GDT: Game #2| Jan. 20, 2013|Flyers at Sabres |12:30 p.m. ET

MiamiScreamingEagles · Jan 19, 2013

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (0-1-0, 0-0-0 away ) vs. BUFFALO SABRES (0-0-0, 0-0-0 home )

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television: NBC, TSN
Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2012020014
Webcasts: http://www.atdhenet.tv/59212/watch-philadelphia-flyers-vs-buffalo-sabres and from NBC http://hqplayer.nbcsports.com/Playe...://t.co/dEr3dlwk&awid=6754570614446913584-711 or http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45340521

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2012020014
Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/01 - Game Notes/1-20 at BUF prelim notes.pdf
NHL Stats:http://www.nhl.com/ice/statshome.htm#?navid=nav-sts-main
Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
Sabres' Stats: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
Sabres' Website: http://sabres.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
48| Danny Briere | 5' 10" |179 |Oct 6, 1977 |35| Gatineau, QC, CAN
14| Sean Couturier | 6' 3"| 197| Dec 7, 1992| 20 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
26| Ruslan Fedotenko| 6' 1" |200 |Jan 18, 1979 |34| Kiev, UKR
28| Claude Giroux | 5' 11" |172| Jan 12, 1988 |25 |Hearst, ON, CAN
19| Scott Hartnell | 6' 2" |210| Apr 18, 1982 |30 |Regina, SK, CAN
21| Scott Laughton | 6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994 |18| Oakville, ON, CAN
24| Matt Read |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986 |26 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo | 5' 11" |169 |Jun 15, 1990 |22 |Missisauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn| 6' 1" |190| Aug 22, 1991| 21 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32| Tom Sestito | 6' 5" |228 |Sep 28, 1987 |25 |Rome, NY, USA
45 | Jody Shelley | 6' 3" |230| Feb 7, 1976 |36 |Thompson, MB, CAN
17 |Wayne Simmonds| 6' 2" |183 |Aug 26, 1988| 24| Scarborough, ON, CAN
25 |Maxime Talbot | 5' 11" |190| Feb 11, 1984| 28 |Lemoyne, QC, CAN
93 |Jakub Voracek | 6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989| 23 |Kladno, CZE
11 |Eric Wellwood |5' 11" |180 |Mar 6, 1990| 22| Windsor, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985| 27| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
3 | Kurtis Foster | 6' 5" |225| Nov 24, 1981 |31 |Carp, ON, CAN
27 | Bruno Gervais | 6' 1" |200| Oct 3, 1984| 28| Longueuil, QC, CAN
8 |Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |27| Stockholm, SWE
41 |Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2" |223 |Oct 13, 1985 |27| PovažskÃ¡ Bystrica, SVK
20 |Chris Pronger | 6' 6" |220 |Oct 10, 1974 |38 |Dryden, ON, CAN
22 |Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229| Nov 2, 1989| 23 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
44 |Kimmo Timonen | 5' 10" |194 |Mar 18, 1975 |37| Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Ilya Bryzgalov | 6' 3"| 213 |Jun 22, 1980 |32 |Togliatti, RUS
49 | Michael Leighton | 6' 3" |186 |May 19, 1981 |31| Petrolia, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
Braydon Coburn | Nicklas Grossmann
Kimmo Timonen | Luke Schenn
Andrej Meszaros | Kurtis Foster

Goalies (Bryzgalov likely to start, not confirmed)

Name | Name
Ilya Bryzgalov | Michael Leighton

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

BUFFALO SABRES

SABRES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
Christian Ehrhoff|Alexander Sulzer
Tyler Myers|Robyn Regehr
Andrej Sekera|Jordan Leopold

Goalies

Name | Name
Ryan Miller (starter) |Jhonas Enroth

SABRES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

SABRES' ROSTER

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
37| Matt Ellis | 6' 0"| 212| Aug 31, 1981| 31| Welland, ON, CAN
63| Tyler Ennis| 5' 9"| 157 |Oct 6, 1989| 23 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
82| Marcus Foligno| 6' 3" |226| Aug 10, 1991| 21| Buffalo, NY, USA
42| Nathan Gerbe | 5' 5" |178 |Jul 24, 1987 |25 |Oxford, MI, USA
25| Mikhail Grigorenko|6' 3"| 200 |May 16, 1994 |18 |Khabarovsk, RUS
55| Jochen Hecht | 6' 1" |198 |Jun 21, 1977| 35| Mannheim, DEU
19| Cody Hodgson | 6' 0"| 194| Feb 18, 1990| 22| Toronto, ON, CAN
36| Patrick Kaleta |6' 1"| 206 |Jun 8, 1986| 26 |Buffalo, NY, USA
23| Ville Leino | 6' 1" |190| Oct 6, 1983 |29 |Savonlinna, FIN
8 |Cody McCormick |6' 3" |221| Apr 18, 1983|29| London, ON, CAN
9 |Steve Ott |6' 0" |190 |Aug 19, 1982| 30| Summerside, PE, CAN
29 | Jason Pominville "C"| 6' 0" |185| Nov 30, 1982 |30| Repentigny, QC, CAN
32 |John Scott |6' 8"| 270| Sep 26, 1982 |30 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
21 |Drew Stafford "A" | 6' 2"| 214| Oct 30, 1985| 27| Milwaukee, WI, USA
26 |Thomas Vanek "A" |6' 2"| 205 |Jan 19, 1984| 29 |Vienna, AUT

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
33 | TJ Brennan |6' 1" |213 |Apr 3, 1989| 23 |Willingboro, NJ, USA
10 | Christian Ehrhoff | 6' 2" |203| Jul 6, 1982| 30| Moers, DEU
3 |Jordan Leopold | 6' 1" |206| Aug 3, 1980 |32 |Golden Valley, MN, USA
57| Tyler Myers | 6' 8" |227 |Feb 1, 1990 |22| Houston, TX, USA
24| Robyn Regehr | 6' 3" |225 |Apr 19, 1980| 32 |Recife, BRA
44| Andrej Sekera | 6' 0" |201 |Jun 8, 1986 |26 |Bojnice, SVK
52| Alexander Sulzer| 6' 1"| 204 |May 30, 1984 |28| Kaufbeuren, DEU
6 | Mike Weber |6' 2"| 211 |Dec 16, 1987 |25 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
1 |Jhonas Enroth| 5' 10" |166 |Jun 25, 1988 |24 |Stockholm, SWE
30 | Ryan Miller | 6' 2" |175 |Jul 17, 1980| 32 |East Lansing, MI, USA

FLYERS vs. SABRES SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |77-57-20-5 | 46-20-12-3 |31-37-8-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Buffalo Sabres |6-3 | 29-21|19-8|10-13

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=908005

FLYERS vs. SABRES 2012-13 SCHEDULE

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Schedule and Results ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20122013&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

MEDIA COVERAGE

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Let's Get It Up" by AC/DC

MiamiScreamingEagles · Jan 19, 2013

Any personnel changes or line adjustments have not been confirmed.

La Cosa Nostra · Jan 19, 2013

Very impressive GDT. Very eager to see Mikhail Grigorenko go up with the likes of Giroux and Sean Couturier, two guys that us Sabre fans are desperately hoping that Grigorenko will turn out to be like.

dingbathero · Jan 19, 2013

Just play from puck drop to horn.

Let's Go Flyers!

orangecrush8 · Jan 19, 2013

Il be there!

Is briere confirmed to be out?

Flyerfan4life · Jan 19, 2013

plz dont come out flat for 20mins..

thats all i ask.

flyersfan187 · Jan 19, 2013

Ott and Kaleta? This team will be easy to dislike. In this shortened season these are the games the Flyers have to win.

FlyersFan61290 · Jan 19, 2013

Flyers need this win for their confidence going forward. I expect a drop in intensity in the 3rd though all things considered. Very excited for more hockey. Right now I'm a total junkie that needs his fix but i just can't seem to get enough.

GKJ · Jan 19, 2013

orangecrush8 said:
Il be there!

Is briere confirmed to be out?

He is out.

Beef Invictus · Jan 19, 2013

Great GDT!

Domino666 · Jan 19, 2013

Great GDT as always MSE, hopefully the boys come out and aren't flat for the first period, liked the effort in the 2nd and 3rd today, the PP has to be better, everybody needs to step it up, tough turn around against a game team, let's get after it JAM JAM JAM

Gert B Frobe · Jan 20, 2013

I expect a different result from this game and the Pens game yesterday.

Crosby
Malkin
Sutter

vs

Hodgson
Ennis
Grigorenko

Quite a contrast in the first two games. Honestly - I've never bought the Sabres - everybody said they were so good starting last season. I think they need a culture change with that team. Lindy Ruff is like Andy Reid with celiac's disease. There is really no excuse for such little success when you have a player like Miller in net. I am a big fan of Miller and I feel bad for the guy - not only has he been playing for a dolt for years - he also has to live in Buffalo half the year. Buffalo - it's like Scranton with extra snow.

And Tyler Myers is vastly overrated.

feedingschennzy · Jan 20, 2013

I love brayden schenn and understand it was only one game, but he was largely invisible out there today. I'd like to see us change the lines a bit:

Simmonds Giroux Read
Hartnell Couturier Voracek
Schenn Laughton Talbot
Wellwood Fedotenko Rinaldo

Pairings seemed just fine today for the defense. Luke was impressive to me, while Kimo didn't appear too stellar. Mez definitely helps...

SolidSnakeUS · Jan 20, 2013

Rule #1: Don't suck.

Something to pump you guys up.

sobrien · Jan 20, 2013

If Laughton can limit/shut down Grigorenko, that'll be a nice F U for not getting chosen to the Canadian WJC team (who didn't medal thanks to Grigorenko and the Russians) :handclap:

Broad st phantom · Jan 20, 2013

cdugan said:
I love brayden schenn and understand it was only one game, but he was largely invisible out there today. I'd like to see us change the lines a bit:

Simmonds Giroux Read
Hartnell Couturier Voracek
Schenn Laughton Talbot
Wellwood Fedotenko Rinaldo

Pairings seemed just fine today for the defense. Luke was impressive to me, while Kimo didn't appear too stellar. Mez definitely helps...

I dont know, I'd prob keep Hartnell on the 1st line and put Voracek with them if anything. At the same time, it's only been one game.

Flyerfan4life · Jan 20, 2013

simmer and read trying to setup Roo??

cant see that line working at all

hckyplayer8 · Jan 20, 2013

Flyerfan4life said:
simmer and read trying to setup Roo??

cant see that line working at all

Read certainly has the will and hockey IQ to be a solid complementary player.

What can people not say about a extremely hard nosed grinder like Simmonds (not to mention a devoted teammate)

Both are excellent choices to play on Giroux's line.

One thing I do believe is (and this carries over from last season) Simmond's needs to hnag out in front of the net more. This is where he excels.

He started doing it more in the 3rd period yesterday, but was missing for the majority of the game.

Krishna · Jan 20, 2013

I still think we should have gotten Semin for Giroux's wing.

Jtown · Jan 20, 2013

Krishna said:
I still think we should have gotten Semin for Giroux's wing.

I don't think semin is the player he once was and is too risky for any team to bring on at this point I believe on a mulit year deal

That being said, I think eventually we are going to have to pair Giroux with a player that can make the game easier on him and that can play the game at his level. Jagr was that at times last year. This Year? I have no clue. Maybe Voracek can be that guy in the future.

TheKingPin · Jan 20, 2013

I think we played great for most of the game yesterday. If Simmonds didn't pull it or Adams didn't make a goal line save we win. We were close. I think we take this although wont be easy that looks like a tough lineup to play against.

I think jake needs some one on one attention with his position and where he goes without the puck. Noted a few things that he doesn't do which negates his skill

dats81 · Jan 20, 2013

Giroux was the only center in O&B with a positive faceoff stats last night against the Pens. That and the PP need to be improved drastically.

dats81 · Jan 20, 2013

Krishna said:
I still think we should have gotten Semin for Giroux's wing.

We should have kept Jagr instead of chasing a reluctant Parise. But forget about the offseason, let's make the best out of it now!

GKJ · Jan 20, 2013

Gert B Frobe said:
I expect a different result from this game and the Pens game yesterday.

Crosby
Malkin
Sutter

vs

Hodgson
Ennis
Grigorenko

Quite a contrast in the first two games. Honestly - I've never bought the Sabres - everybody said they were so good starting last season. I think they need a culture change with that team. Lindy Ruff is like Andy Reid with celiac's disease. There is really no excuse for such little success when you have a player like Miller in net. I am a big fan of Miller and I feel bad for the guy - not only has he been playing for a dolt for years - he also has to live in Buffalo half the year. Buffalo - it's like Scranton with extra snow.

And Tyler Myers is vastly overrated.

Agree with everything here. Miller wasn't that great last year though. Don't think he has much time left there, the post-Olympic Captain America thing has worn off.

feedingschennzy · Jan 20, 2013

Flyerfan4life said:
simmer and read trying to setup Roo??

cant see that line working at all

My reasoning for it is this: of all the forwards, Read probably impressed me the most yesterday. He was fast and shifty as usual, but he also started to throw his body around. Likewise, Hartnell looked out of place and like there was a hole in his stick so I was looking to slot G with his slightly younger, tanner counterpart who offers a very similar skill set. Simmer looked awesome yesterday other than that 3rd period miss.

GDT: Game #2| Jan. 20, 2013|Flyers at Sabres |12:30 p.m. ET

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