GDT: MDSF, Game 3: Capitals at Flyers, Monday, April 18, 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-DC, CSN-PH, 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​

• Preview:
  1. https://capitalstoday.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/2016/04/17/game-notes-at-philadelphia-game-3
  2. http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/[email protected]
  3. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=879283&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
36| Colin McDonald | R| 6' 2" | 210 | Sep 30, 1984 | 31 | Wethersfield, CT, USA
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 |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)
Colin McDonald |available | expected to 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|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 | 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 |11-14|6-4| 5-10

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 1 at Washington 4| 7:00 PM |CSN-PH, CSN-DC, CNBC, CBC, TVAS | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015030132
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​

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Updates will be made when issued.

 

[Hiesenberg]

I get why McDonald would've been called up. But who do you bench? Laughton?

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Gagner needs to be on the top line and Voracek on the 3rd; it's obvious the guy is hurt and his play is suffering...Gagner actually looks to be making plays but doesn't have the skilled linemates.

 

[JXC]

I hope the crowd sticks with them.

 

[Yukon Cornelius*]

I hope the crowd sticks with them.

I hope the team gives them reason to.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

wonder what the odds are of Meds in for Manning and new Mcd in for VDV ??


i'd say about 0.0% with this coach..


but i can hope..

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

anything to get streit out.

i hope medz in for streit, i rather have manning then streit.

 

[Finnish Flyer]

I get why McDonald would've been called up. But who do you bench? Laughton?

Read

 

[TheKingPin]

Manning has to get out. I would get meds in ASAP. Wonder if we go Mason. If he is hurt at all we need to go nuevy. I could really see him stealing a game or two. He has the reflexes needed to make saves on the caps pp.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

How bout you know, score goals? Especially on the PP? And also, less ****ing Manning, or no Manning at all and have Meds instead.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

I hope to never see manning paired with ghost ever again

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

If you're going to win one game this series let it be tomorrow.

 

[sobrien]

just win

 

[Striiker]

If you're going to win one game this series let it be tomorrow.

If they're going to win one it'll be tomorrow. Can't imagine them winning game 4 if they're down 0-3 and lost the first game at home. That would be one demoralized team.

And if they do manage to win tomorrow, then that would be absolutely massive for momentum and confidence. Being down 1-2 would be manageable.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Still have one ticket left if anyone wants it!

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

This is an obvious must win. They really need some finish on this team. The shots are there, but the ones that hit the back of the net are not.

 

[wuf]

It better be loud, that's all I can say.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

After last game my spirit is almost completely broken, but I think we steal this game tonight.

 

[klutch]

Still have one ticket left if anyone wants it!

Please rock the house. I want to be deaf from my speakers.

 

[boxcar65]

wonder what the odds are of Meds in for Manning and new Mcd in for VDV ??


i'd say about 0.0% with this coach..


but i can hope..

No, no, no....there is a reason the Russian is not playing and has not played much the past couple of months. It could be ability, chemistry with his teammates, whatever. The bottom line is the coaching staff(and I assume Hextall)believes the six D they have on the ice now gives them the best chance in this series.

Manning and Gudas' numbers have been solid since they started pairing together. They move the puck up the ice and play physically in their own end. Watch their positioning when they are out there together....they move in sync and help each other out. Personally, I wouldn't have an issue with them being the 3rd pairing next year:

Del Zotto - Russian #2(if he's ready)
Ghost - Streit/Morin/whomever
Gudas - Manning

Manning could also come back as the #7. He will be an inexpensive resigning and a full summer of working out and knowing he is part of the team can only help his confidence.

 

[hatcher]

Hopefully Read is scratched for McDonald tonight. McDonald will play with some pop and give the two kids a chance on the forecheck which Read is to scared to do. Great call up Hexy.

 

[orangecrush8]

No, no, no....there is a reason the Russian is not playing and has not played much the past couple of months. It could be ability, chemistry with his teammates, whatever. The bottom line is the coaching staff(and I assume Hextall)believes the six D they have on the ice now gives them the best chance in this series.

Manning and Gudas' numbers have been solid since they started pairing together. They move the puck up the ice and play physically in their own end. Watch their positioning when they are out there together....they move in sync and help each other out. Personally, I wouldn't have an issue with them being the 3rd pairing next year:

Del Zotto - Russian #2(if he's ready)
Ghost - Streit/Morin/whomever
Gudas - Manning

Manning could also come back as the #7. He will be an inexpensive resigning and a full summer of working out and knowing he is part of the team can only help his confidence.

Manning has been absolutely atrocious through the first 2 games. Like disgustingly bad.

 

[bb12]

No, no, no....there is a reason the Russian is not playing and has not played much the past couple of months. It could be ability, chemistry with his teammates, whatever. The bottom line is the coaching staff(and I assume Hextall)believes the six D they have on the ice now gives them the best chance in this series.

Manning and Gudas' numbers have been solid since they started pairing together. They move the puck up the ice and play physically in their own end. Watch their positioning when they are out there together....they move in sync and help each other out. Personally, I wouldn't have an issue with them being the 3rd pairing next year:

Del Zotto - Russian #2(if he's ready)
Ghost - Streit/Morin/whomever
Gudas - Manning

Manning could also come back as the #7. He will be an inexpensive resigning and a full summer of working out and knowing he is part of the team can only help his confidence.

Manning is awful. He has been awful and we aren't scoring. Meds scores. Manning lets other teams score. He WILL not be back next year and every ahl defender is better then him. He doesn't help and hasn't at all. Please watch the games

 

[flyersfan187]

I wouldn't mind to see meds in at d for his shot but his positioning is not solid. With that being said the flyers need to get better chances and his shots go on goal and the goalie has troubles not giving up rebounds on them. He needs to be in. I doubt McDonald comes in for anyone though they should change up the forward lines. Like someone said, gagne would look good on the top line. Give voracek less mins and hopefully he will start playing better.