

 

[Flyerfan4life]

inB4 Cooter haters.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Meathead is still injured ?

damn he really did get his ass beat didnt he..

 

[Flyerfan4life]

well that was a comedy of errors...

glad Mase found the puck at least..

 

[Flyerfan4life]

yet another stellar shift for VdV..

gifts the puck directly to the Canes..returns to bench..

hahaha

 

[trostol]

why do i feel MDZ will be re-signed

 

[Flyerfan4life]

why do i feel MDZ will be re-signed

my biggest fear is we go throu the offseason making no real changes..

im bracing for all the UGLY to still be here next year.. that includes players and coaching staff

 

[Hurricane28]

TK so close