GDT: #81: Penguins at Flyers, Saturday, April 9, 2016, 3:00 pm ET [faceoff near 3:30 pm]

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

For updates issued Saturday, check the posts made in this thread. Those updates may or may not be reflected in this first post.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (39-27-14, 22-10-8 home ) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (48-25-8, 22-14-4 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: SN1, NBC [Emrick, Olczyk, McGuire]
• 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://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015021218
• 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%
Penguins| 81 | 48-25-8 |26-11-4 |22-14-4 |9-1-0 |2.96 |2.42 |18.5 |84.2 |8.3 |33.4 |29.6| 50.4
Flyers| 80 |39-27-14 |22-10-8 |17-17-6| 5-3-2 |2.54 |2.59 |18.3 |80.2 |11.9 |31.0 |31.0 |50.9

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
29 | Ray Emery | 6' 2" | 196 | Sep 28, 1982 | 33| Hamilton, ON, CAN
--| Alex Lyon | 6' 1" |201 |Dec 9, 1992 |23| Baudette, MN, USA
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

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
93 - Jakub Voracek |28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
10 - Brayden Schenn |14 - Sean Couturier |89 - Sam Gagner
21 - Scott Laughton | 12 - Michael Raffl |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 |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Nick Cousins |available | could be a healthy scratch
Michael Del Zotto | injured reserve; out 3-to-4 months | left wrist surgery (Feb. 26)
Ray Emery | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Alex Lyon | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Evgeny Medvedev| available |could be a healthy scratch
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 | 16 - Eric Fehr
43 - Conor Sheary | 40 - Oskar Sundqvist | 47 - Tom Sestito

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
Beau Bennett | questionable | upper body
Marc-Andre Fleury | doubtful| concussion
Evgeni Malkin |injured reserve | upper body
Olli Maatta| doubtful | lower body
Kael Mouillierat | available | recalled from AHL April 9
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
22 | Kael Mouillierat | L |6' 0" |188 |Dec 9, 1987 |28| Edmonton, AB, CAN
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
47 |Tom Sestito | L |6' 5" |228 |Sep 28, 1987| 28| Rome, NY, 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|151-88-30-8 |96-30-8-4| 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|9-3-0 in the last 12 |4-1-0 in the last 5 |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)
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 | Philadelphia at NY Islanders|7:00 PM |TCN-PH**, MSG+, NBCSN**, SN, SN360

**NBCSN is picking up the Flyers' TCN feed.

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​

"You Can't Bring Me Down" by Suicidal Tendencies
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[SolidSnakeUS]

How bout we win eh?

 

[rsegrest1]

Chances Neuvy will be between the pipes?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Win now or forever hold your peace.

 

[Rebels57]

Chances Neuvy will be between the pipes?

Would definitely go Neuvirth if he can go. Try to change up the mojo. Plus you have you #1 for Sunday if its a must win.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Chances Neuvy will be between the pipes?

Zero

 

[rsegrest1]

Zero

With 4 games in 5 days, I think his chances are slightly higher than that.

 

[CutOnDime97]

With 4 games in 5 days, I think his chances are slightly higher than that.

I doubt it. Can't afford to play Neuvy coming off an injury in a must win.

 

[chupanibre]

uuughhhh


that is all.

 

[CodyTheHuman]

MSE you have a great taste in music.

 

[OzFlyers]

I have a weird feeling that we will win this!

 

[dats81]

I have a weird feeling that we will win this!

Yeah, I also feel we win this somehow but won't be able to enjoy the victory, like it will be costly and a couple of Flyers players go down with injury and there is no hope to get any further.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I think we may win one of the last two games because they don't have anywhere to go in the standings and it's possible they may rest people for the playoffs.

 

[Adam Warlock]

This is a winnable game. Flyers need to make it known from the start that if the pens try to win this game, they are going to pay a price. Be physical and throw everything at the the net. Force them to decide if they should risk blocking shots or not. If they play with the desperation they had in the last 10 min last night...they can win this.

Once again...thats a big if tho.

 

[PEI Flyers Fan]

Biggest day of the season tomorrow. Going to be hard to stay focused on anything else but this. Sorry family, friends and workplace.

 

[PAZUZU]

Just 'cause you don't understand what's going on don't mean it don't make no sense, and just 'cause you don't like it don't mean it ain't no good, and let me tell you something, before you go take a walk in my world, you better take a look in the real world, 'cause this ain't no Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

Gonna be at this game, pens fans can't bring me down.

 

[bennysflyers16]

You can't start Neuvy coming off injury vs hottest team in NHL.

Expect whoever Pens back up is tho, and see no scenario where Sid & Letang plays. This system they play prob won't matter as their system all relies on speed and I'm sure they won't insert a slow skater.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

MSE you have a great taste in music.

I agree.

Not many songs reference Froot Loops.

 

[hatcher]

If the flyers top players don't make ****ing dumb errors we have a chance but no more breakaways for **** sake and keep Schenn with coots so there is board play to help Schenn out.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Would definitely go Neuvirth if he can go. Try to change up the mojo. Plus you have you #1 for Sunday if its a must win.

This game is a must win, so it has to be Mase.

 

[Les Averman]

I really hate that we can possibly clinch a playoff spot tomorrow. I keep trying to not get my hopes up because I don't see us doing it but in reality, we're still in a good spot. If either one of the two loses in regulation tomorrow, we'll just need 2 points in 2 games.

 

[TheKingPin]

Any chance that the Pens rest players? I know Fuery has played a decent amount and has a concussion, his second of the year. It might be better for us if he plays though. I would hope that Letang and Crosby sit. Would make this game a lot more winnable. I think we get the win here either way. They kind of woke up at times last night.



Andres Lee has a fracture and is out for the season. Add that to Hamonic and we have a good look there. Common Ottawa and Rangers!

 

[Cmoneyflyguy]

Maybe this is pipe dream positive, but I have a feeling one of Sens or Rag$ win tomorrow and we upset Pittsburgh.
But WTF do I know?

 

[Delete99991]

I forgot about that 88 shift in the video up there. He was the best.

 

[Jamesphilly]

My first live Flyers game! Couldn't be a much bigger one either, can't wait!