GDT: #76: Capitals at Flyers, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 8:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Fan appreciation day tonight.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (37-25-13, 20-10-7 home ) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (54-16-5, 25-9-3 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, SN360
• Radio: https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/c-1000000004
• 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://capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015021150 and http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015021150
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Capitals' Stats: http://capitals.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%
Capitals| 75| 54-16-5 |29-7-2 |25-9-3 |6-3-1 |3.09 |2.32 |22.8 |84.8 |9.1 |30.4 |28.7| 49.9
Flyers|75 |37-25-13 |20-10-7 |17-15-6 |6-2-2 |2.59 |2.55 |18.0 |80.8 |12.2 |30.7 |31.0| 50.6

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

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

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 |29| 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| 28 |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 |28| 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 |93 - Jakub Voracek
89 - Sam Gagner |52 - Nick Cousins | 24 - Matt Read
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 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)
Scott Laughton |available | could be a healthy scratch
Evgeny Medvedev | available | could be a healthy scratch
Michal Neuvirth | out three weeks from March 20 | meniscus tear left knee
R.J. Umberger | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Jordan Weal | available | expected to 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|Sean Couturier | Ryan White| Sam Gagner | Matt Read |Mark Streit

WASHINGTON CAPITALS​

CAPITALS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
8 - Alex Ovechkin | 19 - Nicklas Backstrom |14 - Justin Williams
65 - Andre Burakovsky | 92 - Evgeny Kuznetsov |77 - T.J. Oshie
25 - Jason Chimera | 90 - Marcus Johansson |83 - Jay Beagle
26 - Daniel Winnik| 10 - Mike Richards| 43 - Tom Wilson

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Karl Alzner | 2 - Matt Niskanen
44 - Brooks Orpik | 9 - Dmitri Orlov
88 - Nate Schmidt| 74 - John Carlson|

Goalies

Name | Name
70 - Braden Holtby | 31 - Philipp Grubauer

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Taylor Chorney| available | could be a healthy scratch
Michael Latta| questionable | illness
Stanislav Galiev |available | could be a healthy scratch
Mike Weber |available | could be a healthy scratch

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1 | Marcus Johansson |Nicklas Backstrom |Justin Williams |Alex Ovechkin |Matt Niskanen
No. 2|Jason Chimera | Evgeny Kuznetsov |Stanislav Galiev |Andre Burakovsky | John Carlson

CAPITALS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
19 | Nicklas Backstrom "A" |C |6' 1"| 213 |Nov 23, 1987 |28| Gävle, SWE
83 |Jay Beagle | R |6' 3"| 210 |Oct 16, 1985| 30 |Calgary, AB, CAN
65 | Andre Burakovsky | L |6' 3"| 198| Feb 9, 1995 |21| Klagenfurt, AUT
25 | Jason Chimera | L |6' 3"| 216| May 2, 1979| 36| Edmonton, AB, CAN
49 |Stanislav Galiev | R |6' 1" |187 |Jan 17, 1992| 24 |Moscow, RUS
90 | Marcus Johansson | L| 6' 1"| 209 |Oct 6, 1990| 25| Landskrona, SWE
92| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C| 6' 0" |192 |May 19, 1992 |23| Chelyabinsk, RUS
46 |Michael Latta | C |6' 0"| 207 |May 25, 1991| 24| Kitchener, ON, CAN
77 | T.J. Oshie | R |5' 11" |189 |Dec 23, 1986 |29 |Everett, WA, USA
8 |Alex Ovechkin "C" | L| 6' 3" |239| Sep 17, 1985| 30| Moscow, RUS
10 |Mike Richards | C |5' 11" |196 |Feb 11, 1985 |31 |Kenora, ON, CAN
14 | Justin Williams | R| 6' 1" |186| Oct 4, 1981 |34| Cobourg, ON, CAN
43 |Tom Wilson | R| 6' 4" |215 |Mar 29, 1994 |22| Toronto, ON, CAN
26 | Daniel Winnik | L| 6' 2" |203 |Mar 6, 1985 |31| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27| Karl Alzner | 6' 2" |214 |Sep 24, 1988| 27| Burnaby, BC, CAN
74| John Carlson | 6' 3" |215 |Jan 10, 1990| 26| Natick, MA, USA
4 |Taylor Chorney| 6' 1" |190| Apr 27, 1987| 28 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
2 |Matt Niskanen | 6' 0" |200| Dec 6, 1986 |29| Virginia, MN, USA
9 |Dmitry Orlov | 6' 0" |212 |Jul 23, 1991 |24| Novokuznetsk, RUS
44| Brooks Orpik "A" | 6' 2" |221 |Sep 26, 1980| 35| San Francisco, CA, USA
88 | Nate Schmidt |6' 0" |191| Jul 16, 1991| 24| St. Cloud, MN, USA
6| Mike Weber | 6' 2" |217 |Dec 16, 1987| 28| Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
31| Philipp Grubauer | 6' 1" |182 |Nov 25, 1991 |24 | Rosenheim, DEU
70 |Braden Holtby | 6' 2" |217| Sep 16, 1989| 26| Lloydminster, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|110-71-19-7 |66-32-6-2|44-39-13-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|2-2 |11-12|6-4| 5-8

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|8-3-0 in the last 11 |8-2-0 in the last 10 | 6-3-1 in the last 10

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
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
Wed, Apr 6, 2016 | Philadelphia at Detroit | 8:00 PM | NBCSN, TVAS
Thu, Apr 7, 2016 | Toronto at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | CSN-PH, SNO
Sat, Apr 9, 2016 | Pittsburgh at Philadelphia | 3:00 PM | NBC
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 | Philadelphia at NY Islanders|7:00 PM | TCN-PH, MSG+, SN360

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

Comcast Sports ​

| http://www.csnwashington.com/capitals

Joe Beninati's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JoeBpXp

JJ Regan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JJReganCSN

Jill Sorenson's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JillCSN

Monumental Network ​

| http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/sports/washington-capitals/index.jsp

John Walton's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/WaltonCaps

Ben Raby's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BenRaby31

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter​

​

| https://twitter.com/vogscaps

Washington Post|[/LEFT]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

Isabelle Khurshudyan's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan

Washington Times ​

| http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/hockey/

Tommy Chalk's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/tommy_chalk?lang=en​

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Whiplash" by Motorhead
​

Fan appreciation day tonight.​

Click to read more...

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Tuesday: The Flyers are expected to hold an optional practice.

Some info in the first post will be updated when provided.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Keep the ball rolling and hopefully have a better scoring night .

 

[flyersfan018]

I'm already prepared to yell at my TV multiple times at how big of a POS Tom Wilson is.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

They better be ready to go.
This could be a 1st round matchup, so I am expecting a Caps team that will not take the foot off the gas or think about resting guys after clinching the Presidents Trophy.

 

[catbellysqueezer]

I like to think this is the game we have in hand on Detroit.

Just get a point.

 

[Melkor]

Wow, guys, just wow. This OP is amazing. Btw, would rather play Troit than you in the 1st round although Flyers v Caps would be a great series. Wish you make the playoffs anyways. The atmosphere at Wells Fargo always rocks come that time.

 

[klutch]

If Voracek scores a hatty or gets 5 points in this contest, I forgive him.

 

[Curufinwe]

Voracek doesn't need your forgiveness for playing thru a leg injury.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Wow, guys, just wow. This OP is amazing. Btw, would rather play Troit than you in the 1st round although Flyers v Caps would be a great series. Wish you make the playoffs anyways. The atmosphere at Wells Fargo always rocks come that time.

Thank you.

 

[YEM]

I like to think this is the game we have in hand on Detroit.

Just get a point.

I've been thinking that we're even with them and the game in hand is the extra/make-up game against the Isle the day after the regular season ends for everyone [else].

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Voracek doesn't need your forgiveness for playing thru a leg injury.

It's a fickle bunch around here!

 

[bennysflyers16]

Voracek doesn't need your forgiveness for playing thru a leg injury.

We all get he has a broken foot, but broken feet don't make that pass that almost cost us the game.

It is not just his feet, he has been awful with passes, shots, puck control, he needs to be ALOT better and that is fair criticism imo.

 

[Curufinwe]

His timing is off. It'll come back.

 

[chupanibre]

We have some tough matchups coming up, we really need Detroit to slip up and start losing some points

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

We have some tough matchups coming up, we really need Detroit to slip up and start losing some points

Or Boston.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Or Boston.

Bruins and Wings loss tonight would be massive !!

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Bruins and Wings loss tonight would be massive !!

I'm getting greedy and hoping the Islanders lose as well!

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

We have some tough matchups coming up, we really need Detroit to slip up and start losing some points

I expect the Wings to win their next three (@MON, vs MIN, @ TOR), though Minnesota is also fighting for their playoff lives.

The Flyers need to keep winning on their own, because they can't count on the Bruins/Isles/Wings to fade away. The Bruins and Wings play each other, so that will help at least a little bit.

The Isles have the Canes tonight and Jackets on Thursday, but have quite the gauntlet to finish the season (vs PIT, vs TB, @ WSH, @ NYR, vs BUF, vs PHI).

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Carolina has proven to be a pain in the ass to play against on many occasions this season. Dont think that is a slam dunk for the Isles at all.

 

[backburner]

why 8 pm boo

 

[klutch]

It's a fickle bunch around here!

Obviously no one gets a joke!

If his foot/leg (whatever) hurt that bad, he wouldn't play. The team wouldn't let him play (debatable). He just had an off game. I'm more than positive he'll bounce back.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Obviously no one gets a joke!

If his foot/leg (whatever) hurt that bad, he wouldn't play. The team wouldn't let him play (debatable). He just had an off game. I'm more than positive he'll bounce back.

I got your joke. I was just commenting on some people who have been riding him really hard since he came back from injury.

 

[Curufinwe]

Obviously no one gets a joke!

If his foot/leg (whatever) hurt that bad, he wouldn't play. The team wouldn't let him play (debatable). He just had an off game. I'm more than positive he'll bounce back.

I didn't get it.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

why 8 pm boo

That is the usual start time for NBC's rivalry night (Wednesday) schedule. Exceptions have been made when there is a double-header.