GDT: ECQF 2: FLYERS (H) vs. Canadiens (A) at Toronto, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, 3:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

MONTREAL CANADIENS (31-31-9) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-21-7)
Playoffs: Montreal 3-2-0; Philadelphia 4-0-0

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS, NBCSP
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• Online Streaming: nbcsportsphiladelphia.com and the MyTeams app by NBC Sports

TEAMS' WEBSITES

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

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview:
  • 5 Things: Flyers vs. Canadiens Game 2
    
  • Thursday Practice News & Quotes
  • Canadiens forge on in playoffs with Julien in their thoughts and hearts - Sportsnet.ca
• Flyers' Playoffs Media Guide: Download the 2020 Flyers Playoff Media Guide (PDF)
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2019-2020
• Canadiens' Stats: Montréal Canadiens Stats | 2019-2020

TEAMS' STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Canadiens	71	31-31-9	71 (24th)	14-17-6	17-14-3	208 (18th)	220 (23rd)	17.7 (22nd)	78.7 (19th)	50.4 (12th)
Flyers	69	41-21-7	89 (6th)	25-6-4	16-15-3	232 (7th)	191 (8th)	20.8 (14th)	81.8 (11th)	54.6 (1st)

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TEAMS' STATISTICS PLAYOFFS

Team	GP	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Canadiens	5	3-2-0	6	2-0-0	1-2-0	11	10	7.7	80.0	48.7
Flyers	4	4-0-0	8	2-0-0	2-0-0	13	4	7.1	81.7	56.2

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Flyers' Goals Leaders: Laughton (3); Farabee (2) and Aube-Kubel (2).
Flyers' Assists Leaders: Hayes (4); Laughton (2), Sanheim (2), Couturier (2), Konecny (2), Gostisbehere (2) and Provorov (2).
Flyers' Points Leaders: Laughton (5); Hayes (4), Farabee (3) and Sanheim (3).
Canadiens' Goals Leaders: Weber (3); Petry (2) and Kotkaniemi (2).
Canadiens' Assists Leaders: Byron (3).
Canadiens' Points Leaders: Weber (5); Byron (4).​

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux -- 14 Sean Couturier -- 49 Joel farabee
21 Scott Laughton -- 13 Kevin Hayes -- 11 Travis Konecny
93 Jake Voracek -- 38 Derek Grant -- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
25 James van Riemsdyk -- 44 Nate Thompson -- 18 Tyler Pitlick​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
53 Shayne Gostisbehere -- 61 Justin Braun​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart is the expected starter.
37 Brian Elliott
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Power Plays

PP1: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier, Jake Voracek, Ivan Provorov
PP2: Kevin Hayes, James van Riemsdyk, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Matt Niskanen, Shayne Gostisbehere
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Injuries and Scratches

3 Andy Welinski (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
8 Robert Hagg (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
10 Andy Andreoff (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
12 Michael Raffl (left leg) is out indefinitely. He participated in the pregame skate on August 14.
19 Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder, Sep. 26) was placed on LTIR Nov.22. He is not on 31-man roster.
23 Oskar Lindblom (Ewing's sarcoma, Dec. 13; is cancer-free) is with the team in Toronto and could practice soon. He is on 31-man roster.
34 Alex Lyon (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
48 Morgan Frost (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
54 Egor Zamula (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
59 Mark Friedman (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
67 Kirill Ustimenko (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
82 Connor Bunnaman (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers - News, Scores, Schedule, Roster - The Athletic
Alexander Appleyard's Twitter -- Alexander Appleyard (@avappleyard) | Twitter
Charlie O'Connor's Twitter -- Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) | Twitter​

Hockey Buzz

Web site -- HockeyBuzz.com - NHL Rumors
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/flyers​

NHL.com

Adam Kimelman's Twitter -- Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter
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MONTREAL CANADIENS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

90 Tomas Tatar -- 14 Nick Suzuki -- 11 Brendan Gallagher
92 Jonathan Drouin -- 15 Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- 40 Joel Armia
62 Artturi Lehkonen -- 24 Phillip Danault -- 41 Paul Byron
71 Jake Evans -- 13 Max Domi -- 60 Alex Belzile​

Pairings

8 Ben Chiarot -- 6 Shea Weber
77 Brett Kulak -- 26 Jeff Petry
61 Xavier Ouellet -- 53 Victor Mete ​

Goalies

31 Carey Price is the expected starter.
39 Charlie Lindgren
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Power Plays

PP1: Phillip Danault, Nick Suzuki, Tomas Tatar, Jonathan Drouin, Shea Weber
PP2: Joel Armia. Brendan Gallagher, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Max Domi, Jeff Petry​

Injuries and Scratches

20 Cale Fleury (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
22 Dale Weise (upper body) could be scratched as a spare forward.
25 Ryan Poehling (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
30 Cayden Primeau (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
32 Christian Folin (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
43 Jordan Weal (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
45 Laurent Dauphin (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
46 Josh Brook (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
51 Gustav Olofsson (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
54 Charles Hudon (healthy) could be scratched as a spare forward.
58 Noah Juulsen (healthy) could be scratched as a spare defenseman.
70 Michael McNiven (healthy) could be scratched as a spare goalie.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
All Habs

Web site -- All Habs Hockey Magazine - Source for NHL Montreal Canadiens News
Twitter -- All Habs (Canadiens) (@AllHabs) | Twitter ​

Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic Montreal
Marc Dumont's Twitter -- Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) | Twitter​

Montreal Gazette

Web site -- (no title)
Stu Cowan's Twitter -- Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) | Twitter
Pat Hickey's Twitter -- Pat Hickey (@zababes1) | Twitter​

Rogers SportsNet

Web site -- Montreal Canadiens Scores/Schedule - Sportsnet.ca
Eric Engels' Twitter -- Eric Engels (@EricEngels) | Twitter​

TSN 690 Radio

Web site -- Montreal 690
John Lu's Twitter -- John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) | Twitter​

TVA Sports

Renaud Lavoie's Twitter -- Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) | Twitter​

FLYERS (2-1-0) vs. CANADIENS (1-0-2) 2019-20 RESULTS

Date	Result	First Star	Highlights
11/7/19	Montreal 2 at Philadelphia 3 (OT)	Carey Price	Sean Couturier's OT goal in the opening minute. Flyers held a 43-24 shots advantage.
11/30/19	Philadelphia 4 at Montreal 3 (OT)	Ivan Provorov	Ivan Provorov's OT goal in the opening minute. Brian Elliott made 39 saves.
01/16/20	Montreal 4 at Philadelphia 1	Carey Price	Carey Price made 40 saves and Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice. Alex Lyon made 40 saves in a loss.

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FLYERS-CANADIENS' EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

Date	All Games at Toronto	Time (ET)	Television	Highlights
Wed. August 12	Game 1 Montreal 1 at Philadelphia 2	8:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS, NBCSP	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCbxMVZNk_Y
Fri. August 14	Game 2 Montreal at Philadelphia	3:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS, NBCSP
Sun. August 16	Game 3 Philadelphia at Montreal	8:00 pm	NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS
Tue. August 18	Game 4 Philadelphia at Montreal	3:00 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP
Wed. August 19	Game 5 Montreal at Philadelphia	TBD	TBD
Fri. August 21	Game 6 Philadelphia at Montreal	TBD	TBD
Sun. August 23	Game 7 Montreal at Philadelphia	TBD	TBD

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FLYERS vs. CANADIENS' PLAYOFFS HISTORY

Season	Series Result	Advancement
1973	Montreal 4-1	Montreal advanced to the Cup Finals.
1976	Montreal 4-0	Montreal won the Cup.
1987	Philadelphia 4-2	Philadelphia advanced to the Cup Finals
1989	Montreal 4-2	Montreal advanced to the Cup Finals.
2008	Philadelphia 4-1	Philadelphia advanced to the ECF.
2010	Philadelphia 4-1	Philadelphia advanced to the Cup Finals

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FROM THE PAST

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[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[flyerslducks]

honestly didn't realize that voracek was on the left lol. Idk why they don't switch him and nak, voracek is much more comfortable on the rw than lw

 

[BiggE]

1 down, 15 to go

SHOW NO MERCY!

 

[Flyotes]

Let's win by playing our solid game instead of relying on Hart to magic this game.

 

[mercury]

Let's win by playing our solid game instead of relying on Hart to magic this game.

Yeah, we need to push the tempo. Establish dominance early.

 

[TheKingPin]

I think we may see a push from the habs early. They are the better first period team anyway and their coach going down. May have to be a come from behind win tomorrow.

 

[Rodu58]

Gotta think Habs will rally around their coach and come to play, Flyers better be ready

 

[deadhead]

Wonder if one reason Julien mixed up his lines was to avoid putting his best players on the first line, only to see Couts shut them down. By balancing his lines, he made Cout's shutdown ability less valuable. I presume the acting HC will do the same.

 

[Flyer lurker]

If Drouin plays on line 2 I predict he makes a dumb play that leads to a hayes goal.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Wonder if one reason Julien mixed up his lines was to avoid putting his best players on the first line, only to see Couts shut them down. By balancing his lines, he made Cout's shutdown ability less valuable. I presume the acting HC will do the same.

Kirk Muller isn't the brightest bulb, so the coaching advantage should sway towards the Flyers.

Julien v AV was a good match. I expect AV to have the upper hand now.

 

[Beef Invictus]

 

[KrazyKat]

Great band!

 

[flyerslducks]

first 10 minutes are going to be key. Montreal is going to come out hot for their coach. Sustain the pressure and we got this. LGF

 

[kudymen]

Wait. A game I can catch in CET? Wooo

 

[Swic21]

I said it in the main board thread, I expect a 4-1,5-1 type win. Will be closer than the scoreboard looks, but we got our first taste of real playoff hockey, we will adjust and make them look silly.

 

[AdamParrot]

Wait. A game I can catch in CET? Wooo

Philadelphia - Montreal

Barcelona - Bayern Munich

At same time. At 9:00 PM in our time. I'm fan of Flyers and Barça. Ideally (even I expect that Bayern will destroy us, lol). WOOOOOOO!

 

[TheKingPin]

I said it in the main board thread, I expect a 4-1,5-1 type win. Will be closer than the scoreboard looks, but we got our first taste of real playoff hockey, we will adjust and make them look silly.

I hope so. I am also expecting a better adjustment to their style as the series goes on but not so immediate. AV is a good coach though and I think he already figured out what to do. Hopefully players can execute!

 

[AdamParrot]

I don't know. Habs have extra motivation. And even in the regular season we have a problems with them always. Two wins in overtime only and one deserved loss.

I believe that for example Capitals or Canes would be better matchup for us. But yeah, I still expect and want to beat 'em of course and go to second round. Just don't expect a big wins in next games but tight series.

LET'S GO FLYEEEEERS!

 

[Swic21]

I don't know. Habs have extra motivation. And even in the regular season we have a problems with them always. Two wins in overtime only and one deserved loss.

I believe that for example Capitals or Canes would be better matchup for us. But yeah, I still expect and want to beat 'em of course and go to second round. Just don't expect a big wins in next games but tight series.

LET'S GO FLYEEEEERS!

If this was a 5 game series, I would be a little worried. But they have to beat us 4 times. I think that’s a tall order for Montreal. I’m not saying we are some juggernaut and can’t be beat, but Montreal beating us 4 times in 7 games is tough. Now 4 times in 6 games.

 

[AdamParrot]

If this was a 5 game series, I would be a little worried. But they have to beat us 4 times. I think that’s a tall order for Montreal. I’m not saying we are some juggernaut and can’t be beat, but Montreal beating us 4 times in 7 games is tough. Now 4 times in 6 games.

Yeah, very good answer.

I believe too that we will beat 'em in the series. My point was that I dont expect high wins. I wouldn't be surprised if our two, or maybe all three wins will be only by 1 or 2 goals like first game. Tight games.

 

[kudymen]

Philadelphia - Montreal

Barcelona - Bayern Munich

At same time. At 9:00 PM in our time. I'm fan of Flyers and Barça. Ideally (even I expect that Bayern will destroy us, lol). WOOOOOOO!

Maybe we should cheer for Barca to go to OT so you can watch both

 

[Swic21]

Yeah, very good answer.

I believe too that we will beat 'em in the series. My point was that I dont expect high wins. I wouldn't be surprised if our two, or maybe all three wins will be only by 1 or 2 goals like first game. Tight games.

Ya I wouldn’t be surprised either. I mean they do have Carey Price in net, and hes on his game right now.

 

[DancingPanther]

@JojoTheWhale you can't just change avytars like this