GDT: GDT: #23| FLYERS at Rangers | Sat., Nov. 29, 2014 | 1:00 PM ET

MiamiScreamingEagles · Nov 28, 2014

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (8-11-3, 2-7-1 away ) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (10-8-4, 7-4-3 home )

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television: CSN-PH,MSG
Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2014020333

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020348
Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=102520&navid=DL|PHI|home
Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
Rangers' Stats: http://rangers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Teams' Stats

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers|22| 8-11-3 |6-4-2 |2-7-1 |3-6-1 |2.68 |3.00 |21.2 |73.7 |9.8 |30.7| 32.3| 51.3
Rangers| 22 |10-8-4 |7-4-3 |3-4-1 |4-4-2 |2.82 |2.64 |16.4 |81.1 |10.8 |30.2 |29.7 |47.2

TEAMS' WEBSITES

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

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
78| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare| L |6' 0"| 198| Mar 6, 1985| 29| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14| Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |21 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
28| Claude Giroux "C" | C |5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |26| Hearst, ON, CAN
49 | Scott Laughton| C| 6' 1" | 190 |May 30, 1994 | 20| Oakville, ON, CAN
40| Vincent Lecavalier| C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980 |34| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12| Michael Raffl | L |6' 0"| 195 |Dec 1, 1988 |25| Villach, AUT
24| Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986| 28 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo| C |5' 11"| 169| Jun 15, 1990 |24| Mississauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1"| 190 |Aug 22, 1991 |23| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R |6' 2"|183|Aug 26, 1988| 26| Scarborough, ON, CAN
18 | R.J. Umberger | C |6' 2" |214 |May 3, 1982 |32 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76| Chris VandeVelde| C |6' 2" | 190 |Mar 15, 1987 | 27 | Moorhead, MN, USA
93 | Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |25| Kladno, CZE
25 | Ryan White | C | 6' 0"|193|Mar 17, 1988 |26 | Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
26 | Carlo Colaiacovo | 6' 1" | 200| Jan 27, 1983 | 31| Toronto, ON, CAN
5 |Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985 |29| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
15 | Michael Del Zotto | 6' 0"| 195| Jun 24, 1990| 24| Stouffville, ON, CAN
8 | Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |29 |Stockholm, SWE
47| Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 190| Sep 7, 1986| 28| Judique, NS, CAN
20 | Chris Pronger |6' 6" |220| Oct 10, 1974| 40| Dryden, ON, CAN
22 | Luke Schenn |6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989 |25 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55 | Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203 |Aug 25, 1982| 32 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32 | Mark Streit "A" |5' 11"| 191 |Dec 11, 1977| 36| Bern, CHE
44 | Kimmo Timonen | 5' 10" | 194 |Mar 18, 1975 | 39 | Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29 |Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |32| Hamilton, ON, CAN
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 26| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
8 Nicklas Grossmann |32 Mark Streit
5 Braydon Coburn | 55 Nick Schultz
15 Michael Del Zotto |22 Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
35 Steve Mason | 29 Ray Emery (likely starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

NEW YORK RANGERS

RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
27 Ryan McDonagh | 5 Dan Girardi
18 Marc Staal | 17 John Moore
44 Matt Hunwick | 8 Kevin Klein

Goalies

Name | Name
30 Henrik Lundqvist (expected starter) | 33 Cam Talbot

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

RANGERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

RANGERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
16| Derick Brassard | C| 6' 1" |202| Sep 22, 1987| 27| Hull, QC, CAN
63| Anthony Duclair | L |5' 11" |185 |Aug 26, 1995| 19| Pointe-Claire, QC, CAN
19| Jesper Fast | R |6' 0" |185 |Dec 2, 1991| 22 |Nassjo, SWE
15| Tanner Glass | L |6' 1" |210 |Nov 29, 1983 |31| Regina, SK, CAN
62| Carl Hagelin | L |5' 11"| 186 |Aug 23, 1988 |26 |Sodertalje, SWE
13| Kevin Hayes | R |6' 5" |225| May 8, 1992 |22 |Boston, MA, USA
20| Chris Kreider | L |6' 3"| 226| Apr 30, 1991 |23| Boxford, MA, USA
10 | J.T. Miller | C |6' 1" |205 |Mar 14, 1993 |21| East Palestine, OH, USA
28| Dominic Moore | C |6' 0" |192 |Aug 3, 1980| 34| Thornhill, ON, CAN
61| Rick Nash | L| 6' 4"| 220| Jun 16, 1984| 30| Brampton, ON, CAN
26| Martin St. Louis "A" | R| 5' 8" |180 |Jun 18, 1975 |39| Laval, QC, CAN
12| Lee Stempniak | R| 5' 11"| 196 |Feb 4, 1983| 31 |West Seneca, NY, USA
21| Derek Stepan "A" | C |6' 0"| 196 |Jun 18, 1990 |24| Hastings, MN, USA
36 | Mats Zuccarello |L |5' 7" |179| Sep 1, 1987 |27 |Oslo, NOR

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
22 | Dan Boyle |5' 11" |190 |Jul 12, 1976| 38| Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 |Dan Girardi "A" | 6' 1" |203| Apr 29, 1984| 30| Welland, ON, CAN
44 | Matt Hunwick | 5' 11"| 190| May 21, 1985 |29| Warren, MI, USA
8 |Kevin Klein |6' 1" |199 |Dec 13, 1984 |29| Kitchener, ON, CAN
27 | Ryan McDonagh "C" | 6' 1" |213 |Jun 13, 1989| 25| St. Paul, MN, USA
17 | John Moore |6' 3" |202| Nov 19, 1990| 23| Winnetka, IL, USA
18 |Marc Staal "A" | 6' 4"| 207| Jan 13, 1987| 27 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30| Henrik Lundqvist | 6' 1" |188| Mar 2, 1982| 32| Are, SWE
33 | Cam Talbot | 6' 3" |195 |Jul 5, 1987 |27| Caledonia, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. RANGERS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers| 118-117-37-7 |67-54-14-4| 51-63-23-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Rangers |6-5 |30-24|19-11| 11-13

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Link to series history (prior GDT) from 1967 to the present: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1646453

FLYERS vs. RANGERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=10/03/2014&team=PHI

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: November 29, 1988

In a move done in part to shake up the slumping Flyers, the popular Peter Zezel was traded to the St. Louis Blues for Mike Bullard. "We had to get more speed and we had to get more scoring up front,'' said Flyers' GM Bob Clarke. Zezel departed amid tears and many Flyers' fans were disappointed in the trade. Bullard scored in five of his first seven games with the Flyers. The swap paid immediate dividends as the Flyers went 13-2-1 in the next 16 games. Prior to the trade, the Flyers won just once in 10 games.

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

| https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli

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

Bergen Record

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

Andrew Gross' Twitter

| http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

BlueShirts United

| http://blueshirtsunited.com/

Jim Cerny's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/JimCerny

ESPN New York

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hockey/category/_/name/new-york-rangers

Katie Strang's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/KatieStrangESPN

Newark Star-Ledger

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

New York Daily News

| http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/

Pat Leonard's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN

New York Post

| http://nypost.com/hockey/

Larry Brooks' Twitter

| http://twitter.com/nyp_brooksie

New York Times

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Jeff Klein's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/jzedklein

Newsday

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/blue-notes-1.811976

Steve Zipay's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/stevezipay

SportsNet New York

| http://snyrangersblog.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Down in a Hole" by Alice in Chains

SolidSnakeUS · Nov 28, 2014

Time for the Flyers to just go full Pejorative Slur.

I really want to be optimistic, but I just can't.

Great song though, MSE.

AFTeRMaTH* · Nov 28, 2014

5-1 Rags. Voracek or G will score a meaningless goal with 46 secs left.

RoDu · Nov 28, 2014

How many times do we have to loose to these guys?

Garbage Goal · Nov 28, 2014

Prepared to potentially claw my eyes out.

hckyplayer8 · Nov 28, 2014

No more pics/video of the old days when we were the bullies.

This new fanbase would rather us adopt the way of the broad street pansies.

That way when we show no heart and remain a neutered shell of our former selves, the same fanbase can moan and whine when we get railroaded.

NYRFAN218 · Nov 29, 2014

Kreider won't be playing tomorrow for the Rangers. Found out his grandfather died after the game. They recalled J.T. Miller so he'll probably slot in for Kreider on that line.

Striiker · Nov 29, 2014

hckyplayer8 said:
No more pics/video of the old days when we were the bullies.

This new fanbase would rather us adopt the way of the broad street pansies.

That way when we show no heart and remain a neutered shell of our former selves, the same fanbase can moan and whine when we get railroaded.

I'm impressed that you can use the internet from back in the 1970's. Unfortunately your time traveling internet hasn't let you watch any hockey since then since you clearly don't know that the game has changed and if teams don't change too then they're going to be left behind.

Notice how the Flyers were left behind? Took them too long to realize that slow and unskilled Dmen like Grossmann are outdated, that skating is important all over the lineup, and that players like Rinaldo and Rosehill aren't worth the penalties they force you to be stuck with.

But nah, you're right, the only way a player can show heart is by fighting. We need a team full of Rinaldo's and Rosehill's, their heart would make up for their lack of skill and brains... at least until the entire team is in the box, but hey then Emery can fight (since that obviously turned around the whole season last year).

Flyers845 · Nov 29, 2014

So what happens after this loss? I'm disgusted.

Newest sens fan · Nov 29, 2014

NYRFAN218 said:
Kreider won't be playing tomorrow for the Rangers. Found out his grandfather died after the game. They recalled J.T. Miller so he'll probably slot in for Kreider on that line.

Damn that sucks, right after thanksgiving too.

JustJim · Nov 29, 2014

Who will be scratched that isn't on the list shown?

Will they finally scratch Rinaldo? I hope. How about the entire Lecavalier line!
This Flyers squad is pathetic, I'm glad that I'll be working during game time.

GKJ · Nov 29, 2014

hckyplayer8 said:
No more pics/video of the old days when we were the bullies.

This new fanbase would rather us adopt the way of the broad street pansies.

That way when we show no heart and remain a neutered shell of our former selves, the same fanbase can moan and whine when we get railroaded.

not sure if serious

dats81 · Nov 29, 2014

Back to back against the Rangers @ MSG coming off a disastrous shutout loss, I'll be surprised if they manage to score a goal this time!

They are always struggling against this opponent even when playing up to their potential. Now the wheels are coming off and the Rangers won't show any mercy.

Gert B Frobe · Nov 29, 2014

I would scratch Vinny, Umberger, Coburn and McDonald and replace them with Blair Jones, VandeVelde, Schenn and Alt. Put Jones on the 3rd and VV on the 4th. Or hell even call up Rosehill for the 4th line. Maybe he'll get pissed when they lose. Doesn't seem like anybody else in the lineup has a problem with all this losing.

R3M1N1SC3 · Nov 29, 2014

JustJim said:
Will they finally scratch Rinaldo? I hope. How about the entire Lecavalier line!
This Flyers squad is pathetic, I'm glad that I'll be working during game time.

Rinaldo is one of the few guys that skates and fore checks hard on every shift. Why do you think the Flyers gave him an extension? This is the kind of effort team Hextall wants to build.

Laughton has really been working his tail off too! This kid has all the tools and everybody I've talked to thinks he can become a captain someday. Not sure what his ceiling is but I would think 2nd line C. Right now though, I'd probably through him up on that first line with Jake and G - see what he can do.

Speed is the Flyers biggest problem. They cannot create separation past the 1st line for good scoring chances. That's why we have such problems with the Rangers because they are extremely well conditioned and are great skaters.

Flyotes · Nov 29, 2014

Garbage Goal said:
Prepared to potentially claw my eyes out.

Bought a bottle of high quality sake to drain.

Legion of Gloom · Nov 29, 2014

There is no way we lose again!.

Appleyard · Nov 29, 2014

1 win in the last 8. :shakehead

Going to be one of the few games I miss, heading round to my friends house for the evening. Was annoyed at first I had planned this when a game was one... but not so annoyed after watching last game.

That being said I bet they win since I am not watching. :nod:

YEM · Nov 29, 2014

Flyers845 said:
So what happens after this loss? I'm disgusted.

We as a fanbase are now pleased by losses this season. 76ers on ice. Wins are ultimately counterproductive toward our future goals.

Schwarbomb · Nov 29, 2014

Flyers845 said:
So what happens after this loss? I'm disgusted.

The team has been yelled at by the fans, by Berube, by Hextall, and they've yelled at each other. The only thing left is for Snider to come down to the locker room and smack some of these fools around.

MiamiScreamingEagles · Nov 29, 2014

Boyle is also not playing today.

Beef Invictus · Nov 29, 2014

I thought I was gonna be able to miss this game but I was wrong. See you guys at pain time.

Swic21 · Nov 29, 2014

I fully believe that if Nash, MSL, Kreider, Boyle, McDonut, Staal were all out of the lineup, we would still lose. This team has our number and it's so stupid if you think about it. How the hell do you not make changes to your game plan when you play the Rangers? Berube is a dumbass.

Flyotes · Nov 29, 2014

Need some patience too.

Flyers have 1 scoring line, 1 QoC squish counter line (Couts line), 1 new line (Laughton line), and 1 checking line.

If the scoring line can't score, and the 1 new line isn't clicking yet -- can't expect to win games.

PP1 is good.
PP2 is trash. We only get 1-1:20 minutes of PP time per PP.

usahockey22flyers · Nov 29, 2014

This team has character issues, lets see what they're made of today.

GDT: GDT: #23| FLYERS at Rangers | Sat., Nov. 29, 2014 | 1:00 PM ET

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