GDT: #81 | Hurricanes at FLYERS | Thu., Apr. 5, 2018, 7:00 pm ET | NBCSP, FS-CR

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

CAROLINA HURRICANES (35-34-11) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (40-26-14)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.
  

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Philadelphia Flyers
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Hurricanes' Website: Official Carolina Hurricanes Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

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

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Hurricanes	80	35-34-11	81	18-16-6	17-18-5	219	247	18.6	77.4	54.0	.893	506
Flyers	80	40-26-14	94	20-13-6	20-13-8	240	233	20.5	75.6	53.4	.903	669

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 12 Michael Raffl ​

54 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
11 Travis Konecny - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 17 Wayne Simmonds
21 Scott Laughton - 15 Jori Lehtera - 24 Matt Read​

Pairings

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

Goalies

37 Brian Elliott - 34 Petr Mrazek​

Injuries and Scratches

8 Robert Hagg could be a healthy scratch.
20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch.
40 Jordan Weal could be a healthy scratch.
22 Dale Weise could be a healthy scratch.
29 Johnny Oduya could be a healthy scratch.
30 Michel Neuvirth is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
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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​

CAROLINA HURRICANES

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Possible Lineup
Lines

23 Brock McGinn - 11 Jordan Staal - 14 Justin Williams
53 Jeff Skinner - 28 Elias Lindholm - 34 Phillip DiGiuseppe
73 Valentin Zykov - 20 Sebastian Aho - 86 Teuvo Teravainen
42 Joakim Nordstrom - 7 Derek Ryan - 21 Lee Stempniak ​

Pairings

74 Jaccob Slavin - 6 Klas Dahlbeck
5 Noah Hanifin - 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk
4 Haydn Fleury - 55 Roland McKeown ​

Goalies

30 Cam Ward - 33 Scott Darling
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Injuries and Scratches

22 Brett Pesce will not play due to a shoulder injury..
27 Justin Faulk will not play due to an upper body injury..
49 Victor Rask will not play due to a shoulder injury.
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Power Play Units

1. Sebastian Aho - Jordan Staal - Elias Lindholm - Teuvo Teravainen - Jaccob Slavin
2. Valentin Zykov- Derek Ryan - Justin Williams - Noah Hanifin - Jeff Skinner
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Carolina Hurricanes

Mike Sundheim's Twitter -- Mike Sundheim (@MikeSundheim) | Twitter
Michael Smith's Twitter -- Michael Smith (@MSmithCanes) | Twitter​

Fox Sports Carolina

Web site -- Carolina Hurricanes News, Schedule, Scores, Stats, Roster
John Forslund's twitter -- John Forslund (@JohnForslund) | Twitter​

Raleigh News and Observer

Web site -- Carolina Hurricanes: NHL Professional Hockey News | News & Observer
Chip Alexander's Twitter -- Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) | Twitter
Luke DeCock's Twitter -- Luke DeCock (@LukeDeCock) | Twitter​

FLYERS' SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
Thu., Apr. 5	Carolina at Philadelphia	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-CR	97.5
Sat., Apr. 7	NY Rangers at Philadelphia	3:00 pm	NBC	97.5

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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Knocking at Your Back Door" By Deep Purple

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[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[gertbfrobe16]

just hoping for more points for g the game will likely be like a sideshow at the circus like the last one

 

[wuf]

I hope they lose this game and the next and the Panthers win out. It hurts to watch this coach.

 

[The Rage Kage]

Once again, points for Giroux is all I care about. This team is going nowhere with such an imbecile as coach so win or lose it doesn't really matter.

 

[Brayden Fattison]

Just to prepare everyone for some Bettman shenanigans, this is a possibility:

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

In before Konecny gets scratched for Weise.

YOU KNOW it is a damn possibility.

#Hakslogic
#HakstolIsAVilfhunter
#Veteranpower
#LessonTeachingPart229
#PrayForJori
#HeHadNoChoice

 

[MorgantiDrinksBlood]

Hard to even want them to win, disgusting coach and slowly starting to become a disgusting organization. Snyder must be rolling in his grave he wouldn’t allow this bullshit.

 

[BillDineen]

Hextall should waive Lehtera tomorrow. He is watching his coach shoot his team in the foot.

 

[YamCork]

If we miss the playoffs, I will personally go out of my way to fly to Philadelphia just so I can track down Hakstol & smack him one in the chops.

 

[Garbage Goal]

Just to prepare everyone for some Bettman shenanigans, this is a possibility:

I kind of want to see this happen just for the novelty of it.

 

[MorgantiDrinksBlood]

If we miss the playoffs, I will personally go out of my way to fly to Philadelphia just so I can track down Hakstol & smack him one in the chops.

If only I could afford to leave Tokyo right now I’d be there right with you. f*** him, absolutelt sabatoging this team.

 

[dats81]

I hope they lose this game and the next and the Panthers win out. It hurts to watch this coach.

Be careful what you wish for.
You end up with no playoffs and Dave Hakstol will still remain headcoach for next season.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I kind of want to see this happen just for the novelty of it.

I kind of want to understand one of his little charts there, just for the novelty of it. Those things cave my head in.

EDIT: You know what I did, I saw that it was from Michael Ben McCurdles so I just assumed it was one of those colored graphs that I don't understand lol but now I see that even I would understand this one.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

#HakstolIsAVilfhunter

"Vilf" - Veteran I'd Like to **** ?

 

[ponder719]

I kind of want to see this happen just for the novelty of it.

I wouldn't be opposed, just to find out what the NHL does when they literally run out of tiebreakers, but good Lord, I don't trust their decisionmaking.

 

[marcsson68]

Don´t repeat the same **** over and over again in every thread, guys.
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There are good reasons why the Flyers are where they are. Overall bad coaching isn´t one of them. Of course there have been some debatable decisions, but there have been some good ones as well. I pick out player development. E.g. look at the protection NP got over the first half of the season and what the outcome is. TK has taken a huge step after a slow start. Sanheim came back much better after his stint with the Phantoms. Giroux´s career season might have something to do with the move to wing. I know, most of the critics will argue, all of this would have happened anyway, but that is just a biased assumption.
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Looking back over the games so far I see three reasons why we are a franchise that is fighting for a Wild Card spot with a small chance to miss.
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First is subpar goaltending. Stellar moments from Mrazek or Neuvirth every once in a while are not enough. The injury of our mediocre but reliable starter didn´t help.
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Second reason is the brutally static and bad PK. Of course this has some connection to the below average goaltending as well, because PK is the time where goalies can (or should) make a difference.
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The third and maybe most obvious reason is our OT and SO performance. I mean, G is 0 for 6, TK is 0 for 4, how can this be? Elliott´s save percentage of 44% in this seasons´ SO is a joke! If we were just slightly less dreadful (not even good), we´d have 5 to 10 points more and would have clinched a week ago.

The 2017/18 Flyers are a team that very rarely gets dominated. On the other hand we almost never dominate any other team either. This is something to worry about looking at the next season when G most likely won´t repeat this stellar season. Plus, it seems to me that Couts´ has carried a workload that has worn him down (over 22 minutes against the Isles). There isn´t much room to reduce the ice times of the 4th liners.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

"Vilf" - Veteran I'd Like to **** ?

This board would be boring without you Cap.

Yep, you got it.

 

[Magua]

I can just FEEEEEEEL a Robert Hagg return coming up, can't you?

 

[1865]

It’s rarely boring with this team is it?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I can just FEEEEEEEL a Robert Hagg return coming up, can't you?

Like a haymaker to the solar plexus, yep.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

This game feels like a must win. Nothing is easy around these parts.

Also, it's good Boston lost last night. They will have more reason to want to win.

 

[marcsson68]

Like a haymaker to the solar plexus, yep.

There´s no way he is coming in for Gudas even though Gudas really has been performing low this season. But Gudas is the only one who shoots right.
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So what about ranking MacDonald, Sanheim, Hägg, Oduya and Manning? (Provy and Ghost obviously are playing at a different level)

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Just to prepare everyone for some Bettman shenanigans, this is a possibility:

We all know how that ends.

 

[Domino666]

Be careful what you wish for.
You end up with no playoffs and Dave Hakstol will still remain headcoach for next season.

There are already built in excuses with Elliot and Neuvy getting hurt