GDT: MDSF, Game 4: Capitals at Flyers, Wednesday, April 20, 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. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=879506&navid=DL|PHI|home
  2. http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015030134
• 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

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Capitals| 3 |3-0 |2-0 |1-0 |4.00| 0.67| 47.1 |100.0 |15.7 |27.0| 31.0| 47.8
Flyers| 3| 0-3 |0-1 |0-2 |0.67 |4.00 |0.0 |52.9 |32.0 |31.0 |27.0| 52.2

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 |23| 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
10 - Brayden Schenn|28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
93 - Jakub Voracek |12 - Michael Raffl | 89 - Sam Gagner
21 - Scott Laughton | 52 - Nick Cousins |24 - Matt Read
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 25 - Ryan White | 36 - Colin McDonald

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 (starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | suspended | one-game suspension
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 | could 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
88 - Nate Schmidt| 74 - John Carlson
9 - Dmitri Orlov |4 - Taylor Chorney

Goalies

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

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Stanislav Galiev |available | could be a healthy scratch
Michael Latta| available | could be a healthy scratch
Brooks Orpik | will not play | upper body
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 |11-15|6-5 | 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 6 at Philadelphia 1 | 7:00 PM |CSN-DC, CSN-PH, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015030133
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​

"Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin
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[klutch]

Avoid the Sweep.

Shoutout to MSE for doing most of the GDT. They really are the greatest on HFBoards. If we lose, I look forward to more next season (with maybe more wins).

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Avoid the Sweep.

Shoutout to MSE for doing most of the GDT. They really are the greatest on HFBoards. If we lose, I look forward to more next season (with maybe more wins).

Thank you. We will see...

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Speaking of Led Zepplin:



Give them no quarter!

 

[Beef Invictus]

GET READY.

 

[GKJ]

That sounds more like a recorder than a flute

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Beefy: I changed the GDT song from what we discussed last night.

 

[Beef Invictus]

^ I changed the GDT song from what we discussed last night.

Thanks for yet another GDT, good sir.



The original GDT song choice would have also been very fitting, especially with the accompanying video. Albeit quite dark.


Of course, these are dark times.

 

[Beef Invictus]

That sounds more like a recorder than a flute

--Flyers 2016 Playoff Slogan

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Thanks for yet another GDT, good sir.



The original GDT song choice would have also been very fitting, especially with the accompanying video. Albeit quite dark.


Of course, these are dark times.

I took that into consideration. The other possibility was Ravel's Bolero.... then again, here it is. 16:40-16:45 is a gif waiting to happen.

 

[Striiker]

GET READY.

If you wanna get really pumped, listen to this.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

 

[JXC]

I expect spirited play from the Flyers.

 

[Laveuglette]

Don't see it happening, but who saw it happening in 2010?

Man, do I miss that team.

If we somehow did it, it would be the 3rd time Mike Richards is part of a such series.

 

[The Couturier Effect]

GET READY.

I laughed so hard

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Slim Whitman, come on down!

 

[Cardds*]

4-1 Flyers

Neuvirth gets the start

I say this because I played NHL Legacy Edition before Game 3 and I lost to the Caps 6-1 at home but then won 4-1 in a rematch with Neuvirth in net.

 

[TheKingPin]

Nuevy has to start here. Mason is just killing us mentally and on the score board.

 

[GhostIsBae]

Agreed, mason got his chance. It's time to neuvy

 

[Rebels57]

Would also go Neuvy. Change up the mojo.

 

[TheKingPin]

I would also change the lineup. Get weal in there. Sit striet for meds.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I would also change the lineup. Get weal in there. Sit striet for meds.

Weal instead of Gagner would be good.

 

[StateOfHexcellence]

Well, if they somehow will to win one somehow amid the obvious hit the wall, empty tank....all of them totally gassed. Thanks for turning around the season and getting a little taste, albiet a steamroller. Still can't believe what occurred last night. Lots of change to take place because of measuring stick analysis.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I took that into consideration. The other possibility was Ravel's Bolero.... then again, here it is. 16:40-16:45 is a gif waiting to happen.

Hmm. I'll look into making this happen.


I prefer this Bolero.




Because my idea of "class" is "Meat Loaf."

I expect spirited play from the Flyers.

For how long, though? My money is on "first shift for each line, then gassed for rest of game."

 

[Beef Invictus]