GDT: #72: Flyers at Blue Jackets, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (35-24-12, 16-14-5 away) vs. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (29-35-8, 16-15-6 home )​

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BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, FS-O, NHL.TV
• Radio:https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/c-1000000004 or https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/c-10000000029
• 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=2015021090 and http://bluejackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015021090
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Blue Jackets' Stats: http://bluejackets.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|71| 35-24-12 |19-10-7 |16-14-5| 7-2-1 |2.59 |2.58 |18.2| 80.6| 12.2 |30.4 |30.9 |50.7
Blue Jackets| 72 |29-35-8 |16-15-6 |13-20-2| 4-6-0| 2.54 |3.04| 17.7 |81.1 |12.4 |28.9 |31.0 |48.6

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Blue Jackets' Website: http://bluejackets.nhl.com/index.html

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
65 |Anthony Stolarz | 6' 6" |232 |Jan 20, 1994 |22 |Jackson, NJ, USA

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
93 - Jakub Voracek |52 - Nick Cousins | 24 - Matt Read
21 - Scott Laughton | 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 (expected starter) | 65 - Anthony Stolarz

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto | injured reserve; out 3-to-4 months | left wrist surgery (Feb. 26)
Evgeny Medvedev | available | could be a healthy scratch
Michal Neuvirth | out three weeks from March 20 | meniscus tear left knee
R.J. Umberger | available | could be a healthy scratch
Chris Vandevelde |available | could be a healthy scratch
Jordan Weal | available | could be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek |Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Ryan White| Sam Gagner | Matt Read| Sean Couturier |Mark Streit

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS​

BLUE JACKETS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
43 - Scott Hartnell | 41 - Alexander Wennberg |18 - Rene Bourque
20 - Brandon Saad | 38 - Boone Jenner| 28 - Oliver Bjorkstrand
11 - Matt Calvert|17 - Brandon Dubinsky | 13 - Cam Atkinson
25 - William Karlsson | 39 - Michael Chaput | 40 - Jared Boll

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Ryan Murray |3 - Seth Jones
58 - David Savard | 47 - Dalton Prout
51 - Fedor Tyutin |29 - Cody Goloubef

Goalies

Name | Name
70 - Joonas Korpisalo | 72 - Sergei Bobrovsky (starter)

BLUE JACKETS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Rene Bourque | available | could be inserted for Foligno
Gregory Campbell | available | could be a healthy scratch
David Clarkson | will not play | concussion
Justin Falk | available | could be a healthy scratch
Nick Foligno | will not play| illness
Jack Johnson| injured reserve| shoulder
Curtis McElhinney| out for season | knee surgery (Mar. 21)

BLUE JACKETS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Boone Jenner | Cam Atkinson |Brandon Saad| Oliver Bjorkstrand |Ryan Murray
No. 2|Scott Hartnell |Brandon Dubinsky | Nick Foligno |Seth Jones | David Savard

BLUE JACKETS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
13| Cam Atkinson| R| 5' 8" |180 |Jun 5, 1989| 26| Riverside, CT, USA
28| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R |6' 0" |177 |Apr 10, 1995 |20| Herning, DNK
40| Jared Boll | R |6' 3"| 209 |May 13, 1986| 29 |Charlotte, NC, USA
18 | Rene Bourque| R |6' 2" |217| Dec 10, 1981| 34| Lac La Biche, AB, CAN
11 | Matt Calvert | L |5' 11" |192| Dec 24, 1989 |26| Brandon, MB, CAN
9 |Gregory Campbell| C| 6' 0" |197 |Dec 17, 1983| 32 |London, ON, CAN
39| Michael Chaput | C |6' 2" |204 |Apr 9, 1992| 23| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
23 | David Clarkson | R| 6' 0"| 207| Mar 31, 1984 |31| Toronto, ON, CAN
17 | Brandon Dubinsky "A" | C |6' 2"| 216 |Apr 29, 1986 |29| Anchorage, AK, USA
71 | Nick Foligno "C" |L |6' 0" |210| Oct 31, 1987| 28| Buffalo, NY, USA
43 | Scott Hartnell | L |6' 2"| 214 |Apr 18, 1982 |33| Regina, SK, CAN
38 |Boone Jenner "A" | C| 6' 2"| 215 |Jun 15, 1993 |22| Dorchester, ON, CAN
25 |William Karlsson | C| 6' 1" |188 |Jan 8, 1993| 23| Marsta, SWE
20 |Brandon Saad | L |6' 1"| 202 |Oct 27, 1992| 23 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
41| Alexander Wennberg | C| 6' 1" |197 |Sep 22, 1994| 21 |Stockholm, SWE

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
44 | Justin Falk| 6' 5" | 215 | Oct 11, 1988 | 25 | Snowflake, MB, CAN
29 | Cody Goloubef | 6' 1"| 201| Nov 30, 1989 |26| Mississauga, ON, CAN
7 |Jack Johnson | 6' 1" |230 |Jan 13, 1987 |29 |Indianapolis, IN, USA
3 |Seth Jones |6' 4" |208 |Oct 3, 1994 |21| Arlington, TX, USA
27 | Ryan Murray | 6' 1" |208 |Sep 27, 1993 |22| Regina, SK, CAN
47 | Dalton Prout | 6' 3"| 230 |Mar 13, 1990 |26| Kingsville, ON, CAN
58 | David Savard | 6' 2"| 227| Oct 22, 1990| 25 |St. Hyacinthe, QC, CAN
51 | Fedor Tyutin | 6' 2"| 221| Jul 19, 1983 |32 |Izhevsk, RUS

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
72 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 6' 2" |199 |Sep 20, 1988 |27| Novokuznetsk, RUS
70 |Joonas Korpisalo | 6' 3" |182 |Apr 28, 1994 |21 |Pori, FIN
30 | Curtis McElhinney | 6' 3" |205| May 23, 1983 |32| London, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. BLUE JACKETS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Columbus Blue Jackets| 9-8-3-4 | 7-4-1-0| 2-4-2-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Columbus Blue Jackets| 0-0|0-0|0-0|0-0

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Columbus Blue Jackets| 2-7-3 in the last 12 | 2-4-0 in the last 6 |0-5-3 in the last 8

The Flyers' last win in Columbus was Dec. 13, 2005.​

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Wed Mar 30, 2016| Washington at Philadelphia | 8:00 PM| NBCSN
Sat, Apr 2, 2016 | Ottawa at Philadelphia | 1:00 PM | CSN-PH, RDS, TSN5
Sun, Apr 3, 2016 | Philadelphia at Pittsburgh | 5:00 PM| CSN-PH, ROOT

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

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

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

Columbus Blue Jackets​

Rob Mixer's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/RobMixer

Columbus Dispatch​

| http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/

Aaron Portzline's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/aportzline

FOX Sports Ohio​

| http://msn.foxsports.com/ohio/jackets

Jeff Rimer's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/jrimercbj ;

Jody Shelley's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/shelleyhawk45

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Let's Get It Up" by AC/DC
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[Hurricane28]

Who do you start tomorrow? I want to start Mason but you can't start him on every set of back to backs and Columbus is one of the weaker teams on the back to backs

 

[flyersjim73]

Mase or Stolie? Tough call. One thing is for sure though - if the Flyers lose, Hakstol will get blamed for starting the wrong guy.

 

[Hurricane28]

Of course the good ol cannon

 

[Flyerfan4life]

i go Mase all the way....


he deserves the game..


still plenty of time for Stolie to get a game or two..

 

[bb12]

With nuevy injured and a lot of big games coming up I play Anthony. No knock against CBJ but mase needs and deserves a little breather

 

[Sombastate]

I think if there's any game to give Mason a rest, its tomorrow.

Not saying I would, but if you're gonna have to, why not tomorrow?

 

[flyersfan018]

Every game matters. Gotta ride Mason all the way.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I hope Stolarz does get a start and this is the team to do it against.

 

[markzab]

Start Stolarz and watch him stand on his head.

One can hope.

 

[chupanibre]

I'd opt for Mase, every game is important and I'm not so sure Stolie could steal a game for us. On the other hand, remember how much harder the team used to play in front of Zepp last season, Stolie could have the same effect and bring out the best in them.

 

[Jray42]

I think the sens and/or leafs games would be better to start Stolarz tbh. I'd roll with Mason tonight.

 

[Curufinwe]

I would give Stolarz his first start.

 

[Yukon Cornelius*]

Mason is coming off one of the best starts of his career; looks to be completely dialed in. You absolutely start him in a winnable game against Colombus. Stolarz should get the start against the Avs.

 

[Hurricane28]

Mason is coming off one of the best starts of his career; looks to be completely dialed in. You absolutely start him in a winnable game against Colombus. Stolarz should get the start against the Avs.

If we're gonna give him one of the west games I would prefer it be Phoenix

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Need the 2 points, give me #35

 

[Yukon Cornelius*]

If we're gonna give him one of the west games I would prefer it be Phoenix

I understand that rationale as well but If Stolarz gets the nod in Colorado, Mason gets three consecutive days off and is better rested for the Yotes, Jets, Caps and Sens games.

 

[Danko]

Need every point, while I would like to see Stolarz get 1 or 2 starts i'd prefer Mason tonight.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

These are the games they have to win. Every game is must-win at this point but you gotta put the bottom feeders away.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Any chance Laughton gets some PP2 time? That second unit has played well but I'd like to see Laughton maybe take White's spot if they slow down a bit?

 

[Danko]

Any chance Laughton gets some PP2 time? That second unit has played well but I'd like to see Laughton maybe take White's spot if they slow down a bit?

Seems like Hak likes the powerplay setup with a big body in front. White typically plays the Simmonds pp1 role

 

[FlyTimmo]

Start Stolarz, it will be fun. I promise.

 

[Teezax]

A bit hesitant in giving Mase a ton of games here. He doesn't exactly scream ironman in the health dept. Last thing we need is for him to aggravate something.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The morning skate has been canceled. Any changes will come later in the day.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Columbus updates: Bobrovsky starts, Wennberg expected in, Foligno (ill) questionable for tonight.

Their lines in the first post have an additional player, that will change after info is provided.