GDT: Game #81|Sat., Apr. 12, 2014| Flyers at Penguins | 3:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-30-9, 17-16-7 away ) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (51-24-5, 28-9-2 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TSN2, RDS2, NBCSN, TCN-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 WMMR ( http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2013020649 )

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2013020649
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=95376&navid=DL|PHI|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Penguins' Stats: http://penguins.nhl.com/index.html

Teams' Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers |42 |21-17-4| 11-7-0 |10-10-4| 7-2-1 |2.57 |2.69| 18.0 |83.9 |16.2| 29.7| 30.0| 48.7
Penguins |43 |17-18-8 |8-6-5 |9-12-3 |5-3-2 |2.35 |2.42 |18.2| 86.1 |7.9| 25.3 |24.8|46.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Penguins' Website: http://penguins.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 |21| 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 |25| 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
76 |Chris VandeVelde | 6' 2" |190 |Mar 15, 1987 |26| Moorhead, MN, USA
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| 25| 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 |36| 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
12 - Michael Raffl |28 - Claude Giroux (C) |93 -Jakub Voracek
19 - Scott Hartnell (A) |10 - Brayden Schenn | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
9 - Steve Downie | 14 - Sean Couturier| 40 - Vincent Lecavalier
36 - Zac Rinaldo |76 - Chris VandeVelde |18 - Adam Hall

Pairings

Name | Name
44 - Kimmo Timonen (A) |5 - Braydon Coburn
8 - Nicklas Grossmann | 32 - Mark Streit
41- Andrej Meszaros | 22 - Luke Schenn

Goalies

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

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Hal Gill| available| healthy scratch
Erik Gustafsson | IR; out 7-to-10 days from Jan. 3| left knee sprain (Dec. 22)
Chris Pronger |placed on LTIR (Sep. 30) | post-concussion syndrome
Michael Raffl |likely to play tonight | concussion (Jan. 2)
Matt Read | unlikely to play tonight; day-to-day| upper body (Dec. 31)
Jay Rosehill |available| healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Scott Hartnell |Claude Giroux | Wayne Simmonds |Kimmo Timonen | Jakub Voracek
No. 2| Steve Downie |Vincent Lecavalier| Brayden Schenn |Sean Couturier| Mark Streit

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS​

PENGUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
22 - Lee Stempniak | 87 - Sidney Crosby |19 - Beau Bennett
49 - Brian Gibbons | 36 - Jussi Jokinen |18 - James Neal
15 - Tanner Glass |16 - Brandon Sutter |59 - Jayson Megna
5 - Deryk Engelland | 27 - Craig Adams | 39 - Harry Zolnierczyk

Pairings

Name | Name
2 - Matt Niskanen | 3 - Olli Maatta
41 - Robert Bortuzzo| 7 - Paul Martin
58 - Kris Letang| 4 - Rob Scuderi

Goalies

Name | Name
29 - Marc-Andre Fleury (will start) |37 - Jeff Zatkoff

PENGUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Robert Bortuzzo | available | undetermined
Chris Conner| injured reserve |hand surgery
Simon Despres | available | undetermined
Pascal Dupuis| injured reserve |right knee surgery
Marcel Goc | will not play | lower body
Chris Kunitz| not expected to play| undetermined
Evgeni Malkin |injured reserve |sprained foot
Brooks Orpik | not expected to play| undetermined
Adam Payerl | available| healthy
Taylor Pyatt | available| healthy
Joe Vitale | injured reserve |upper body
Tomas Vokoun| injured reserve| blood clot in hip

PENGUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|
No. 2|

PENGUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27 | Craig Adams | 6' 0" |200 |Apr 26, 1977| 36| Seria, BRN
19 | Beau Bennett |6' 2" |195| Nov 27, 1991| 22 |Gardena, CA, USA
23| Chris Conner | 5' 8" |190 |Dec 23, 1983 |30| Westland, MI, USA
87 | Sidney Crosby "C" | 5' 11" |200 |Aug 7, 1987 |26| Cole Harbour, NS, CAN
9 |Pascal Dupuis |6' 1" |205 |Apr 7, 1979 |35| Laval, QC, CAN
49 |Brian Gibbons | 5' 8" |170 |Feb 26, 1988 |26| Braintree, MA, USA
15 | Tanner Glass |6' 1"| 210 |Nov 29, 1983 |30| Regina, SK, CAN
57| Marcel Goc | 6' 1" |197 |Aug 24, 1983 |30 |Calw, DEU
36 |Jussi Jokinen |5' 11" |198 |Apr 1, 1983 |31| Kalajoki, FIN
14 |Chris Kunitz "A" | 6' 0" |195 |Sep 26, 1979 |34 |Regina, SK, CAN
71 |Evgeni Malkin "A" | 6' 3" |195| Jul 31, 1986| 27 |Magnitogorsk, RUS
59 |Jayson Megna | 6' 1" |195 |Feb 1, 1990 |24| Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
18 |James Neal |6' 2" |208 |Sep 3, 1987| 26| Whitby, ON, CAN
45 | Adam Payerl | 6' 3" |218 |Mar 4, 1991 |23| Kitchener, ON, CAN
17| Taylor Pyatt | 6' 4" |230 |Aug 19, 1981 |32| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
22 | Lee Stempniak | 5' 11" |196 |Feb 4, 1983| 31| West Seneca, NY, USA
16 |Brandon Sutter| 6' 3" |190 |Feb 14, 1989 |25| Huntington, NY, USA
46 | Joe Vitale |5' 11" |205| Aug 20, 1985 |28| St. Louis, MO, USA
39 |Harry Zolnierczyk| 5' 11"| 185 |Sep 1, 1987 |26| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41| Robert Bortuzzo| 6' 4" |215 |Mar 18, 1989 |25| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
47| Simon Despres | 6' 4" |214 |Jul 27, 1991 |22| Laval, QC, CAN
5 |Deryk Engelland | 6' 2" |215| Apr 3, 1982 |32| Edmonton, AB, CAN
58| Kris Letang |6' 0"| 201| Apr 24, 1987| 26 |Montreal, QC, CAN
3 |Olli Maatta |6' 2" |206 |Aug 22, 1994 |19 |Jyväskylä, FIN
7 | Paul Martin |6' 1" |200 |Mar 5, 1981 |33| Minneapolis, MN, USA
2 | Matt Niskanen | 6' 0"| 209| Dec 6, 1986| 27| Virginia, MN, USA
44 | Brooks Orpik "A" | 6' 2" |219| Sep 26, 1980| 33| San Francisco, CA, USA
4 |Rob Scuderi | 6' 1" |212 |Dec 30, 1978 |35| Syosset, NY, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 6' 2" |180 |Nov 28, 1984 |29| Sorel, QC, CAN
92 |Tomas Vokoun |6' 1"| 210 | Jul 2, 1976| 37 |Karlovy Vary, CZE
37 |Jeff Zatkoff |6' 2" |179| Jun 9, 1987 |26| Detroit, MI, USA

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|146-85-30-8 |93-29-8-4| 53-56-22-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins |4-2 |19-16|10-7| 9-9

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Pittsburgh Penguins|4-0-0 in the last 4 |1-3-0 in the last 4|9-1-1 in the last 11

• The Flyers' record in the Consol Energy Center is 9-1-1 in the regular season and 2-1 in the playoffs.
• The road team has won 22 of the last 30 regular season games.
• Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=896514

FLYERS vs. PENGUINS 2013-14 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thu Oct 17, 2013|Pittsburgh 4 at Philadelphia 1|7:00 PM |NHLN-US, ROOT, CSN-PH
Wed Nov 13, 2013|Philadelphia 2 at Pittsburgh 1 |8:00 PM | RDS, TSN2, NBCSN
Sat Mar 15, 2014|Pittsburgh 0 at Philadelphia 4 |1:00 PM |NHLN-US, ROOT, CSN-PH
Sun Mar 16, 2014|Philadelphia 4 at Pittsburgh 3 |12:30 PM|NBC, TSN2
Sat Apr 12, 2014|Philadelphia 4 at Pittsburgh 3 (OT)|3:00 PM |NBC

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sun Apr 13, 2014|Carolina at Philadelphia |3:00 PM |SPSO, CSN-PH

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: April 12, 1973​

The Flyers clinched a playoffs series for the first time in franchise history with a 4-1 win at Minnesota. Doug Favell was exceptional as he made 37 saves and Ross Lonsberry scored twice and had three points. Minnesota's J. P. Parise said "Favell was the big difference (in the series). He made the big stops when it counted."

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

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

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

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

Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

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

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times​

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

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

HockeyBuzz.com ​

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

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger ​

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

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

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

Blog​

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

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/DNFlyers

Philadelphia Inquirer​

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

Blog​

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

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Beaver County Times ​

| http://www.timesonline.com/sports/penguins/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ​

| http://www.post-gazette.com/penguins/

Blog​

| http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins-penguins-blog

Shelly Anderson's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/pgshelly

Dave Molinari's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/molinaripg

Pittsburgh Tribune ​

| http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/penguins/

Blog​

| http://blog.triblive.com/chipped-ice/

Rob Rossi's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/RobRossi_Trib

Josh Yohe's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JoshYohe_Trib

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[BleedOrange]

Pitts win bruins round 1

 

[TheKingPin]

No brainer. Have to start emery back to back this weekend to get him ready for the playoffs.

 

[bennysflyers16]

No brainer. Have to start emery back to back this weekend to get him ready for the playoffs.

This ,,, I think he is our guy , played great in a huge game last night !

I wonder is Pens throw this one to try and get us up into 3rd so we don't play them ?

That or they go all out and blow us out in a statement game

 

[FlyTimmo]

Okay lets just try to avoid Boston.

 

[TheKingPin]

This ,,, I think he is our guy , played great in a huge game last night !

I wonder is Pens throw this one to try and get us up into 3rd so we don't play them ?

That or they go all out and blow us out in a statement game

Ill be rooting for the canes hard tonight. Go canes go!

 

[ihatebraydenschenn]

 

[dats81]

Try to avoid Boston at any cost!

Flyers are capable of beating the Pens and have done it before but don't bank on the Pens losing on purpose... they will try to make life miserable for the Flyers one way or the other.

 

[swflyers93]

Win I guess. This time picked the wrong time to start sucking.

 

[chupanibre]

I don't even care about the playoffs right now, I just want to beat the Pens...

**** the Pens

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

How about we don't suck? I'm sure that could be good...

 

[TheKingPin]

I don't even care about the playoffs right now, I just want to beat the Pens...

**** the Pens

Here here! **** the pens!

Destroy fluerys confidence. Frustrate Crosby to the deep end. Put Neal in his ****ing place.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

if playing these ******** doesnt get us going in the right direction nothing will.
time to turn this **** around...lets cash in on our offensive opportunities and roll on these dirty gutless mother****ers.

 

[blinds]

So anyone have the new chances of who we end up playing?

 

[King Forsberg]

Wonder if Pitt will sit some of their players. I'm sure they don't want to play us in the first round and certainly don't want to risk injury before the playoffs. Gonna be interesting to see what happens tomorrow.

 

[Appleyard]

So anyone have the new chances of who we end up playing?

Dependant on final two games:

2-0-0: 95% Rangers, 5% Penguins
1-0-1: 73% Rangers, 22% Pens, 5% Bruins
1-1-0: 58% Rangers, 29% Pens, 14% Bruins
0-0-2: 50% Penguins, 27% Rangers, 23% Bruins
0-1-1: 59% Bruins, 21% Rangers, 20% Pens
0-2-0: 74% Bruins, 14% Pens, 13% Rags

Overall:

58.3% Rags
21.8% Bruins
19.9% Pens

Basically just win one of the two remaining to make the Bruins a slim possibility.

 

[chupanibre]

I really hope we get Pens over the Rags and Bruins

 

[Evergreen]

Why don't we just rest Grossmann and dress Gill for a couple of games? At this point, home ice is a long shot and the Penguins don't scare me any more than the Rangers.

 

[Crescent Street]

Why don't we just rest Grossmann and dress Gill for a couple of games? At this point, home ice is a long shot and the Penguins don't scare me any more than the Rangers.

Starting off a series in MSG sounds like a nightmare to me. While starting off in the CEC sounds a lot more comfortable.

 

[Evergreen]

Starting off a series in MSG sounds like a nightmare to me. While starting off in the CEC sounds a lot more comfortable.

The Rangers actually have one of the worst home records of any playoff team this season (ahead of only Detroit). They have the second highest number of road wins of any team in the league (trailing only Colorado).

 

[Crescent Street]

The Rangers actually have one of the worst home records of any playoff team this season (ahead of only Detroit). They have the second highest number of road wins of any team in the league (trailing only Colorado).

I understand but we haven't won a game there since 2011. We're a disaster every time we walk in there. But who knows, maybe the trend changes this year.

 

[chupanibre]

The Rangers actually have one of the worst home records of any playoff team this season (ahead of only Detroit). They have the second highest number of road wins of any team in the league (trailing only Colorado).

Not against us they don't. Flyers just can't seem to win there...

 

[flyguy]

Both CBJ and Detroit are losing by 2 with one period left in their respective games. If those results hold, I think the Pens hold the decision if they don't want to play us by letting us win (if both teams lose tonight, we can clinch the 3rd seed in the Metro by winning Saturday).

 

[flyguy]

Not against us they don't. Flyers just can't seem to win there...

Haha nice avy.

 

[blinds]

Dependant on final two games:

2-0-0: 95% Rangers, 5% Penguins
1-0-1: 73% Rangers, 22% Pens, 5% Bruins
1-1-0: 58% Rangers, 29% Pens, 14% Bruins
0-0-2: 50% Penguins, 27% Rangers, 23% Bruins
0-1-1: 59% Bruins, 21% Rangers, 20% Pens
0-2-0: 74% Bruins, 14% Pens, 13% Rags

Overall:

58.3% Rags
21.8% Bruins
19.9% Pens

Basically just win one of the two remaining to make the Bruins a slim possibility.

Thanks, didn't realize it was so wide open still, good chance of seeing the Bruins if we dont finish strong here. Although I'm guessing the chances of playing the Rags just got a lot higher with Columbus and Detroit losing in regulation tonight.

Either way, hoping for something decisive like that 4-0 win last time against the Pens in Philly. We've been looking shaky heading into the postseason here, has me nervous.