GDT: MDSF, Game 1: Flyers at Capitals, Thursday, April 14, 7:00 pm ET

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-27-14, 18-17-6 away ) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (56-18-8, 29-8-4 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: CSN-PH, CSN-DC, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS
• Radio: https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/c-1000000004
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Previews:
  1. https://www.nhl.com/stanley-cup-playoffs/2016/capitals-vs-flyers-series-c
  2. http://capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015030131
  3. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878710&navid=DL|PHI|home
  4. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878751&navid=DL|PHI|home
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Capitals' Stats: http://capitals.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers|82| 41-27-14 |23-10-8| 18-17-6 |6-3-1 |2.57| 2.56 |18.9 |80.5 |11.8 |31.0 30.7 |51.0
Capitals| 82 |56-18-8 |29-8-4 |27-10-4| 4-3-3 |3.02 |2.33 |21.9 |85.2| 9.2| 30.6 |28.4| 49.6

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Capitals' Website: http://capitals.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| 31| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
52 | Nick Cousins | C| 5' 10" | 188 |Jul 20, 1993 | 22| Belleville, ON, Canada
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |211 |Dec 7, 1992 |23| Phoenix, AZ, USA
89 |Sam Gagner |C |5' 11" |202 |Aug 10, 1989 |26| London, ON, CAN
28 | Claude Giroux "C"| C| 5' 11" |185 |Jan 12, 1988 |28| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 190| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
12 | Michael Raffl | L |6' 0" |200| Dec 1, 1988 |27| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185| Jun 14, 1986| 29 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1" |195| Aug 22, 1991| 24 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17| Wayne Simmonds "A" | R| 6' 2" |185 |Aug 26, 1988 |27|Scarborough, ON, CAN
20 | R.J. Umberger |C |6' 2"| 214 |May 3, 1982 |33| Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76 | Chris VandeVelde | C |6' 2" |190| Mar 15, 1987 |29| Moorhead, MN, USA
93 |Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |26| Kladno, CZE
19 |Jordan Weal | C |5' 10" |179| Apr 15, 1992 |24| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0"| 200| Mar 17, 1988| 28 |Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
15| Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |25 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
53| Shayne Gostisbehere | 5' 11" |180 |Apr 20, 1993 |22| Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
3 |Radko Gudas |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990| 25| Prague, CZE
23| Brandon Manning | 6' 1"| 204 |Jun 4, 1990| 25 |Prince George, BC, CAN
47 | Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 205| Sep 7, 1986 |29 | Judique, NS, CAN
82| Evgeny Medvedev | 6' 3"| 187| Aug 27, 1982| 33 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |38| Bern, CHE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4" |210 |May 29, 1988 |27 |Oakville, ON, CAN
30 | Michal Neuvirth| 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988 |28| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
93 - Jakub Voracek |28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl |14 - Sean Couturier | 10 - Brayden Schenn
24 - Matt Read |52 - Nick Cousins |89 - Sam Gagner
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |25 - Ryan White

Pairings

Name | Name
55 - Nick Schultz | 32 - Mark Streit
47 - Andrew MacDonald | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere
23 - Brandon Manning |3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (starter) |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Michael Del Zotto | injured reserve; out 3-to-4 months | left wrist surgery (Feb. 26)
Scott Laughton |available | could be a healthy scratch
Evgeny Medvedev| available | expected to be a healthy scratch
R.J. Umberger | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Jordan Weal | available | expected to be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek |Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2|Sean Couturier | Ryan White| Sam Gagner | Matt Read |Mark Streit

WASHINGTON CAPITALS​

CAPITALS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
8 - Alex Ovechkin | 19 - Nicklas Backstrom |77 - T.J. Oshie
65 - Andre Burakovsky | 92 - Evgeny Kuznetsov |14 - Justin Williams
25 - Jason Chimera | 10 - Mike Richards| 90 - Marcus Johansson
26 - Daniel Winnik| 83 - Jay Beagle | 43 - Tom Wilson

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Karl Alzner | 2 - Matt Niskanen
44 - Brooks Orpik |74 - John Carlson
9 - Dmitri Orlov | 88 - Nate Schmidt|

Goalies

Name | Name
70 - Braden Holtby (starter) | 31 - Philipp Grubauer

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Taylor Chorney| available | could be a healthy scratch
Stanislav Galiev |available | could be a healthy scratch
Michael Latta| available | could be a healthy scratch
Mike Weber |available | could be a healthy scratch

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1 | Marcus Johansson |Nicklas Backstrom |Justin Williams |Alex Ovechkin |John Carlson
No. 2|Jason Chimera | Evgeny Kuznetsov |Andre Burakovsky | Dmitry Orlov | Matt Niskanen

CAPITALS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
19 | Nicklas Backstrom "A" |C |6' 1"| 213 |Nov 23, 1987 |28| Gävle, SWE
83 |Jay Beagle | R |6' 3"| 210 |Oct 16, 1985| 30 |Calgary, AB, CAN
65 | Andre Burakovsky | L |6' 3"| 198| Feb 9, 1995 |21| Klagenfurt, AUT
25 | Jason Chimera | L |6' 3"| 216| May 2, 1979| 36| Edmonton, AB, CAN
49 |Stanislav Galiev | R |6' 1" |187 |Jan 17, 1992| 24 |Moscow, RUS
90 | Marcus Johansson | L| 6' 1"| 209 |Oct 6, 1990| 25| Landskrona, SWE
92| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C| 6' 0" |192 |May 19, 1992 |23| Chelyabinsk, RUS
46 |Michael Latta | C |6' 0"| 207 |May 25, 1991| 24| Kitchener, ON, CAN
77 | T.J. Oshie | R |5' 11" |189 |Dec 23, 1986 |29 |Everett, WA, USA
8 |Alex Ovechkin "C" | L| 6' 3" |239| Sep 17, 1985| 30| Moscow, RUS
10 |Mike Richards | C |5' 11" |196 |Feb 11, 1985 |31 |Kenora, ON, CAN
14 | Justin Williams | R| 6' 1" |186| Oct 4, 1981 |34| Cobourg, ON, CAN
43 |Tom Wilson | R| 6' 4" |215 |Mar 29, 1994 |22| Toronto, ON, CAN
26 | Daniel Winnik | L| 6' 2" |203 |Mar 6, 1985 |31| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27| Karl Alzner | 6' 2" |214 |Sep 24, 1988| 27| Burnaby, BC, CAN
74| John Carlson | 6' 3" |215 |Jan 10, 1990| 26| Natick, MA, USA
4 |Taylor Chorney| 6' 1" |190| Apr 27, 1987| 28 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
2 |Matt Niskanen | 6' 0" |200| Dec 6, 1986 |29| Virginia, MN, USA
9 |Dmitry Orlov | 6' 0" |212 |Jul 23, 1991 |24| Novokuznetsk, RUS
44| Brooks Orpik "A" | 6' 2" |221 |Sep 26, 1980| 35| San Francisco, CA, USA
88 | Nate Schmidt |6' 0" |191| Jul 16, 1991| 24| St. Cloud, MN, USA
6| Mike Weber | 6' 2" |217 |Dec 16, 1987| 28| Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
31| Philipp Grubauer | 6' 1" |182 |Nov 25, 1991 |24 | Rosenheim, DEU
70 |Braden Holtby | 6' 2" |217| Sep 16, 1989| 26| Lloydminster, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|110-71-19-7 |66-32-6-2|44-39-13-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|2-2 |11-12|6-4| 5-8

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|8-3-0 in the last 11 |8-2-0 in the last 10 | 6-3-1 in the last 10

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thursday, Apr 14| (1) Philadelphia at Washington |7:00 PM |CSN-PH, CSN-DC, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS
Saturday, Apr 16| (2) Philadelphia at Washington | 7:00 PM |CSN-PH, CSN-DC, CNBC, CBC, TVAS
Monday, Apr 18| (3) Washington at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM |CSN-DC, CSN-PH, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS
Wednesday, Apr 20| (4) Washington at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM |CSN-DC, CSN-PH, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS
Friday, Apr 22| (5) Philadelphia at Washington |-----| CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Sunday, Apr 24| (6) Washington at Philadelphia |----- | -------
Wednesday, Apr 27 | (7) Philadelphia at Washington | -----| -----

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

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

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Center Ice Philly​

| http://centericephilly.com/

Anthony Mingioni's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AnthonyMingioni

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

Flyerdelphia​

| http://www.flyerdelphia.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Flyerdelphia

Fourth Period, The​

| http://www.thefourthperiod.com/Philadelphia/

David Strehle's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP

HockeyBuzz.com ​

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

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer​

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

Blog​

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

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Comcast Sports ​

| http://www.csnwashington.com/capitals

Joe Beninati's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JoeBpXp

Chuck Gormley's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/ChuckGormleyCSN

JJ Regan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JJReganCSN

Jill Sorenson's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JillCSN

Monumental Network ​

| http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/sports/washington-capitals/index.jsp

John Walton's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/WaltonCaps

Ben Raby's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BenRaby31

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter​

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| https://twitter.com/vogscaps

Washington Post|[/LEFT]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

Isabelle Khurshudyan's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan

Washington Times ​

| http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/hockey/

Zac Boyer's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ZacBoyer​

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Washington is Next" by Megadeth
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[Hollywood Cannon]

Let's get it.

 

[Alex91]

Still haven't ironed out what playoff traditions I'm going to pull out this year. Man am I excited for tomorrow. I wonder how Hak will shorten up bench

 

[Blind Donkey]

So I'm new and slightly more than half stoopid. Is this the appropriate thread for a Flyer fan to talk poop on the pens and blouses game?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

So I'm new and slightly more than half stoopid. Is this the appropriate thread for a Flyer fan to talk poop on the pens and blouses game?

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2058695

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Bring it the **** on!

 

[klutch]

Grab game 1 and bring it back even to WFC. I expect I very high energy game (duh).

 

[4thline4life]

Have to play disciplined. NHL made it very clear tonight that the refs are not going to let them play like in playoffs past. With the caps power play we got to stay out of the box. That being said I'm hyped! Hoping we steal game one and really put the pressure on them early in the series. We know how the caps deal with pressure...

 

[WastedTalent]

It's not going to happen but I would really like to see Laughton in for Gagner...I just think it would help a huge amount vs a team like the Caps since Gagner is so one dimensional

 

[Jray42]

Missing the while game, ****ing ****

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Figure out a way to steal this one

 

[Beef Invictus]

Thanks for the GDT MSE!

 

[tade]

It's time.

 

[PALE PWNR]

[Yt]C-E029odGrs[/MEDIA]


I enjoyed the ode to Megadeth Security from our last sorte with the diabolical Caps.

 

[The Rage Kage]

Just gotta win one of these games in Washington. Lets ****ing go.

 

[orangecrush8]

Game day!

Productivity at work today doesn't exist

 

[backburner]

want to see Coots pull a Mike Richards today

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Megadeath's "Washington Is Next" got me really fired up this AM

 

[Embiid]

I hope this is an epic series!

I also hope that Mason pulls a 2010 Halak because we are going to need him to pull games out on his own and hopefully steal a series or two like Halak (four would be nice too..lol) . It is also cool to have Neuvy backing him up...he can steal games as well and might want to stick it to the "Saps"...

 

[kingjmusicman]

Tickets punched to the dance for: Gostisbehere, Cousins. This is a good good thing. Let us rejoice and sing hymn 925, O Lord, Vivisect Tom Wilson.

 

[klutch]

 

[Maurice of Orange]

It's not going to happen but I would really like to see Laughton in for Gagner...I just think it would help a huge amount vs a team like the Caps since Gagner is so one dimensional

I'd rather have Laughton take the place of Vande Velde on the 4th line LW
The flyers need goal scores not that Gagner lights up the world or anything but atleast we would have a chance to score a few more goals. Vande Velde is a defensive foward and the flyers already have couts Bellmare Down the middle. Let's Go Flyers for ED

My lines would be
Line 1 LW Schenn C Giroux RW Gagner
Line 2 LW Raffl C Couts RW Simmons
Line 3 LW Voracek C Cousins RW White
Line 4 LW Laughton C Bellmare RW Reid

1st D LD Schultz RD Streit
2nd D LD MacDonald RD Gostisbehere
3rd D LD Medvedev RD Gudas

Healthy Scratches: Vande Velde, Umberger, Weal, Manning, G Lyon, (G Emery< N/A playoffs)
IR List: Del Zotto
Also I would recall from Lehigh Valley, Mark Alt and Oscar Lindblom to put the roster at 27 active players 1 injured reserve and 1 ineligible for playoffs
Total Roster would be at 29

 

[Teezax]

This is going to be a long day... I hope to see Beast Mode Giroux tonight.
Winning tonight will give this team a huge boost of confidence in this series.
Get it done boys, for Mr. Snider!

 

[GirouxCouturier]

We need physical Brayden tonight

 

[klutch]

Scoped this out on orange and black pack fb page..

Giroux's span of playoff performances have been nothing short of amazing. It astonishing that people still down him, even some of our own.