GDT: MDSF, Game 5: Flyers at Capitals, Friday, April 22, 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-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: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015030135
• 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%
Flyers| 4| 1-3| 1-1 |0-2 |1.00 |3.25 |6.7 |57.9 |25.0 |29.5 |28.2 |51.3
Capitals |4 |3-1| 2-0 |1-1 |3.25| 1.00 |42.1 |93.3 |12.8| 28.2 |29.5| 48.7

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
24 - Matt Read | 52 - Nick Cousins |36 - Colin McDonald
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Edouard 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)
Scott Laughton | will not play; released from hospital | upper body
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
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 | questionable| 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 1 at Philadelphia 2 | 7:00 PM |CSN-DC, CSN-PH, NBCSN, CBC, TVAS | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015030134
Friday, Apr 22| (5) Philadelphia at Washington |7:00 PM| NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, CSN-DC, CSN-PH
Sunday, Apr 24| (6) Washington at Philadelphia |----- | -------
Wednesday, Apr 27 | (7) Philadelphia at Washington | -----| CSN-DC, CSN-PH

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​

"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead
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[Beef Invictus]

"It goes on. It goes on, Washington. The race...the race...is not over!"

 

[Embiid]

Win it to stay in it....!!!!

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Keep the pedal to the metal and **** them up!

 

[blinds]

Well, their fans seem rattled after game 4 with all that crying about Schenn. Maybe it will extend to the team now that they're back in that 3-1 spot that seems to go so poorly for them.

But I doubt it. I just want to see some goals, I don't expect to make it to much further in the series.

 

[Alex91]

I hope Schenn starts the game by crushing everyone. A hit hunting Schenn = engaged Schenn. I thought #2 and #9 were getting intimidated last game

 

[Tripod]

I just want the refs to have little impact on the game. Let them play.

 

[Victory5]

Honestly I care more about this team putting their damn hearts on the line tomorrow than the actual result. Game 3 was such an utter disgrace that at this point having the boys bleed it all out in Game 5 would mean a lot to this franchise.

 

[Cardds*]

2-1 Flyers in OT

 

[flyersjim73]

Section 113, Row N. Can't wait to hear a whole bunch of "here we go again" from the fans.

 

[klutch]

Not expecting a whole lot from an exhausted team. Let's at least make it tiring for them and play intense hockey!

 

[Sombastate]

If the game is exciting, i'll be happy. Just don't want another **** show like game 3.

 

[OzFlyers]

LETS GO FLYERS!!

 

[dats81]

Physical play and getting point shots from the blue line worked pretty well last game.

Keep on fighting to live another day!

 

[sabremike]

I don't expect it but God would I love a Flyers win just to see the sheer panic from Caps fans. Think they are spent after Wednesday because they used every bit of energy they had left to avoid being swept on home ice. That really was a gutsy performance.

 

[Gsus]

Just please force the game 6 so they will force it to game 7 too. I won't be happy after an exciting game if it ends in a loss for the Flyers. Gotta win this.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I think they win tonight and lose at home to wrap it up

 

[Les Averman]

God that 3rd line is going to be horrible but what can you do. Really need special teams and the first line to play at a high level.

 

[sabremike]

I think they win tonight and lose at home to wrap it up

If they somehow win tonight this is going 7 and its squeaky bum time for the Caps.

 

[Danko]

Did Cousins and McDonald play together at all with the phantoms?

 

[He Is Knocking]

Going on vacation for a few weeks today. I'll be checking scores on the road and watch the game when I get back.

Best of luck Flyers hopefully we see a few bounces go their way the rest of the series. It seems like every bounce has went the other way.

None the less it's been a great time conversing and reading what you all write this season. Everyone have a great time, hopefully the Flyers are still playing in a few weeks when I get back.

 

[GirouxCouturier]

Win this one and it makes things a liiiiitle bit interesting

 

[wuf]

I don't expect a whole lot this game. A win would be great but we really need to find another gear.

If we win, it will be because Neuvirth is solid again, and Giroux gets one or two past Holtby.

 

[Karma]

More than 1 goal again would be nice

 

[kingjmusicman]

Keep it close, don't play dumb, next to no penalties.