GDT: #76 | FLYERS at Penguins | Sun., Mar. 25, 2018, 12:30 pm ET | NBC, TVAS

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (42-27-6) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (38-25-12)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBC, TVAS [NBC: Mike Emrick, Mike Milbury and Pierre Maguire]
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Security Check Required
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Penguins' Website: Official Pittsburgh Penguins Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 THINGS: Flyers vs. Penguins
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
• Penguins' Stats: Pittsburgh Penguins Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Penguins	75	42-27-6	90	27-8-2	15-19-4	244	227	25.9	80.3	50.1	.902	712
Flyers	75	38-25-12	88	19-13-6	19-12-6	224	216	20.2	76.0	53.3	.904	635

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
40 Jordan Weal - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 17 Wayne Simmonds
15 Jori Lehtera - 21 Scott Laughton - 24 Matt Read​

Pairings​

9 Ivan Provorov - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
47 Andrew MacDonald - 6 Travis Sanheim
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

34 Petr Mrazek - 49 Alex Lyon (probable starter)​

Injuries and Scratches

8 Robert Hagg recently returned from injury but could be a healthy scratch.
12 Michael Raffl has an upper body and will miss two weeks from March 19.
20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch.
22 Dale Weise could be a healthy scratch.
29 Johnny Oduya is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
30 Michel Neuvirth is on IR. Projected out 4-to-6 weeks from Feb. 20 with a lower body injury.

March 21 update: Could return during this road trip.​

37 Brian Elliott is on IR. Projected out 5-to-6 weeks from Feb. 13 after core muscle surgery.

March 21 update: Not expected to return until the last week of the regular season.​

Power Play Units

1. Wayne Simmonds - Sean Couturier - Jake Voracek - Claude Giroux - Shayne Gostisbehere
2. Nolan Patrick - Oskar Lindblom - Travis Konecny - Jordan Weal - Ivan Provorov
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Courier-Post of South Jersey

Web site | Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter | Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

HockeyBuzz.com

Web site -- http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philly.com Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

Sons of Penn

Web site -- Home page – Right Sidebar
Twitter -- Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) | Twitter​

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Possible Lineup
Lines

59 Jake Guentzel - 87 Sidney Crosby - 17 Bryan Rust
62 Carl Hagelin - 71 Evgeni Malkin - 72 Patric Hornqvist
43 Conor Sheary - 19 Derick Brassard - 81 Phil Kessel
34 Tom Kuhnhackl - 15 Riley Sheahan - 12 Dominik Simon/46 Zach Aston-Reese ​

Pairings

6 Jamie Oleksiak - 58 Kris Letang
8 Brian Dumolin - 4 Justin Schultz
3 Olli Maataa - 2 Chad Ruhwedel​

Goalies

30 Matt Murray (probable starter) - 1 Casey DeSmith ​

Injuries and Scratches

12 Dominik Simon, who had an UBI, practiced Saturday and could play on 4th line RW.
16 Josh Jooris could be a healthy scratch.
22 Matt Hunwick could be a healthy scratch.
37 Carter Rowney is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
46 Zach Aston-Reese, who had an UBI, practiced Saturday and could play on 4th line RW.
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Power Play Units

1. Patric Hornqvist - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel - Sidney Crosby - Kris Letang
2. Jake Guentzel - Conor Sheary -Derick Brassard - Brian Dumoulin - Justin Schultz
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site --http://www.theathletic.com/pittsburgh/
Seth Rorabaugh's Twitter -- Seth Rorabaugh (@SethRorabaugh) | Twitter
Josh Yohe's Twitter -- Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) | Twitter​

AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

Twitter -- AT&T SportsNet™ PIT (@ATTSportsNetPIT) | Twitter​

Pens Inside Scoop

Web site -- Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) | Twitter​

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Web site -- Pittsburgh Penguins news and commentary | Post-Gazette
Jason Mackey's Twitter -- Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) | Twitter
Sam Werner's Twitter -- Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) | Twitter​

Pittsburgh Tribune

Web site -- Penguins
Jonathan Bombaluie's Twitter -- Jonathan Bombulie (@BombulieTrib) | Twitter​

Radio

Penguins' Live -- Penguins Live (@penguinslive) | Twitter
Josh Getzoff's Twitter -- Josh Getzoff (@PensJG) | Twitter​

FLYERS' SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
Sun., Mar. 25	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	12:30 pm	NBC, TVAS	97.5
Tue., Mar. 27	Philadelphia at Dallas	8:30 pm	FS-SW+, NBCSP	97.5
Wed., Mar. 28	Philadelphia at Colorado	10:00 pm	ALT, NBCSP+	93.3
Sun., Apr. 1	Boston at Philadelphia	12:30 pm	NBC, TVAS	93.3
Tue., Apr. 3	Philadelphia at NY Islanders	7:00 pm	MSG+ 2, NBCSP+	93.3
Thu., Apr. 5	Carolina at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP	97.5
Sat., Apr. 7	NY Rangers at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBC	97.5

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[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Lemmey is a god, great MSE

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

So basically

Flyers can finish with 102 pts if they win out with 7 to play
FLA 101 if they win out with 10 to play

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Pittsburgh is 15-1 in the last 16 on home ice. Sounds like a great time to break all the fun they have had on home ice of late.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

It's a shame we cant have HAK play goalie and blast him like goldberg got blasted in the mighty ducks movie.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

this team is so bi-polar they will probably win...

 

[Winston Wolf]

Pittsburgh is 15-1 in the last 16 on home ice. Sounds like a great time to break all the fun they have had on home ice of late.

I'm not sure if you're an optimist or just delusional.

And screw the NHL for the 6:30 AM start time. It's like they don't even consider their fan in Hawaii (or Thailand) when making the schedule.

 

[dats81]

Fleury is no longer with the Penguins, they turned the table and own the Flyers now.
Unfortunately, the Flyers can't take it to them physically because of lackluster PK. I fully expect our goalie to be pulled.

Blame me for my negativity

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

They sucked against the lifeless Rangers at home, what can we expect in this game?

I believe they will be tied going into the third playing great hockey and lose due to defensive breakdown in the last ten minutes.

 

[boxcar65]

So I guess Hak will spin the wheel of goalies to determine who starts this one. My gut would say Lyon, but if either Elliott or Neuvy are ready, then who knows?

 

[CowboyDan]

This is going to get ugly really fast.

 

[BernieParent]

Logic says a blowout loss. Logic isn't this team's mistress.

 

[YamCork]

Used to look forward to the games against the Penguins but somehow Dave has even ruined that for the fans.

 

[Deadpool8812]

So who is Hak going to get Filppula to match up agaisnt, and then proceed to put up 5 points: Malkin or Crosby?

 

[JXC]

After a long season of Ups and Downs, this a game will make everything clear.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Hak on the road vs the Pens,,, this will be a slaughter. Flip vs Sid, the kids being benched is a certainty,,, this has 8-2 loss written all over it.

 

[tucson83]

oh god, that center depth on the pens.

 

[boxcar65]

Hak on the road vs the Pens,,, this will be a slaughter. Flip vs Sid, the kids being benched is a certainty,,, this has 8-2 loss written all over it.

Positive thoughts, Benny...it will only be a 5-2 loss.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Need a Mandog fight in this one.

 

[boxcar65]

Need a Mandog fight in this one.

Eh, I don’t think the Pens have anyone that will go with him. Not much competition for the Dog.

Heck, he might be scratched anyway.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Eh, I don’t think the Pens have anyone that will go with him. Not much competition for the Dog.

Heck, he might be scratched anyway.

And if he's not, I'm sure he will scratch himself WOOF!

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Eh, I don’t think the Pens have anyone that will go with him. Not much competition for the Dog.

Heck, he might be scratched anyway.

not much competition ??

those peewee kids who play between periods could feed Meatpig fist sammies...

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This will not end well.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Eh, I don’t think the Pens have anyone that will go with him. Not much competition for the Dog.

Heck, he might be scratched anyway.

Didn't he get beat up by Oleksiak recently?

To be fair to the Dog, though, one of his only NHL fight wins that I can remember was against the Pens last year, albeit against a guy who's not in their org anymore.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

12 OT losses is nuts