GDT: Game #7| Jan. 29, 2013|Flyers at Rangers |7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (2-4-0, 1-3-0 away ) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (2-3-0, 2-1-0 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: CSN-PH, MSG
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2012020080
• Webcasts: http://atdee.net/index2.php or http://atdee.net/index.html or http://www.hockeywebcasts.com/ or http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2012020080
• Stats and Notes: http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=653074&navid=DL|NYR|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Rangers' Stats: http://rangers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
• Rangers' Website: http://rangers.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
9 |Mike Knuble |6' 3" |229 |Jul 4, 1972 |40 |Toronto, ON, CAN
15| Tye McGinn | 6' 2" |195 |Jul 29, 1990 |22| Fergus, 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

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
6| Andreas Lilja | 6' 3"| 220 |Jul 13, 1975 |37 | Helsingborg, SWE
41 |Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2" |223 |Oct 13, 1985 |27| Považská 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

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Wayne Simmonds| Claude Giroux |Matt Read
Danny Briere | Brayden Schenn |Mike Knuble
Max Talbot| Sean Couturier |Jakub Voracek
Zac Rinaldo | Ruslan Fedotenko |Tom Sestito

Pairings

Name | Name
Braydon Coburn |Nicklas Grossmann
Kimmo Timonen | Luke Schenn
Bruno Gervais|Andreas Lilja

Goalies

Name | Name
Ilya Bryzgalov (expected starter) | Michael Leighton

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Marc-Andre Bourdon|IR; injured while playing with Phantoms (AHL)| concussion
Kurtis Foster | available, will be replaced by Lilja | healthy
Scott Hartnell | IR; out 4-to-6 weeks from Jan. 25 | surgery to broken toe/foot
Tye McGinn | available |healthy
Andrej Meszaros | IR; could miss 4 weeks from Jan. 25 | left shoulder
Chris Pronger | IR; not expected to play this season| post-concussion syndrome
Zac Rinaldo|IR; will return tonight| 20-stitch cut, right thigh
Jody Shelley | available| healthy

NEW YORK RANGERS

RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Rick Nash |Brad Richards |Marian Gaborik
Carl Hagelin| Derek Stepan |Ryan Callahan
Taylor Pyatt | Brian Boyle | Benn Ferreiro
Mike Rupp |Jeff Halpern |Arron Asham

Pairings

Name | Name
Ryan McDonagh|Dan Girardi
Marc Staal|Michael Del Zotto
Stu Bickel |Anton Stralman

Goalies

Name | Name
Martin Biron | Henrik Lundqvist (expected starter)

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Steve Eminger| could be replaced by Bickel | healthy
Matt Gilroy | could be scratched | healthy
Chris Kreider | injured reserve, will not play | bone chip in his ankle
Michael Sauer |injured reserve and is out indefinitely| concussion

RANGERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
45 | Arron Asham | 5' 11" |205| Apr 13, 1978 |34| Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
22 | Brian Boyle |6' 7" |244| Dec 18, 1984 |28 |Hingham, MA, USA
24 | Ryan Callahan "C"| 5' 11" |190| Mar 21, 1985 |27| Rochester, NY, USA
36 | Benn Ferriero | 5' 11" |195 |Apr 29, 1987 |25 |Boston, MA, USA
10 | Marian Gaborik |6' 1" |204 |Feb 14, 1982| 30| Trencin, SVK
62 | Carl Hagelin | 5' 11" |186 |Aug 23, 1988| 24| Sodertalje, SWE
15 | Jeff Halpern | 6' 0" |190 |May 3, 1976 |36| Washington, DC, USA
20 | Chris Kreider | 6' 3" |226| Apr 30, 1991| 21| Boxford, MA, USA
61 | Rick Nash | 6' 4" |213 |Jun 16, 1984 |28 |Brampton, ON, CAN
14 | Taylor Pyatt | 6' 4"| 230| Aug 19, 1981| 31| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
19 | Brad Richards "A" | 6' 0" |196 |May 2, 1980| 32| Murray Harbour, PE, CAN
17 |Mike Rupp | 6' 5"| 243| Jan 13, 1980| 33 |Cleveland, OH, USA
21 |Derek Stepan| 6' 0" |196 |Jun 18, 1990 |22| Hastings, MN, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41 | Stu Bickel | 6' 4"| 207| Oct 2, 1986| 26 |Chanhassen, MN, USA
4 |Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990| 22| Stouffville, ON, CAN
44| Steve Eminger | 6' 2" |207 |Oct 31, 1983| 29 |Woodbridge, ON, CAN
97| Matt Gilroy | 6' 1" |199 |Jul 20, 1984 |28 |North Bellmore, NY, USA
5 |Dan Girardi |6' 1" |203 |Apr 29, 1984| 28 |Welland, ON, CAN
27 |Ryan McDonagh| 6' 1" |213 |Jun 13, 1989 |23 |St. Paul, MN, USA
38 | Michael Sauer | 6' 3"| 213| Aug 7, 1987 |25 |St. Cloud, MN, USA
18 | Marc Staal "A" | 6' 4"| 207 |Jan 13, 1987 |26| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
6 |Anton Stralman | 5' 11"| 190 |Aug 1, 1986| 26| Tibro, SWE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
43| Martin Biron |6' 2"| 186 |Aug 15, 1977 |35| Lac St. Charles, QC, CAN
30| Henrik Lundqvist|6' 1" |188| Mar 2, 1982 |30| Are, SWE

FLYERS vs. RANGERS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers| 115-109-37-7 |64-52-14-4| 51-57-23-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Rangers |6-4 |27-20|17-10| 10-10

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers|1-8-0-1 in the last 10 |1-3-0-1 in the last 5|0-5-0-0 in the last 5

• Link to series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1051109

FLYERS vs. RANGERS 2012-13 SCHEDULE

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television
Thu Jan 24, 2013| NY Rangers 1 at Philadelphia 2 |7:00 PM ET| NHLN-US,MSG,CSN-PH
Tue Jan 29, 2013 |Philadelphia 1 at NY Rangers 2|7:00 PM ET |CSN-PH,MSG
Tue Mar 5, 2013|Philadelphia at NY Rangers| 7:30 PM ET|TSN2,NBCSN,CSN-PH,MSG
Tue Mar 26, 2013| NY Rangers at Philadelphia|7:30 PM ET|TSN,NBCSN,MSG,CSN-PH
Tue Apr 16, 2013 |NY Rangers at Philadelphia |7:30 PM ET|RDS,NBCSN,MSG,CSN-PH

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (subject to change)
Tue Jan 29, 2013|Philadelphia at NY Rangers|7:00 PM ET|CSN-PH, MSG
Fri Feb 1, 2013|Philadelphia at Washington |7:00 PM ET| RDS, CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Sat Feb 2, 2013|Carolina at Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET| FS-CR, CSN-PH
Tue Feb 5, 2013|Tampa Bay at Philadelphia|7:30 PM ET|RDS, TSN, NBCSN, CSN-PH
Thu Feb 7, 2013 |Florida at Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET |FS-F, CSN-PH
Sat Feb 9, 2013 |Carolina at Philadelphia |1:00 PM ET|FS-CR, CSN-PH
Mon Feb 11, 2013|Philadelphia at Toronto |7:00 PM ET | RDS2, CSN-PH, SNET-O
Tue Feb 12, 2013| Philadelphia at Winnipeg |8:00 PM ET| CSN-PH, TSN-JETS
Fri Feb 15, 2013 |Philadelphia at New Jersey |7:00 PM ET|CSN-PH, MSG PLUS
Sat Feb 16, 2013|Philadelphia at Montréal|7:00 PM ET|CBC, RDS, NHLN-US, CSN-PH

MEDIA COVERAGE

Name | Link
Comcast Sports Philadelphia | http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Sarah Baicker's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/sbaickerCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (John Boruk's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/JohnBorukCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Lisa Hillary's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/lhillarycsn
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Tim Panaccio's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/#!/tpanotchCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Rick Tocchet's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/realrocket22
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/author/disaac1/
Courier-Post of South Jersey (Dave Isaac's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/#!/davegisaac
Courier-Post of South Jersey (Randy Miller's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller
Delaware County Times | http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/
Delaware County Times (Rob Parent's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/reluctantSE
GCobb.com (Josh Janet's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/JoshJanet
HockeyBuzz.com | http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Meltzer, Bill (Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/billmeltzer
Mingioni, Anthony (Twitter) | http://twitter.com/AnthonyMingioni
Morganti, Al (Twitter) | https://twitter.com/nufced
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
Philadelphia Sports Week| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sportsweek/
PhillyBurbs.com | http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/flyers/
PhillyBurbs.com (Wayne Fish's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=waynefish1
SanFilippo, Anthony (Blog)| http://flyers.nhl.com/club/blog.htm?id=804
SanFilippo, Anthony (Twitter)| http://twitter.com/AnthonySan37
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
Therien, Chris (Twitter) | http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ctherien6
NBC Sports | http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032803/ns/sports-nhl ESPN New York | http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hockey/category/_/name/new-york-rangers NJ.com | http://www.nj.com/rangers/ New York Daily News (blog) | http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/ New York Daily News (Pat Leonard's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/NYDNRangers New York Post | http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/rangers.htm New York Post (Larry Brooks' Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/nyp_brooksie New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html Newsday (blog) | http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/blue-notes-1.811976 Newsday (Steve Zipay's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/stevezipay NorthJersey.com (blog) | http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/ NorthJersey.com (Andrew Gross' Twitter) | http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord SportsNet New York | http://snyrangersblog.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Again" by Alice in Chains

Click to read more...

 

[Beef Invictus]

Let's make it 2.

 

[Domino666]

Bounce back game, Bryz starts and the team responds well, good job MSE as usual on the GDT

 

[Jtown]

Both teams Fresh.....should be interesting.

 

[Krishna]

Rangers are going down

 

[Embiid]

No comatose play from the Rags this time I suspect.....

 

[bennysflyers16]

I say we give Leighton a chance to redeem himself !!!









Big game needed. Got to get on a roll.

 

[Embiid]

I say we give Leighton a chance to redeem himself !!!









Big game needed. Got to get on a roll.

More like reem himself which will happen eventually just not against the Rangers...we need wins

 

[The Underboss]

Rangers are going down

Yes, PLEASE!!

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Must win for the team's confidence. 2 and 5 would really suck.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

AIC

 

[Yukon Cornelius*]

"Your matches still light up the sky and many a tear lives on in my eye"

 

[DayoftheGreek]

First game on the new plasma.

I'M EXCITED

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Please don't suck.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

With the change of day, that abomination of a Sig has been removed.

Philly is now doomed, I tell ya. DOOMED.

 

[Krishna]

Woah woah woah.

Still have 18 hours and 28 minutes until game time

 

[*Bob Richards*]

We simply said on Tuesday. No mention of specific times.

 

[Krishna]

We simply said on Tuesday. No mention of specific times.

[14:32] <Bob_Richards> btw
01[14:32] <@Krishna> aw
[14:32] <Bob_Richards> when does this bet end?
01[14:32] <@Krishna> I don't know
[14:32] <Bob_Richards> ....
[14:33] <Bob_Richards> Next Rangers/Flyers game?
01[14:33] <@Krishna> sure

Game didn't start

 

[*Bob Richards*]

Well today is game day. Never set a time so meh.

 

[Krishna]

Bob is a cheater.

 

[Kakko]

Wow, Nicky is a cheater.

 

[TheLegendkiller]

Well today is game day. Never set a time so meh.

I kinda wish you were the girl in your picture. But I know you're a guy.



I WISH EVERY POSTER WAS THE GIRL IN THEIR PICTURES.

 

[flyershockey]

That is one terribly slow fourth line. I kind of wish they would have kept Wellwood up until Rinaldo gets back. His speed would be nice against some of the quicker transition teams, even if it's just from the fourth line.

 

[TheLegendkiller]

That is one terribly slow fourth line. I kind of wish they would have kept Wellwood up until Rinaldo gets back. His speed would be nice against some of the quicker transition teams, even if it's just from the fourth line.

It is, but many Ranger fans are saying their current 4th line is just plain awful. Apparently both Rupp and Halpern look like they're done in about a season and Asham is getting there as well.

 

[flyershockey]

It is, but many Ranger fans are saying their current 4th line is just plain awful. Apparently both Rupp and Halpern look like they're done in about a season and Asham is getting there as well.

Oh yeah, definitely. I just have an image in my mind of them getting stuck out there against the Gaborik line and him just flying through the neutral zone because Sestito went for the hit and missed, Fedotenko is out of position, and Knuble is stuck behind Lundqvist.