GDT: #80| FLYERS at Devils | Tue., April 4, 2017 | 7:00 pm ET | MSG+, CSN-PH

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (38-33-8, 14-22-4 away ) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (27-37-14, 15-15-8 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: MSG+, CSN-PH
• Radio: NHL.com link https://www.nhl.com/info/team-audio or 93.3 WMMR -- http://wmmr.com/
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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: https://www.nhl.com/news/philadelphia-flyers-new-jersey-devils-game-preview/c-288419304
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Devils' Stats: http://devils.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Points | ROW | Pct. | GF | GA | SO W | GF/G | GA/G | PP% | PK% | Shots For | Shots Ag. | FO%
Flyers| 79| 38-33-8| 84| 31| .532| 205| 225| 7| 2.59| 2.85| 19.7| 79.7| 31.4| 28.5| 52.2
Devils|78| 27-37-14| 68| 24|.436| 172| 226| 3| 2.21| 2.90| 18.1| 80.1| 27.6| 31.5| 49.4

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Devils' Website: http://devils.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
Colin McDonald | 36| R| 6' 2" | 219| Sep 30, 1984 | Wethersfield, CT, USA
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
Mike Vecchione |74 |R| 5' 10" | 194| Feb. 25, 1993| Saugus, MA, USA
Jakub Voracek| 93| L |6' 2" |214| Aug 15, 1989|Kladno, CZE
Jordan Weal | 40| R| 5' 10" | 179| 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
Samuel Morin | 50| L| 6' 6"|202| Jul 12, 1995| Lac-Beauport, QC, 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
Anthony Stolarz| 41|6' 6"| 210| Jan 20, 1994| Edison, NJ, USA

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
11 - Travis Konecny | 28 - Claude Giroux | 93 - Jakub Voracek
78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |51 - Valterri Filppula | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
22 - Dale Weise |14 - Sean Couturier |10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris Vandevelde |74 - Mike Vecchione|36 - Colin McDonald |

Pairings

Name | Name
9 - Ivan Provorov |47 - Andrew MacDonald
15 - Michael Del Zotto|55 - Nick Schultz
50 - Samuel Morin | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (expected starter) |41 - Anthony Stolarz

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Nick Cousins | doubtful | upper body, reported as facial injuries
Radko Gudas | doubtful | upper body
Roman Lyubimov | available| expected to be scratched
Brandon Manning | day-to-day| upper body
Steve Mason | available | had illness
Michal Neuvirth| doubtful | released from hospital Sunday
Michael Raffl | IR; out 6-to-8 weeks from March 1| lower body
Matt Read| out 6-to-8 weeks from March 31| broken right arm
Jordan Weal | late afternoon scratch | illness

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux |Jake Voracek | Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Valtteri Filppula | Sean Couturier| Dale Weise | Michael Del Zotto| Ivan Provorov

NEW JERSEY DEVILS​

DEVILS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
14 - Adam Henrique|19 - Travis Zajac | 21 - Kyle Palmieri
9 - Taylor Hall | 37 - Pavel Zacha | 13 - Michael Cammalleri
64 - Joseph Blandisi | 8 - Beau Bennett | 23 - Stefan Noesen
43 - Ben Thomson |40 - Blake Coleman | 20 - Luke Gazdic

Pairings

Name | Name
6 - Andy Greene| 34 - Steven Santini
2 - John Moore | 28 - Damon Severson
32 - Michael Kapla| 12 - Ben Lovejoy

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Cory Schneider | 1 - Keith Kinkaid (expected starter)

DEVILS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Jacob Josefson | doubtful | upper body
Jon Merrill | available| could be a healthy scratch
Dalton Prout | not available |suspended two games
Marc Savard| LTIR| post-concussion syndrome
Devante Smith-Pelly |out indefinitely| lower body
Miles Wood | doubtful | sore left shoulder

DEVILS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Taylor Hall| John Moore| Joseph Blandisi|Travis Zajac| Kyle Palmieri
No. 2| Michael Cammalleri| Damon Severson | Pavel Zacha| Adam Henrique| Michael Kapla

DEVILS' ROSTER
Forwards

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Beau Bennett| 8| R| 6' 2"| 195| Nov 27, 1991| Gardena, CA, USA
Joseph Blandisi| 64| L| 6' 0"| 200| Jul 18, 1994| Markham, ON, CAN
Michael Cammalleri (A)| 13| L| 5' 9"| 185| Jun 8, 1982| Toronto, ON, CAN
Blake Coleman|40| L| 5' 11"| 200| Nov 28, 1991| Plano, TX, USA
Luke Gazdic| 20 | L | 6' 4" | 233| Jul 25, 1989| Toronto, ON, CAN
Taylor Hall| 9| L| 6' 1"| 201| Nov 14, 1991| Calgary, AB, CAN
Adam Henrique (A)| 14| L| 6' 0"| 195| Feb 6, 1990| Brantford, ON, CAN
Jacob Josefson| 16| L| 6' 0"| 190| Mar 2, 1991| Stockholm, SWE
Stefan Noesen| 23| R| 6' 1"| 205| Feb 12, 1993| Plano, TX, USA
Kyle Palmieri| 21| R| 5' 10"| 185| Feb 1, 1991| Smithtown, NY, USA
Marc Savard| -- | L| 5' 10"| 191| Jul 17, 1977| Ottawa, ON, CAN
Devante Smith-Pelly| 25| R| 6' 0"| 214| Jun 14, 1992| Scarborough, ON, CAN
Ben Thomson |43| L | 6' 3"| 205| Jan 16, 1993| Brampton, ON, CAN
Miles Wood| 44| L| 6' 1"| 185| Sep 13, 1995| Buffalo, NY, USA
Pavel Zacha| 37| L| 6' 3"| 210| Apr 6, 1997| Brno, CZE
Travis Zajac (A)| 19| R| 6' 2"| 185| May 13, 1985| Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Defensemen

Player | No. | Shot | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Andy Greene (C)| 6| L| 5' 11"| 190| Oct 30, 1982| Trenton, MI, USA
Michael Kapla| 32| L| 6' 0"| 200|Sep 19, 1994| Eau Claire, WI, USA
Ben Lovejoy| 12| R| 6' 1"| 206| Feb 20, 1984| Concord, NH, USA
Jon Merrill| 7| L| 6' 3"| 205| Feb 3, 1992 | Oklahoma City, OK, USA
John Moore| 2| L| 6' 3"| 210| Nov 19, 1990| Winnetka, IL, USA
Dalton Prout| 47| R| 6' 3"| 229| Mar 13, 1990| Kingsville, ON, CAN
Steven Santini| 34| R| 6' 2"| 207| Mar 7, 1995| Bronxville, NY, USA
Damon Severson| 28| R| 6' 2"| 205| Aug 7, 1994| Melville, SK, CAN

Goalies

Player | No. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Place of Birth
Keith Kinkaid| 1| 6' 3"| 195| Jul 4, 1989| Farmingville, NY, USA
Cory Schneider| 35 | 6' 3"| 205| Mar 18, 1986| Marblehead, MA, USA

FLYERS vs. DEVILS SERIES HISTORY​

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Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 9-0-1-0 | 5-0-0-0 |4-0-1-0
Colorado Rockies | 19-4-2-0| 12-0-1-0 | 7-4-1-0
New Jersey Devils| 83-93-15-11| 51-35-9-6 |32-58-6-5
Franchise History| 111-97-18-11| 68-35-10-6| 43-62-8-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 0-0 | 0-0 |0-0| 0-0
Colorado Rockies | 1-0|2-0 |1-0|1-0
New Jersey Devils| 2-3 | 14-14 |7-8| 7-6
Franchise History| 3-3| 16-14| 8-8|8-6

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New Jersey Devils|3-6-1 in the last 10 |2-6-1 in the last 9| 0-2-0 in the last 2

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Saturday, April 8| Columbus at Philadelphia | 12:30 pm| CSN-PH, FS-O
Sunday, 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

The Bergen Record ​

| http://fireandice.northjersey.com/

Andrew Gross' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/new-jersey-devils

Newark Star-Ledger ​

| http://www.nj.com/devils/

Chris Ryan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/ChrisRyan_NJ

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[Hiesenberg]

Again???

 

[Danko]

Why.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Maybe one of ours can beat up one of theirs. That would be decent.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Can't wait for Konecny being benched in third period of a game that clearly doesn't matter.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Seems unlikely that either LA or Winnipeg catch us in the standings. Seems like we are nearly locked into the 11th or 12 pick.

 

[Rebels57]

Hoping for a 3 point night from Giroux to hit 60, a goal for Vecchione, a goal for Konecny, a goal for Weal, and a loss to help our draft pick.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

you really are hoping for a 8-7 game between these 2 teams?

 

[Rebels57]

you really are hoping for a 8-7 game between these 2 teams?

Well Giroux could assist all 3 of those goals I am hoping for.. A 4-3 loss would do fine lol

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Well Giroux could assist all 3 of those goals I am hoping for.. A 4-3 loss would do fine lol

well no offense to Giroux, but I would rather he take the 3 games off since I am playing someone with Giroux in my keeper league final

 

[FlyTimmo]

Hoping for a 3 point night from Giroux to hit 60, a goal for Vecchione, a goal for Konecny, a goal for Weal, and a loss to help our draft pick.

Is Vecchione playing tomorrow?

 

[bennysflyers16]

Can't wait for Konecny being benched in third period of a game that clearly doesn't matter.

If TK doesnt play 20 mins plus tomm, our coach is officially a moron.

 

[Curufinwe]

Only a moron coach would risk injuring a rookie winger by playing him six minutes more than his average ice time in a meaningless game.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Only a moron coach would risk injuring a rookie winger by playing him six minutes more than his average ice time in a meaningless game.

why, cuz hes saving him for the POs ?

 

[bennysflyers16]

Only a moron coach would risk injuring a rookie winger by playing him six minutes more than his average ice time in a meaningless game.

So with that wisdom, who sits tomm, G, Couts, Provy, hate to risk their health.

But like you think, experience playing all situations comes from fairies... We have games to gain experience for top flight rookies, every team does it. But don't you fret, the VDV, Manning and Farmer show will be in full effect to end the season. Probably keep Jake in his dominant PP role as well, would be foolish to try out some new things in real game action.

Hope Vecchione doesn't play at all then, imagine how safe he could remain.

 

[Curufinwe]

You guys keep pretending that Konecny hasn't been given a lot of ice time this season, but he has.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?agg...162017&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,&sort=timeOnIce

 

[HereNow16]

Is Vecchione playing tomorrow?

At least that's what they said. he wasn't going to play Saturday or Sunday (because he hadn't skated in a week or some such reason), but he should be ready by Tuesday.

Then again Haks kept on mentioning how he hadn't even had a training session with the team yet, so who really knows? Maybe VdV will play on all four lines instead. Anything is possible.

 

[Tripod]

You guys keep pretending that Konecny hasn't been given a lot of ice time this season, but he has.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?agg...162017&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,&sort=timeOnIce

You ignore that he has averaged 14:13 in icetime this season:

yet has not played above that mark in his last 8 games with 13:33 being the highest and has 1 point.

And in his previous 8 he only had 1 game BELOW 13:33 in icetime, and had 5 points in 8 games.

So since his injury, played 8 games getting more minutes, and produced. Then Hak cut his icetime and stuck him with garbage, and crushed his production.

Context.

There is no reason for Tk NOT to be playing 15 minutes a night, unless you want to increase your chances of losing. Just another dumb coaching decision for Hak.....one of many.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

He's also 21st in terms of rookie forwards in TOI/GP which is not a lot.

 

[Magua]

Placed him on the top line only because Read got injured, and then was taken off the PP to make up for playing higher up

 

[bennysflyers16]

Placed him on the top line only because Read got injured, and then was taken off the PP to make up for playing higher up

Had to get him off PP so DJ MDZ got more time. Another guy that shouldn't be here next year.

He could even put G on second unit and let TK run the top unit for experience

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Is Vecchione playing tomorrow?

The indication after Sunday's game was that the desire was to get Vecchione a full practice before playing in a game. The team did not practice Monday. There is an outside chance he could play but likelier he'd play Saturday after a practice. This is why he is listed as doubtful in the opening post.

 

[Rebels57]

Is Vecchione playing tomorrow?

No thats my mistake. He is debuting on Saturday.

 

[Rebels57]

You ignore that he has averaged 14:13 in icetime this season:

yet has not played above that mark in his last 8 games with 13:33 being the highest and has 1 point.

And in his previous 8 he only had 1 game BELOW 13:33 in icetime, and had 5 points in 8 games.

So since his injury, played 8 games getting more minutes, and produced. Then Hak cut his icetime and stuck him with garbage, and crushed his production.

Context.

There is no reason for Tk NOT to be playing 15 minutes a night, unless you want to increase your chances of losing. Just another dumb coaching decision for Hak.....one of many.

"Context." Lol. Good luck with that one!

 

[WIP CALLER]

guys curu doesn't actually watch the games. he just googles season stats all day and claims that you're the one whos ignorant to facts then throw a childish insult on top of it.