GDT: Game #12|Fri., Nov. 1, 2013|Capitals at Flyers |7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (3-8-0, 2-5-0 home) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (5-7-0, 2-4-0 away )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NHLN-US, CSN-DC+, CSN-PH
• Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
  1. http://atdee.net/index.html
  2. http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
  3. http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=icehockey
  4. http://forum.wiziwig.eu/forums/29-NHL-Icehockey
• Flyers' Radio: 93.3 FM http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2013020191

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2013020191
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=93744&navid=DL|PHI|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Capitals' Stats: http://capitals.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter : https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Capitals' Website: http://capitals.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
14 | Sean Couturier | 6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |20| Phoenix, AZ, USA
9 | Steve Downie | 5' 11" |191 |Apr 3, 1987 |26| Newmarket, ON, CAN
28 |Claude Giroux "C"| 5' 11"| 172| Jan 12, 1988 |25| Hearst, ON, CAN
18 | Adam Hall |6' 2" |212 |Aug 14, 1980 |33 |Kalamazoo, MI, USA
19 | Scott Hartnell "A"| 6' 2"| 210| Apr 18, 1982| 31| Regina, SK, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | 6' 4" |215 |Apr 21, 1980 |33| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12| Michael Raffl|6' 0" |192 |Dec 1, 1988 |24| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read |5' 10"| 185 |Jun 14, 1986| 27| Ilderton, ON, CAN
36 | Zac Rinaldo |5' 11" |169 |Jun 15, 1990 |23| Missisauga, ON, CAN
37 | Jay Rosehill | 6' 3" |215| Jul 16, 1985| 28 |Olds, AB, CAN
10 | Brayden Schenn| 6' 1" |190 |Aug 22, 1991 |22| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds| 6' 2"| 183| Aug 26, 1988| 25| Scarborough, ON, CAN
93 |Jakub Voracek | 6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989| 24| Kladno, CZE

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5"| 220 |Feb 27, 1985| 28| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
75 | Hal Gill | 6' 7" |243 |Apr 6, 1975 |38| Concord, MA, USA
8 |Nicklas Grossmann| 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |28| Stockholm, SWE
26| Erik Gustafsson | 5' 10" |180 |Dec 15, 1988| 24| Kvissleby, SWE
41| Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2"| 223 |Oct 13, 1985| 28| Považská Bystrica, SVK
20| Chris Pronger | 6' 6" |220 |Oct 10, 1974 |39| Dryden, ON, CAN
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989| 23| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit | 5' 11"| 191| Dec 11, 1977 |35| Bern, CHE
44| Kimmo Timonen "A" | 5' 10" |194 |Mar 18, 1975| 38| Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29| Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |31 |Hamilton, ON, CAN
35| Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 25| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
9 - Steve Downie | 28 - Claude Giroux (C)|40 - Vincent Lecavalier
19 - Scott Hartnell (A) | 10 - Brayden Schenn| 93 - Jakub Voracek
24 - Matt Read| 14 - Sean Couturier| 17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl| 18 - Adam Hall| 36 - Zac Rinaldo

Pairings

Name | Name
44 - Kimmo Timonen (A) |26 - Erik Gustafsson
8 - Nick Grossmann | 5 - Braydon Coburn
32 - Mark Streit | 22 - Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
29 - Ray Emery |35 - Steve Mason (expected starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Hal Gill |available| expected to be scratched
Andrej Meszaros | available| expected to be scratched
Jay Rosehill| available| expected to be scratched
Chris Pronger |placed on LTIR (Sep. 30) | post-concussion syndrome

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS
No. 1: Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux |Vincent Lecavalier |Mark Streit | Jakub Voracek
No. 2: Scott Hartnell |Brayden Schenn | Matt Read| Kimmo Timonen | Erik Gustafsson

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

CAPITALS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Martin Erat | Nicklas Backstrom |Eric Fehr
Brooks Laich |Marcus Johansson |Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera |Mikhail Grabovski |Joel Ward
Aaron Volpatti |Michael Latta |Tom Wilson

Pairings

Name | Name
Karl Alzner |John Carlson
Nate Schmidt| Mike Green
Alexander Urbom |Steven Oleksy

Goalies

Name | Name
Braden Holtby (expected starter)| Michal Neuvirth

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS
No. 1: Marcus Johansson| Nicklas Backstrom| Troy Brouwer| Eric Fehr| Mike Green
No. 2: Martin Erat| Brooks Laich| Joel Ward| Nate Schmidt| John Carlson

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Jay Beagle | practiced Thursday| flu; expected to be scratched
John Erskine | LTIR (Oct. 26) |possibly upper body
Jack Hillen | injured reserve |right tibia surgery
Dmitry Orlov | available |healthy; expected to be scratched
Alex Ovechkin |will not play| upper body, possibly right shoulder

CAPITALS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
19 |Nicklas Backstrom "A" | 6' 1"| 208| Nov 23, 1987| 25| Gävle, SWE
83 |Jay Beagle | 6' 3" |215| Oct 16, 1985 |28| Calgary, AB, CAN
20 |Troy Brouwer| 6' 3" |213 |Aug 17, 1985 |28 |Vancouver, BC, CAN
25 |Jason Chimera| 6' 3" |213| May 2, 1979 |34 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
10 |Martin Erat |6' 0" |196| Aug 29, 1981 |32| Trebic, CZE
16 |Eric Fehr |6' 4" |212 |Sep 7, 1985 |28| Winkler, MB, CAN
84| Mikhail Grabovski| 5' 11" |183| Jan 31, 1984 |29| Potsdam, DEU
90 | Marcus Johansson| 6' 1" |205| Oct 6, 1990| 23| Landskrona, SWE
21 | Brooks Laich "A" | 6' 2" |210| Jun 23, 1983 |30 |Wawota, SK, CAN
46| Michael Latta |6' 0" |209 |May 25, 1991| 22| Kitchener, ON, CAN
8 |Alex Ovechkin "C" | 6' 3" |230| Sep 17, 1985 |28 |Moscow, RUS
24 | Aaron Volpatti | 6' 0" |215 |May 30, 1985| 28| Revelstoke, BC, CAN
42 |Joel Ward| 6' 1" |226 |Dec 2, 1980 |32| North York, ON, CAN
43 | Tom Wilson| 6' 4" |210 |Mar 29, 1994 |19| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27 | Karl Alzner |6' 2" |217 |Sep 24, 1988 |25| Burnaby, BC, CAN
74 |John Carlson | 6' 3"| 212| Jan 10, 1990 |23 |Natick, MA, USA
4 |John Erskine | 6' 4" |220| Jun 26, 1980 |33 |Kingston, ON, CAN
52 | Mike Green "A" | 6' 1"| 207| Oct 12, 1985| 28| Calgary, AB, CAN
38 | Jack Hillen |5' 10" |190 |Jan 24, 1986 |27 |Minnetonka, MN, USA
61 | Steve Oleksy | 6' 0"| 190 |Feb 4, 1986| 27 |Chesterfield, MI, USA
81| Dmitry Orlov | 6' 0" | 210| July 23, 1991| 22| Novokuznetsk, RUS
88| Nate Schmidt | 6' 0" |194 |Jul 16, 1991 |22 |St. Cloud, MN, USA
34 |Alexander Urbom | 6' 4" |215| Dec 20, 1990| 22| Stockholm, SWE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
70 |Braden Holtby |6' 2" |203 |Sep 16, 1989 |24 |Lloydminster, SK, CAN
30 | Michal Neuvirth | 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988| 25| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|102-68-19-6 |61-31-6-2|41-37-13-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|2-2 |11-12|6-4| 5-8

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals| 5-2-0 in the last 7|4-2-1 in the last 7|3-1-0 in the last 4

• Link to the series history (prior GDT) -- http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1009255

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS 2013-14 SCHEDULE

Date | Game | Time | Television (could change)
Fri Nov 1, 2013|Washington 7 at Philadelphia 0|7:00 PM ET|NHLN-US, CSN-DC+, CSN-PH
Sun Dec 15, 2013|Philadelphia at Washington |3:00 PM ET|CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Tue Dec 17, 2013|Washington at Philadelphia|7:30 PM ET|TSN, NBCSN, CSN-DC, CSN-PH
Sun Mar 2, 2014|Philadelphia at Washington |12:30 PM ET|NBC, NBCSN
Wed Mar 5, 2014|Washington at Philadelphia |8:00 PM ET|TSN2, NBCSN

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20132014&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue=

Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Time | Television (could change)
Sat Nov 2, 2013|Philadelphia |New Jersey |7:00 PM ET| TCN-PH, MSG PLUS 2
Tue Nov 5, 2013|Philadelphia |Carolina |7:30 PM ET|NBCSN,CSN-PH
Thu Nov 7, 2013|New Jersey |Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET|MSG PLUS,CSN-PH
Sat Nov 9, 2013|Edmonton |Philadelphia |1:00 PM ET|NHLN-US, SNET-W, CSN-PH
Tue Nov 12, 2013|Philadelphia |Ottawa |7:30 PM ET| CSN-PH, SNET-E
Wed Nov 13, 2013|Philadelphia |Pittsburgh |8:00 PM ET| TSN2, NBCSN
Fri Nov 15, 2013|Philadelphia |Winnipeg |8:00 PM ET| TCN-PH, TSN-JETS
Tue Nov 19, 2013|Ottawa |Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET| SNET-E, CSN-PH
Thu Nov 21, 2013|Buffalo |Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET|MSG-B, CSN-PH
Sat Nov 23, 2013|NY Islanders |Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET| MSG PLUS, TCN-PH
Mon Nov 25, 2013|Philadelphia |Florida |7:30 PM ET|CSN-PH, FS-F
Wed Nov 27, 2013|Philadelphia |Tampa Bay |7:30 PM ET|NHLN-US, CSN-PH, SUN
Fri Nov 29, 2013|Winnipeg |Philadelphia | 11:30 AM ET |TSN-JETS, CSN-PH

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: November 1, 1975

Wayne Stephenson stopped 31 shots and eight different Flyers scored in an 8-1 home win against Boston.

Ross Lonsberry, Bill Barber and Reggie Leach each had three points. Orest Kindrachuk scored 28 seconds into the game.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Bucks County Courier Times: Wayne Fish's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Comcast Sports Philadelphia: Sarah Baicker's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/sbaickerCSN

Comcast Sports Philadelphia: John Boruk's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JohnBorukCSN

Comcast Sports Philadelphia: Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/sports04

Courier-Post of South Jersey: Dave Isaac's Blog​

| http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/flyers

Courier-Post of South Jersey: Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/flyers

Delaware County Times: Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

Flyers Inside Reporter: Anthony SanFilippo's Blog​

| http://flyers.nhl.com/club/blog.htm?id=804

Flyers Inside Reporter: Anthony SanFilippo's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/InsideTheFlyers

HockeyBuzz.com​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

HockeyBuzz.com: Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Philadelphia Daily News: Frank Seravalli's Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Philadelphia Daily News: Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/DNFlyers

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Philadelphia Inquirer: Sam Carchidi's Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Philadelphia Inquirer: Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Sports Radio 94 WIP​

| http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/category/sports/flyers/

Sports Radio 97.5 The Fanatic​

| http://www.975thefanatic.com/teams/flyers/home.aspx

Comcast Sports Washington ​

| http://www.csnwashington.com/capitals

Comcast Sports Washington: Chuck Gormley's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/ChuckGormleyCSN

Monumental Network: John Walton's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/WaltonCaps

Washington Capitals' Website: Mike Vogel's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/vogscaps

Washington Examiner ​

| http://washingtonexaminer.com/sports/capitals

Washington Post|[/LEFT]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/capitals/index.html

Washington Post (blog)​

| http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

Washington Post: Katie Carrera's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/kcarrera

Washington Post and ESPN: Neil Greenberg's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/ngreenberg

Washington Times ​

| http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/hockey/

Washington Times: Brian McNally's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/bmcnally14
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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"November Rain" by Guns N' Roses
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[Fire Tortorella]

I'd guess Mason gets this one and Emery gets the game on Saturday.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

i cant help but feel a losing streak coming back up if they give this game to Emery...

but i guess even Mason still cant be the only guy to show up and expect a win.

this team is soooo infuriating..

 

[Hiesenberg]

Negative...no practice today.

This game I see it being very ugly. 4 or 5 goals given up.

 

[BernieParent]

blah blah blah 60-minute effort

blah blah blah get the bounces

blah blah blah believe in ourselves

just blah

 

[Burakovsky95*]

Just a heads up Ovie isn't 100% a go for Friday. The dreaded "upper-body" injury.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

The next Flyers' practice is Thursday, October 31: 10:30 at the Skatezone in Voorhees, NJ

Wednesday's (today, Oct. 30) session has been canceled.

Major trade incoming. Half the team traded to Vancouver for the Sedins and Kassian, since he plays "Flyers hockey."

 

[Beef Invictus]

Please win.



This team gets crappy music until they can win with a full effort. They are no longer worthy even of Pitbull.

 

[flyershockey]

Will be watching with a couple of buddies who are Caps fans, so a win is necessary if only for that reason.

I should rephrase that though, I have a couple of friends who know who Oveckin is.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

They are no longer worthy even of Pitbull.

 

[Harold Bingo]

Please win.

This team gets crappy music until they can win with a full effort. They are no longer worthy even of Pitbull.

Need more of this



You know, since it is the goal song now.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Meszaros has 18 PIMs in 6 games.

Rosehill has 21 in 7, Rinaldo has 22 in 11 and Simmonds has 20 in 11.

How does Meszaros have 18 PIMs in 6 games?

 

[Harold Bingo]

How does Meszaros have 18 PIMs in 6 games?

He's showcasing himself.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Meszaros has 18 PIMs in 6 games.

Rosehill has 21 in 7, Rinaldo has 22 in 11 and Simmonds has 20 in 11.

How does Meszaros have 18 PIMs in 6 games?

He picked up 14 of those minutes with 90 seconds left in the third period of the game against Phoenix:

18:12 Phi Andrej Meszaros (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Shane Doan
18:12 Phi Andrej Meszaros (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min)
18:12 Phi Andrej Meszaros (Misconduct - 10 min)

 

[dats81]

The team has shown improvement since Berube has taken over but they are still mentally fragile and tend to fall back into bad habits as soon as things are not going their way.

They can win this game which does not actually mean they will do it. Anything can happen.... good or bad.

 

[Harold Bingo]

The team has shown improvement since Berube has taken over but they are still mentally fragile and tend to fall back into bad habits as soon as things are not going their way.

They can win this game which does not actually mean that will do it. Anything can happen.... good or bad.

One positive is that they haven't been blown out (knock on wood). They've been in every game, just can't score enough to put games away.

 

[Hiesenberg]

He picked up 14 of those minutes with 90 seconds left in the third period of the game against Phoenix:

18:12 Phi Andrej Meszaros (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Shane Doan
18:12 Phi Andrej Meszaros (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min)
18:12 Phi Andrej Meszaros (Misconduct - 10 min)

That makes sense.

What as the misconduct for?

 

[Hiesenberg]

One positive is that they haven't been blown out (knock on wood). They've been in every game, just can't score enough to put games away.

You can thank Mason on that.

 

[Harold Bingo]

You can thank Mason on that.

Yeah, it's nice that the Flyers have a goaltender that keeps them in games. Poor Mason. He probably thought coming to Philly he would finally be playing for a playoff team.

 

[Striiker]

Hartnell cut nearly all his hair off, maybe it'll be good luck like Snyder and the Pope

 

[flyershockey]

Hartnell cut nearly all his hair off, maybe it'll be good luck like Snyder and the Pope

Good. He looked like a ****in idiot.

 

[ilovetheflyers8]

That makes sense.

What as the misconduct for?

He played patty cake with Jessica Rabbit.



Apparently he yelled at the referee after getting the penalty.
http://www.broadstreethockey.com/20...cap-where-did-all-of-the-goals-go-i-miss-them

 

[Halladay]

a friday night game? that doesnt seem to happen that often.

 

[Striiker]

Flyers are winning this game on Friday. They looked great for the first 30 min on Tuesday and then they just fell apart. Hopefully they use that as motivation and play like they did against the Islanders and a bit against the Ducks. If they can bounce back from that tough loss and dominate the Caps then I can see them going on a little streak.

 

[Garbage Goal]

I don't even want to watch right now, but I will because I don't follow any other sports and because I have no life.

Having a tough enough time with life as is, don't need the Flyers pissing me off every two or three nights.