GDT: MDSF, Game 2: Flyers at Capitals, Saturday, April 16, 7:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

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, CNBC, 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​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=879021&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 |10 - Brayden Schenn| 89 - Sam Gagner
21 - Scott Laughton | 52 - Nick Cousins |24 - Matt Read
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
Sean Couturier | out two weeks from Apr. 15| left shoulder (report: AC sprain)
Michael Del Zotto | injured reserve; out 3-to-4 months | left wrist surgery (Feb. 26)
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|Nick Cousins| 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 |11-13|6-4| 5-9

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) | Recap
Thursday, Apr 14| (1) Philadelphia 0 at Washington 2|7:00 PM |CSN-PH, CSN-DC, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015030131
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​

"Mouth For War" by Pantera
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Info will be updated when finalized.

That means that Laughton, another natural center, figures to come in on the wing. He’s played the left side in the latter stages of the season. It would seem likely that Matt Read moves up to that shutdown line, as he is one of the Flyers’ penalty killers, and Laughton comes in on Nick Cousins’ line with Sam Gagner.

“We definitely want to win this game,” Laughton said. “That’s the only thing on our mind right now is to come in and take one from them and go back home. That’s the biggest thing we’re focused on. We don’t want to be close and we don’t want to just come in here and be close and lose 2-1 or 3-2. We came in here to win and we’re going to try and take one (Saturday) night.”

http://www.courierpostonline.com/st...-make-changes-couturier-out-2-weeks/83090280/

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This is either going to suck complete ass or we're somehow going to brave it out and win it.

 

[hckyplayer8]

A must win.

Otherwise this series is done in 5 or 6.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

hey, how about we score a goal or 2 ???

that would be nice...

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Leave it all out there, come on boys!

 

[Legion of Gloom]

I predict a 4-1 score.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Laughton gets his shot.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Laughton gets his shot.

I wish Meds did over Streit or Manning. Hell, Meds would be a good upgrade for the 2nd PP unit.

 

[OzFlyers]

Lets Go Flyers!!

 

[OzFlyers]

I predict a 4-1 score.

I predict whoever scores the most goals wins!

 

[TheKingPin]

I wish Meds did over Streit or Manning. Hell, Meds would be a good upgrade for the 2nd PP unit.

Meds should be in over striet but that would never happen. Maybe if we get shutout again.

I think manning has played pretty well over the last few games.

 

[Finnish Flyer]

If everybody gives all they got i'll be happy. Play to your maximum talent. Gonna be tough to get even a one win with these circumstances but what the heck, the least you could do is try. We have got this far, no way this team is gonna quit. Expecting great performances from our top guys. And something tells me that White is gonna be a Schenner kinda wrecking ball today

 

[tade]

Very curious to see the lines... I would go probably:

Raffl - Giroux - Voracek
Read - Schenn - Simmonds
Laughton - Cousins - Gagner
VDV - PEB - White

I'd dress Medvedev over Manning, no doubt. Pair him with Gudas and start him on the 2nd PP unit.

Let's go Flyers! It'll be incredibly tough tonight.

 

[kingjmusicman]

Series never over until you lose a game in your own rink.....hit, hit, score, score, score, hit, hit, hit...repeat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHXw84aFIko

 

[bennysflyers16]

I predict a 4-1 score.

3-2 is mine,,,

Jake is going to be our best player

 

[kingjmusicman]

The pound of flesh begins to be taken this evening....

 

[Rebels57]

When you start on the road, you always want Game 2 so you can head back home with momentum.

We have that opportunity tonight!

 

[WastedTalent]

Meds should be in over striet but that would never happen. Maybe if we get shutout again.

I think manning has played pretty well over the last few games.

Manning was horrendous in game 1

 

[WastedTalent]

Very curious to see the lines... I would go probably:

Raffl - Giroux - Voracek
Read - Schenn - Simmonds
Laughton - Cousins - Gagner
VDV - PEB - White

I'd dress Medvedev over Manning, no doubt. Pair him with Gudas and start him on the 2nd PP unit.

Let's go Flyers! It'll be incredibly tough tonight.

Raffl is our 2nd best defensive forward after G (without couturier in the lineup), can't put him on the first line...he needs to play on Schenn's or Laughton's wing, whoever is centering to help them out defensively

 

[hockeykicker]

kelly sutherland and dave jackson refs tonight

 

[Privet]

I think you guys will win. I predicted a 7-game series. Caps don't have the mental capacity to close out a series earlier than 7.

 

[Cyborg LeClair]

Laughton scored some clutch goals with the Phantoms. I'd love to see him snipe one over Holtby's shoulder tonight.

 

[Rebels57]

kelly sutherland and dave jackson refs tonight

That bodes well. Two of the better refs in the league.

 

[PAZUZU]

Perfect GDT music, Flyers need to come out with that kind of attitude tonite. I saw them open for Skid Row at the Spectrum back in the day. I was standing right in front of Dime, and I can still remember the bullet-riddled Dean he was playing that nite, oh how terribly prophetic it seems now.