GDT: Game #15|Thu., Nov. 7, 2013| Devils at Flyers |7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (4-9-1, 2-6-0 home ) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (3-7-4, 1-6-2 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: MSG PLUS, 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: 97.5 FM http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2013020232

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2013020232
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=93907&navid=DL|PHI|home
• 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

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

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
45 |Kris Newbury| 5' 11" |205 |Feb 19, 1982| 31|Brampton, ON, 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| 24| 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
19 - Scott Hartnell (A)|28 - Claude Giroux (C) | 93 -Jakub Voracek
10 - Brayden Schenn |40 -Vincent Lecavalier |24 - Matt Read
12 - Michael Raffl | 14 - Sean Couturier| 17 - Wayne Simmonds
45- Kris Newbury| 18 - Adam Hall| 36 - Zac Rinaldo

Pairings

Name | Name
44 - Kimmo Timonen (A) |5 - Braydon Coburn
8 - Nick Grossmann | 32 - Mark Streit
41 - Andrej Meszaros |75 - Hal Gill

Goalies

Name | Name
29 - Ray Emery (will start) |35 - Steve Mason

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Steve Downie | will not play; day-to-day; earliest return is Nov. 9 | concussion (Nov. 1)
Erik Gustafsson| available| likely to be scratched
Chris Pronger |placed on LTIR (Sep. 30) | post-concussion syndrome
Jay Rosehill | available | healthy
Luke Schenn| available | likely to be scratched

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

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

DEVILS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Dainius Zubrus| Andrei Loktionov | Jaromir Jagr
Mattias Tedenby| Adam Henrique | Michael Ryder
Steve Bernier|Travis Zajac |Damien Brunner
Cam Janssen |Stephen Gionta |Ryan Carter

Pairings

Name | Name
Andy Greene|Peter Harrold
Anton Volchenkov |Marek Zidlicky
Eric Gelinas|Adam Larsson

Goalies

Name | Name
Martin Brodeur (confirmed starter)| Cory Schneider

DEVILS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Ryane Clowe |will not play; injured reserve |concussion symptoms
Patrik Elias |will not play; injured reserve | back spasms
Mark Fayne | available| could be scratched
Peter Harrold |expected to play; activated from IR | right elbow
Jacob Josefson | available| could be scratched
Jon Merrill| will not play| facial lacerations
Bryce Salvador |will not play; injured reserve |stress fracture in foot
Anton Volchenkov |expected to play| lower body
Travis Zajac| expected to play| sprained right ankle

DEVILS' POWER PLAY UNITS
No. 1: Michel Ryder|Andrei Loktionov| Jaromir Jagr |Eric Gelinas|Marek Zidlicky
No. 2: Steve Bernier |Adam Henrique |Damien Brunner |Andy Greene |Adam Larsson

DEVILS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
18| STEVE BERNIER| 6' 3"| 215 |MAR 31, 1985 |28| QUEBEC CITY, QC, CAN
12| DAMIEN BRUNNER | 5' 10" |185 |MAR 9, 1986 |27| ZÃœRICH, CHE
20| RYAN CARTER |6' 1" |205| AUG 3, 1983 |30 |WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN, USA
29| RYANE CLOWE | 6' 3" |225| SEP 30, 1982 |31 |ST. JOHN'S, NF, CAN
26| PATRIK ELIAS "A" | 6' 1" |195| APR 13, 1976 |37| TREBIC, CZE
11| STEPHEN GIONTA | 5' 7" |185 |OCT 9, 1983 |30 |ROCHESTER, NY, USA
14| ADAM HENRIQUE |6' 0"| 195| FEB 6, 1990 |23 |BRANTFORD, ON, CAN
68 |JAROMIR JAGR |6' 3"| 230| FEB 15, 1972 |41 |KLADNO, CZE
25| CAM JANSSEN| 6' 0" |215 |APR 15, 1984 |29| ST. LOUIS, MO, USA
16| JACOB JOSEFSON| 6' 1" |195 |MAR 2, 1991 |22| STOCKHOLM, SWE
21| ANDREI LOKTIONOV | 5' 11" |190 |MAY 30, 1990 |23| VOSKRESENSK, RUS
17 |MICHAEL RYDER |6' 1"| 200| MAR 31, 1980 |33 |BONAVISTA, NL, CAN
9 |MATTIAS TEDENBY |5' 9" |175| FEB 21, 1990| 23 |VETLANDA, SWE
19 |TRAVIS ZAJAC "A" | 6' 3" |205| MAY 13, 1985 |28| WINNIPEG, MB, CAN
8 |DAINIUS ZUBRUS | 6' 5" |225 |JUN 16, 1978| 35| ELEKTRENAI, LTU

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
7|MARK FAYNE | 6' 3"| 210| MAY 15, 1987| 26|NASHUA, NH, USA
22|ERIC GELINAS | 6' 4"| 210| MAY 8, 1991|22| VANIER, ON, CAN
6|ANDY GREENE "A" |5' 11"| 190|OCT 30, 1982 |31|TRENTON, MI, USA
10|PETER HARROLD|5' 11" |180|JUN 8, 1983|30|KIRTLAND HILLS, OH, USA
5|ADAM LARSSON |6' 3"|205|NOV 12, 1992|20| SKELLEFTEÃ…, SWE
34| JON MERRILL| 6' 3" |198 |Feb 3, 1992 |21 |Oklahoma City, OK, USA
24|BRYCE SALVADOR "C"| 6' 4"|215|FEB 11, 1976|37| BRANDON, MB, CAN
28|ANTON VOLCHENKOV | 6' 1"|220 |FEB 25, 1982|31| MOSCOW, RUS
2|MAREK ZIDLICKY|5' 11"|190|FEB 3, 1977| 36|MOST, CZE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30|MARTIN BRODEUR| 6' 2"| 220|MAY 6, 1972| 41|MONTREAL, QC, CAN
1|KEITH KINKAID | 6' 2"|190|JUL 4, 1989|24|FARMINGVILLE, NY, USA
35|CORY SCHNEIDER |6' 2" |200|MAR 18, 1986|27|MARBLEHEAD, MA, USA

FLYERS vs. DEVILS SERIES HISTORY

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| 78-85-15-10 | 49-31-9-5 |29-54-6-5
Franchise History| 106-89-18-10| 66-31-10-5| 40-58-8-5

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| 3-7-0 in the last 10|0-2-0 in the last 2| 1-4-0 in the last 5

• The Flyers are 1-7 (1-2 home, 0-5 away) in games decided by shootouts.
• The Flyers are 4-1 in PO games decided in OT (3-0 home, 1-1 away).
• Series history (prior GDT) -- http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=897703

FLYERS vs. DEVILS 2013-14 SCHEDULE

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television
Sat Nov 2, 2013|Philadelphia 1 at New Jersey 0 |7:00 PM ET|TCN-PH,MSG PLUS 2
Thu Nov 7, 2013|New Jersey 3 at Philadelphia 0 |7:00 PM ET|MSG PLUS,CSN-PH
Tue Jan 7, 2014|Philadelphia at New Jersey |7:30 PM ET|TSN2,NBCSN,TCN-PH
Tue Mar 11, 2014|New Jersey at Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET|MSG PLUS,CSN-PH

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Time | Television (could change)
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 7, 1983

Thor! was born on this day in 1983. He broke a puck in 2008.

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

ESPN New York: Blog ​

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

Newark Star Ledger: Blog ​

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

Newark Star Ledger: Rich Chere's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/ledger_njdevils

Newark Star Ledger: Randy Miller's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

North Jersey.com: Fire and Ice blog ​

| http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/fireice/

North Jersey.com: Tom Gulitti's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/TGfireandice

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"South of Heaven" by Slayer
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[Beef Invictus]

On to the next one.

 

[BernieParent]

Hey, yeah. Let's go. Wooooooooooo.

Try to win 1-0 again. Woohooo.

In case anyone was wondering (and I was so I looked in up), the fewest goals scored by a team is 133 in 70 games by the 1953–54 Chicago Blackhawks. The Flyers are on pace for 110 goals in 70 games and 128 goals in an 82-game season.

But this team is just too talented to not score, right? The goals are going to go in, right?

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

They will win this game.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Hey, yeah. Let's go. Wooooooooooo.

Try to win 1-0 again. Woohooo.

In case anyone was wondering (and I was so I looked in up), the fewest goals scored by a team is 133 in 70 games by the 1953–54 Chicago Blackhawks. The Flyers are on pace for 110 goals in 70 games and 128 goals in an 82-game season.

But this team is just too talented to not score, right? The goals are going to go in, right?

Was that Blackhawks team also a powerhouse offense two years before?

 

[Garbage Goal]

It's okay, just play Ray Emery and limit them to 14 shots. If Elias and Zajac are no longer injured, try to change that back.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

They won't win. It will be the same ****. Giroux won't be scratched and Mez will still play over Schenn and Gus. It will end the same way as tonight, in a disappointing and embarrassing fashion.

 

[Garbage Goal]

If NJ is still missing Elias and Zajac they're the only team I feel confident against beside Buffalo actually.

 

[Garbage Goal]

By the way, if someone brings up the "we're six points out of the playoffs" thing again, I will reach through my computer screen and strangle you.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

By the way, if someone brings up the "we're six points out of the playoffs" thing again, I will reach through my computer screen and strangle you.

The Flyers can't count to six regardless, unless you count losses.

 

[dats81]

How many times can they grind down NJ 1:0?

I don't have much hope unless offense somehow breaks through which is why I dont have much hope.

Enough of Hal Gill. Give my Gustafsson on the third pairing!

 

[Hiesenberg]

At this point, I'm pretty relegated that this team's offense will not just magically come together.

Until something changes, they will be a 1.7-2 GFA for the year.

 

[leclair1088]

By the way, if someone brings up the "we're six points out of the playoffs" thing again, I will reach through my computer screen and strangle you.

We're still only 6 points out of the playoffs

 

[StandingCow]

We're still only 6 points out of the playoffs

It's really amazing how bad the entire division is (except for... well you know).

 

[Flyerss]

Devils don't have a 1st rd pick always make me happy when i hear it

 

[SuchySays]

come on guys.. we are only 6 points back.. with like what 65+ games to go..


jk. we suck.

 

[Crescent Street]

Who cares?

 

[SuchySays]

Mez/Gill still look to be in.

Makes no sense that Gus isn't in for Mez.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Mez has be beyond awful.

 

[Hiesenberg]

At this point, I'm out of suggestions. The 6 guys that were on the ice last night are terrible as a whole. Why keep bringing them out? Because they don't allow goals? Well it was more Mason than the D it sounds like. They also can't create any offense, like AT ALL.

 

[Hiesenberg]

BTW, fun stat of the day, the Flyers have registered 388 shots...394 shots have missed or been blocked.

Great job all around.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Mez/Gill still look to be in.

Makes no sense that Gus isn't in for Mez.

Saw that from practice, Berube is a complete moronic buffoon !

 

[Garbage Goal]

If Meszaros/Gill is playing again Berube deserves bad things.

 

[shipwreck]

they won't win. It will be the same ****. Giroux won't be scratched and mez will still play over schenn and gus. It will end the same way as tonight, in a disappointing and embarrassing fashion.

+1000

 

[Hiesenberg]

I'm gonna start making my night schedule around the Flyers games.