GDT: #78: Flyers at Penguins, Sunday, April 3, 2016, 5:00 pm ET

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (39-25-13, 17-15-6 away ) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (45-25-8, 25-11-4 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, ROOT, NHL.TV
• Radio: https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/c-1000000004
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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015021179
• 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 | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers| 77 |39-25-13 |22-10-7 |17-15-6 |7-2-1 |2.57 |2.52 |19.0 |80.3 |12.1| 30.8 |31.1 |50.7
Penguins| 78 |45-25-8 |25-11-4 |20-14-4| 9-1-0 |2.88 |2.41 |18.6| 83.6 |8.3 |33.3 |29.6| 50.4

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

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 (likely 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)
Ray Emery | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
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

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS​

PENGUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
14 - Chris Kunitz| 87 - Sidney Crosby| 72 - Patric Hornqvist
62 - Carl Hagelin|13 - Nick Bonino | 81 - Phil Kessel
34 - Tom Kuhnhackl | 7 - Matt Cullen |19 - Beau Bennett
43 - Conor Sheary | 40 - Oskar Sundqvist | 16 - Eric Fehr

Pairings

Name | Name
6 - Trevor Daley | 58 - Kris Letang
28 - Ian Cole| 4 - Justin Schultz
8 - Brian Dumoulin | 12 - Ben Lovejoy

Goalies

Name | Name
37 - Jeff Zatkoff | 30 - Matt Murray

PENGUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Marc-Andre Fleury | will not play; no timetable for return| concussion
Evgeni Malkin |injured reserve | upper body
Olli Maatta| doubtful | lower body
Kevin Porter| injured reserve | leg/ankle
Derrick Pouliot | available | could be a healthy scratch
Bryan Rust | questionable | lower body
Scott Wilson |injured reserve | upper body

PENGUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Patric Hornqvist |Sidney Crosby | Beau Bennett| Kris Letang| Justin Schultz
No. 2| Chris Kunitz |Nick Bonino | Phil Kessel |Trevor Daley | Brian Dumoulin

PENGUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
19 |Beau Bennett | R |6' 2" |195 |Nov 27, 1991 |24| Gardena, CA, USA
13| Nick Bonino | C |6' 1" |196 |Apr 20, 1988| 27| Hartford, CT, USA
87| Sidney Crosby "C" | C |5' 11" |200 |Aug 7, 1987 |28| Cole Harbour, NS, CAN
7 | Matt Cullen | C| 6' 1"| 200| Nov 2, 1976| 39| Virginia, MN, USA
16| Eric Fehr |C |6' 4" |212 |Sep 7, 1985 |30 |Winkler, MB, CAN
62| Carl Hagelin | L| 5' 11"| 186 |Aug 23, 1988 |27 |Sodertalje, SWE
72| Patric Hornqvist| R |5' 11" |189 |Jan 1, 1987 |29| Sollentuna, SWE
81| Phil Kessel |R |6' 0"| 202| Oct 2, 1987 |28| Madison, WI, USA
34| Tom Kuhnhackl | R| 6' 2" |196 |Jan 21, 1992 |24| Landshut, DEU
14| Chris Kunitz "A" |L |6' 0" |195 |Sep 26, 1979| 36| Regina, SK, CAN
71| Evgeni Malkin "A" | C| 6' 3" |195 |Jul 31, 1986 |29 |Magnitogorsk, RUS
11| Kevin Porter | C| 5' 11"| 191 |Mar 12, 1986| 30| Detroit, MI, USA
17 | Bryan Rust | R |5' 11" |192 |May 11, 1992| 23| Pontiac, MI, USA
43 | Conor Sheary | L |5' 8" |175| Aug 6, 1992 |23| Winchester, MA, USA
40 | Oskar Sundqvist | C |6' 3" |209 |Mar 23, 1994| 21| Boden, SWE
23 | Scott Wilson | L| 5' 11" |183 |Apr 24, 1992| 23| Oakville, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
28| Ian Cole |6' 1" |219| Feb 21, 1989 |27| Ann Arbor, MI, USA
6 |Trevor Daley | 5' 11" |195 |Oct 9, 1983 |32 |Toronto, ON, CAN
8 |Brian Dumoulin | 6' 4"| 207 |Sep 6, 1991 |24 |Biddeford, ME, USA
58| Kris Letang | 6' 0" |201 |Apr 24, 1987 |28| Montreal, QC, CAN
12| Ben Lovejoy| 6' 1"| 206 |Feb 20, 1984| 32| Concord, NH, USA
3 | Olli Maatta | 6' 2" |206| Aug 22, 1994| 21| Jyväskylä, FIN
51| Derrick Pouliot | 6' 0" |208 |Jan 16, 1994| 22| Estevan, SK, CAN
4| Justin Schultz | 6' 2" |193 |Jul 6, 1990 |25| Kelowna, BC, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 |Marc-Andre Fleury | 6' 2"| 180 |Nov 28, 1984| 31| Sorel, QC, CAN
30 |Matthew Murray | 6' 4" |178 |May 25, 1994 |21 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
37 |Jeff Zatkoff | 6' 2" |179 |Jun 9, 1987 |28 |Detroit, MI, USA

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|150-88-30-8 |95-30-8-4| 55-58-22-4

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|8-3-0 in the last 11 |3-1-0 in the last 4 |11-3-1 in the last 15

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)
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+, NBCSN, 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

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ​

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

Blog​

| http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins-penguins-blog

Jenn Menendez's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/JennMenendez

Dave Molinari's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/molinaripg

Seth Rorabaugh's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/emptynetters

Pittsburgh Tribune ​

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

Blog​

| http://blog.triblive.com/chipped-ice/

Jonathan Bombulie's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BombulieTrib

Bill West's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BWest_Trib

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"All Nightmare Long" by Metallica
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[PHILOUDELPHIA]

how to stop this team? they are playing insane lately and I hate saying that. not sure what mike sullivan has been doing since taking over, but he is using his team skill. plus all of this without malkin.

I'm hoping we put a better effort against them.

we need the 2, but we need to atleast get 1.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

A must must must win.

Also, great song choice MSE. My favorite song off the album.

 

[tade]

Massive game!

Let's ****ing go Flyers!

 

[Hurricane28]

As I said in PGT, I've heard from someone who knows him said the plan is for Stolarz is to go tomorrow. He was flying to Pittsburgh right after the game early instead of with the team for extra rest

 

[Adam Warlock]

how to stop this team? they are playing insane lately and I hate saying that. not sure what mike sullivan has been doing since taking over, but he is using his team skill. plus all of this without malkin.

I'm hoping we put a better effort against them.

we need the 2, but we need to atleast get 1.

Need to get under their skin like old times. Gudas needs to introduce himself to the rivalry.

 

[tade]

As I said in PGT, I've heard from someone who knows him said the plan is for Stolarz is to go tomorrow. He was flying to Pittsburgh right after the game early instead of with the team for extra rest

Debut for a rookie goalie against the red hot Pittsburgh in their building while fighting for the play-offs and every single point? Hmm.

 

[Hurricane28]

Debut for a rookie goalie against the red hot Pittsburgh in their building while fighting for the play-offs and every single point? Hmm.

Maybe Hakstol feels comfortable starting him against Murray off a back to back or Zatkoff

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Maybe Hakstol feels comfortable starting him against Murray off a back to back or Zatkoff

I would feel the same way.

 

[SuchySays]

Maybe he has conceded the game, since Pittsburgh owns us now anyway.

 

[hatcher]

Pitt sure changed the way they play. Very good in their own end and great play from their forwards both ways that cause odd man rushes with their speed and talent.

 

[StateOfHexcellence]

Maybe Pens take the game a bi tlighter since they clinched and Flower is out....

https://twitter.com/DKPghSports/status/716284466751254528

Perhaps we can make them hear us

 

[CodyTheHuman]

I hope for a huge game from Giroux.

 

[chupanibre]

This should be a good one, must win against the hottest team in the league

 

[Flyerfan4life]

this is prolly the hardest game to guess score predictor all year.

Stolie is obviously a unknown factor. but really not sure what to expect from Flyers..

really wanna think win. but im more braced for like a 5-2 blowout loss..

guess we'll know early on after puck drop.. hopefully Roo comes out on fire and straps the team to his back.

be sweet if he could demolish Cindy in a board chek and score right after like a few years back. that was such a epic shift

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Debut for a rookie goalie against the red hot Pittsburgh in their building while fighting for the play-offs and every single point? Hmm.

You mean OUR building...

 

[The Rage Kage]

Not expecting much from this one, 1 point would be nice

 

[Alex91]

Since we won the WAS game I view this game as our "game in hand" and take what we get. IMO a great effort is just as important

 

[TCTC]

1 point would be huge. Would basically force Detroit to beat us in regulation on Wednesday.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Stolie time?

 

[Garbage Goal]

Kind of have to start Stolarz no matter how you look at it. What's the point of making the playoffs if you run your only healthy goalie, who's a vital member of the team's winning, completely ragged by the time the playoffs come? I'd like to make the playoffs, but not at Mason's expense or at the expense of being able to put up a good fight in the first round at least.

More importantly however, we have a game in hand on Detroit and we're also ahead of Boston and two behind Islanders (who have Hamonic injured). We play Detroit and the Islanders both once more. Those games are extremely important and just winning them alone could get use as high as the top WC or at least the last WC. These two Pittsburgh games don't really matter nearly as much and the Leafs game...well, it's the post-deadline Leafs. If we play Stolarz tomorrow we get to give Mason a large break in between now and the Detroit game (assuming Stolarz doesn't need to be pulled) which is the most important game left.

Besides, Stolarz has been patient and deserves rewarding and I'd like to see what he has in him at the moment. It's also kind of pointless to just have him sit and never play, if that were the case you might as well just have Emery be that guy.

One point and I'll be happy, two and I'll be exuberant and surprised. Most importantly, I'd like to see Stolarz play very well as that would be great to see.

 

[hatcher]

With Detroit winning tonite we have to win or we'll probably be down by 2 pts Wednesday. Not looking that good now.

 

[jvr2128]

**** them UP boys!!!!!!!!

 

[CutOnDime97]

With Detroit winning tonite we have to win or we'll probably be down by 2 pts Wednesday. Not looking that good now.

We're one point up on Boston with a game in hand and they have Chicago tomorrow. We're in good shape right now. Any points out of this one would be huge.

 

[hatcher]

We're one point up on Boston with a game in hand and they have Chicago tomorrow. We're in good shape right now. Any points out of this one would be huge.

I thought the blues would rock them too. Pitt is playing awesome team d and can score from anywhere. I hope we win.