GDT: #75| FLYERS at Penguins | Sunday, March 26, 2017 | 7:00 pm ET | NBCSN, TVAS

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (34-32-8, 13-21-4 away ) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (46--17-11, 29-4-4 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN [John Forslund (play-by-play) and Brian Boucher (‘Inside-the-Glass’)], TVAS
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic http://975thefanatic.com/ or 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.
  NBCSN stream: http://stream.nbcsports.com/nhl/nhl-on-nbcsn-watch-live
  

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/5-things-flyers-vs-penguins--philadelphia-flyers/c-288106760
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Penguins' Stats: http://penguins.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| 74| 34-32-8| 76| .514| 185| 214| 2.50| 2.89| 19.3| 79.7| 31.4| 28.4| 51.8
Penguins|74| 46-17-11| 103| .696| 253| 200| 3.42| 2.70| 22.2| 80.3| 34.2| 32.5| 47.7

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Penguins' Website: http://penguins.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
24 - Matt Read| 28 - Claude Giroux | 93 - Jakub Voracek
40 - Jordan Weal |51 - Valterri Filppula | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
22 - Dale Weise |14 - Sean Couturier |10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |11 - Travis Konecny

Pairings

Name | Name
9 - Ivan Provorov |47 - Andrew MacDonald
23 - Brandon Manning | 3 - Radko Gudas
15 - Michael Del Zotto | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (could start) | 30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Nick Cousins | doubtful | upper body (reported as facial injuries)
Roman Lyubimov | available| could be scratched
Michael Raffl | IR; out 6-to-8 weeks from Mar. 1| lower body
Nick Schultz | available| could be scratched

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

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

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS​

PENGUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
72 - Patric Hornqvist | 87 - Sidney Crosby | 43 - Conor Sheary
17 - Bryan Rust| 7 - Matt Cullen| 81 - Phil Kessel
14 - Chris Kunitz | 13 - Nick Bonino| 37 - Carter Rowney
34 - Tom Kuhnhackl | 40 - Oskar Sundqvist | 45 - Josh Archibald

Pairings

Name | Name
2 - Chad Ruhwedel |28 - Ian Cole
4 - Justin Schultz| 8 - Brian Dumoulin
32 - Mark Streit |24 - Cameron Gaunce

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Matt Murray | 29 - Marc-Andre Fleury

PENGUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Trevor Daley |injured reserve |left knee surgery
Jake Guentzel| doubtful| possible concussion
Carl Hagelin | will not play| lower body (blocked shot)
Ron Hainsey| doubtful| upper body
Kris Letang | injured reserve | upper body
Olli Maatta | will not play |surgery to left hand
Evgeni Malkin | questionable | shoulder
Tom Sestito| questionable |upper body
David Warsofsky | available | recalled Saturday
Scott Wilson | available | could be a healthy scratch

PENGUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Patric Hornqvist | Sidney Crosby | Phil Kessel | Justin Schultz | Conor Sheary
No. 2| Scott Wilson | Nick Bonino | Chris Kunitz | Chad Ruhwedel |Mark Streit

PENGUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Josh Archibald| 45| R| 5' 10"| 176| Oct 6, 1992| Regina, SK, CAN
Nick Bonino|13|L|6' 1"|196|Apr 20, 1988|Hartford, CT, USA
Sidney Crosby (C)|87|L| 5' 11"|200|Aug 7, 1987|Cole Harbour, NS, CAN
Matt Cullen| 7|L|6' 1"|200|Nov 2, 1976|Virginia, MN, USA
Jake Guentzel| 59|L|5' 11"|180|Oct 6, 1994|Omaha, NE, USA
Carl Hagelin|62|L| 5' 11"|186|Aug 23, 1988|Sodertalje, SWE
Patric Hornqvist|72|R|5' 11"|189|Jan 1, 1987|Sollentuna, SWE
Phil Kessel|81|R|6' 0"|202|Oct 2, 1987|Madison, WI, USA
Tom Kuhnhackl|34|L|6' 2"|196|Jan 21, 1992|Landshut, DEU
Chris Kunitz (A)|14|L|6' 0"|195|Sep 26, 1979|Regina, SK, CAN
Evgeni Malkin (A)|71|L|6' 3"|195|Jul 31, 1986|Magnitogorsk, RUS
Carter Rowney|37|R|6' 2"|200|May 10, 1989|Grand Prairie, AB, CAN
Bryan Rust|17|R|5' 11"|192|May 11, 1992|Pontiac, MI, USA
Tom Sestito| 25| L| 6' 5"| 228| Sep 28, 1987| Rome, NY, USA
Conor Sheary|43|L|5' 8"|175|Jun 8, 1992|Winchester, MA, USA
Oskar Sundqvist| 40| R| 6' 3"| 209| Mar 23, 1994| Boden, SWE
Scott Wilson|23|L|5' 11"|183|Apr 24, 1992|Oakville, ON, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Ian Cole| 28| L| 6' 1"|219|Feb 21, 1989|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Trevor Daley|6|L| 5' 11"|195|Oct 9, 1983|Toronto, ON, CAN
Brian Dumoulin|8|L|6' 4"|207|Sep 6, 1991|Biddeford, ME, USA
Cameron Gaunce|24|L|6' 1"|210|Mar 19, 1990|Sudbury, ON, CAN
Ron Hainsey| 65| L| 6' 3"| 210| Mar 24, 1981| Bolton, CT, USA
Kris Letang|58|R|6' 0"|201|Apr 24, 1987|Montreal, QC, CAN
Olli Maatta|3|L|6' 2"|206|Aug 22, 1994|Jyväskylä, FIN
Chad Ruhwedel|2|R|5' 11"|191|May 7, 1990|San Diego, CA, USA
Justin Schultz|4|R|6' 2"|193|Jul 6, 1990|Kelowna, BC, CAN
Mark Streit |32| L|5' 11"| 191| Dec 11, 1977| Bern, CHE
David Warsofsky | -- |L | 5' 9" | 170| May 30, 1990| Marshfield, MA, USA

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Marc-Andre Fleury| 29| 6' 2"| 180| Nov 28, 1984| Sorel, QC, CAN
Matt Murray| 30| 6' 4"| 178| May 25, 1994| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS SERIES HISTORY​

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Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|152-90-30-8 |97-31-8-4| 55-59-22-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins |4-2 |19-16|10-7| 9-9

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|2-5-0 in the last 7 |5-2-0 in the last 7 |11-4-1 in the last 16

The Flyers' record in the Consol Energy Center is 11-3-1 in the regular season and 2-1 in the playoffs.
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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Tuesday, March 28| Ottawa at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm| TCN-PH, RDS2, TSN5
Thursday, March 20| NY Islanders at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm| SN1, SNO, CSN-PH, MSG+
Saturday, April 1| New Jersey at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm | CSN-PH, MSG+
Sunday, April 2| Philadelphia at NY Rangers| 7:30 pm |NBCSN
Tuesday, April 4| Philadelphia t New Jersey | 7:00 pm |MSG+, CSN-PH
Saturday, April 8| Philadelphia at Columbus| 12:30 pm| CSN-PH, FS-O
Saturday, April 9| Carolina at Philadelphia| 7:00 pm| CSN-PH, FS-CR

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

Pittsburgh Penguins ​

|

Josh Getzoff's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PensJG

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ​

| http://www.post-gazette.com/penguins/

Jason Mackey's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/JMackeyPG

Dave Molinari's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/molinaripg

Pittsburgh Tribune ​

| http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/

Jonathan Bombulie's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BombulieTrib

Bill West's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BWest_Trib

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Toxic Waltz" by Exodus
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[sabremike]

Dear Flyers,
Please flatten Sidney Crosby like a pancake.

Thanks!
Every other fan in the NHL

 

[boxcar65]

Dear Flyers,
Please flatten Sidney Crosby like a pancake.

Thanks!
Every other fan in the NHL

No worries...HitMann Brandon Manning will take care of that for you.

On another note, it's going to be an incredible sports day. First, South Carolina beats Florida in the NCAA tourney. Then UNC takes care of Kentucky. Finally, the Flyboys roll over the Pens. Boxcar will go to sleep a happy man.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Beat the Pens, lose out the rest of the season.

 

[Qyburn]

No worries...HitMann Brandon Manning will take care of that for you.

If Mandog got all of a 2 hander right in between Cindy's eyes it would be such a win-win. I'd even contribute to his retirement fund.

 

[Rebels57]

If Mandog got all of a 2 hander right in between Cindy's eyes it would be such a win-win. I'd even contribute to his retirement fund.

Be careful, this is Crosby's world and we are just living in it. I just got an infraction for saying I wanted Chris Neil to pummel Sidney Crosby on the main board thread.

 

[bennysflyers16]

A franchise embarassing ass whooping by the Pens would be a great shot at Haks, but watch us win this on a B2B cause the Pens will mail it in.

 

[Tripod]

Back after my 4 game hiatus in Mexico.

Who do we hate? Who played well? Anything interesting I missed out on?

 

[BernieParent]

Back after my 4 game hiatus in Mexico.

Who do we hate? Who played well? Anything interesting I missed out on?

Who do we hate? EVERYONE

Who played well? NOBODY

Anything interesting I missed out on?
NOTHING
OF
CONSEQUENCE

 

[BernieParent]

That didn't make as good a clap-along chant as it did in my head.

 

[Sombastate]

Back after my 4 game hiatus in Mexico.

Who do we hate? Who played well? Anything interesting I missed out on?

Crosby speared O'Riely, lost a tooth and then decided to sever someones finger as a retaliation.

So we hate him

 

[kudymen]

I smell a Streit hattrick

 

[bennysflyers16]

Back after my 4 game hiatus in Mexico.

Who do we hate? Who played well? Anything interesting I missed out on?

TK had a 2 goal game and is back playing with the twins

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Back after my 4 game hiatus in Mexico.

Who do we hate? Who played well? Anything interesting I missed out on?

VdV has still played every game...

surprized right ?


hhaah

 

[sabremike]

Be careful, this is Crosby's world and we are just living in it. I just got an infraction for saying I wanted Chris Neil to pummel Sidney Crosby on the main board thread.

I avoid the main board at all cost because it is the message board equivalent of the cantina scene in Star Wars.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

streit with 6 points since tdl

 

[flyersfan187]

Some people are now just realizing Crosby is a dirty player. He has been dirty his whole career with those slashes and has always loved to hit guys below the belt. Either way I hope the Flyers come out and play hard.

 

[RonHextall27]

I don't want to defend Crosby, especially after the cup check, but really, have any of you guys ever played hockey? That little hack he gave Methot was nothing, I've gotten and given worse in beer league. He just had his hands extended out and Crosby caught his baby finger and pinched it off on the shaft of Methot's own stick. In the whole scheme of hacks on sticks it was pretty routine, just happened to catch him weird.

I can't even understand why it should be newsworthy let alone spawn a whole controversy lol

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Probably because one night he's stick lifting ROR's manhood and the next night he's two handing Methot's finger off.

 

[RonHextall27]

Like I said the cup check was bad, but karma took his teeth on that one. The hack on Methot was not newsworthy other than the unfortunate result.

 

[Columbus Mike]

I just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.

 

[Sombastate]

I don't want to defend Crosby, especially after the cup check, but really, have any of you guys ever played hockey? That little hack he gave Methot was nothing, I've gotten and given worse in beer league. He just had his hands extended out and Crosby caught his baby finger and pinched it off on the shaft of Methot's own stick. In the whole scheme of hacks on sticks it was pretty routine, just happened to catch him weird.

I can't even understand why it should be newsworthy let alone spawn a whole controversy lol

Its a controversy because he has impunity and always has.

Plenty of people have come forward about his dangerous faceoff technique... nothing.

The cup check, the slash, and everything else in his career and nothing.

Theres a controversy there.

 

[kudymen]

I just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.

The airplane references were one or two GDTS back. Sorry!

 

[Qyburn]

It would be hilarious if Crosby got his entire mouth chopped off by a stick on live television. I know some people have kids but hey---hey----first world problems. Poke your head in Damascus lol.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

can this game just be over plz...

in fact can we just end the season already...