GDT: PO #1 | FLYERS at Penguins | Wed., April 11, 2018, 7:00 pm ET | NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

2018 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (47-29-6) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (42-26-14)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN (John Forslund and Pierre McGuire), CBC, TVA Sports
• Radio: 93.3 WMMR - Everything That Rocks!
  
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Security Check Required
  
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
  
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
  
• Penguins' Website: Official Pittsburgh Penguins Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: Penguins vs Flyers: PHT 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview and 5 THINGS: Flyers vs. Penguins
  
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
  
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2017-2018
  
• Penguins' Stats: Pittsburgh Penguins Stats | 2017-2018

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Penguins	82	47-29-6	100	30-9-2	17-20-4	270	248	26.2	80.0	50.2	.903	775
Flyers	82	42-26-14	98	22-13-6	20-13-8	249	236	20.7	75.8	53.3	.904	679

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 12 Michael Raffl ​

54 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
11 Travis Konecny - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 17 Wayne Simmonds
21 Scott Laughton - 15 Jori Lehtera - 24 Matt Read​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
47 Andrew MacDonald - 6 Travis Sanheim
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

37 Brian Elliott (expected starter) - 34 Petr Mrazek​

Injuries and Scratches

8 Robert Hagg could be a healthy scratch.
20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch.
22 Dale Weise could be a healthy scratch.
29 Johnny Oduya could be a healthy scratch.
30 Michel Neuvirth is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
35 Dustin Tokarski is expected to be a healthy scratch.
40 Jordan Weal could be a healthy scratch
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Power Play Units

1. Jake Voracek - Sean Couturier - Nolan Patrick - Claude Giroux - Shayne Gostisbehere
2. Oskar Lindblom - Travis Konecny - Wayne Simmonds - Travis Sanheim - Ivan Provorov
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Courier-Post of South Jersey

Web site | Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter | Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

HockeyBuzz.com

Web site -- http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philly.com Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

Sons of Penn

Web site -- Home page – Right Sidebar
Twitter -- Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) | Twitter​

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

59 Jake Guentzel - 87 Sidney Crosby - 17 Bryan Rust
62 Carl Hagelin - 71 Evgeni Malkin - 72 Patric Hornqvist
43 Conor Sheary - 19 Derick Brassard - 81 Phil Kessel
46 Zach Aston-Reese - 15 Riley Sheahan - 34 Tom Kuhnhackl​

Pairings

8 Brian Dumolin - 58 Kris Letang
3 Olli Maataa - 4 Justin Schultz
6 Jamie Oleksiak - 2 Chad Ruhwedel​

Goalies

30 Matt Murray (expected starter) - 1 Casey DeSmith
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Injuries and Scratches

12 Dominik Simon could be a healthy scratch.
16 Josh Jooris could be a healthy scratch.
22 Matt Hunwick could be a healthy scratch.
37 Carter Rowney is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
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Power Play Units

1. Patric Hornqvist - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel - Sidney Crosby - Kris Letang
2. Jake Guentzel - Conor Sheary - Derick Brassard - Brian Dumoulin - Justin Schultz
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MEDIA CONTACTS

Athletic, The

Web site --http://www.theathletic.com/pittsburgh/
Seth Rorabaugh's Twitter -- Seth Rorabaugh (@SethRorabaugh) | Twitter
Josh Yohe's Twitter -- Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) | Twitter​

AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

Twitter -- AT&T SportsNet™ PIT (@ATTSportsNetPIT) | Twitter​

Pens Inside Scoop

Web site -- Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) | Twitter​

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Web site -- Pittsburgh Penguins news and commentary | Post-Gazette
Jason Mackey's Twitter -- Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) | Twitter
Sam Werner's Twitter -- Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) | Twitter​

Pittsburgh Tribune

Web site -- Penguins
Jonathan Bombaluie's Twitter -- Jonathan Bombulie (@BombulieTrib) | Twitter​

Radio

Penguins' Live -- Penguins Live (@penguinslive) | Twitter
Josh Getzoff's Twitter -- Josh Getzoff (@PensJG) | Twitter
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FLYERS' SCHEDULE

No.	Result	Date	Time (ET)	Television	Radio
1	Flyers at Penguins	Wednesday, April 11	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports	93.3 FM
2	Flyers at Penguins	Friday, April 13	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports	97.5 FM
3	Penguins at Flyers	Sunday, April 15	3:00 pm	NBC, CBC, TVA Sports	97.5 FM
4	Penguins at Flyers	Wednesday, April 18	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports	97.5 FM
5	Flyers at Penguins	Friday. April 20	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	Penguins at Flyers	Sunday. April 22	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	Flyers at Penguins	Tuesday, April 24	TBD	TBD	TBD

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GAME DAY MUSIC

"Public Enemy No. 1" by Megadeth
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[CanadianFlyer88]

Always a good day when there is a playoff MSE GDT.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Always a good day when there is a playoff MSE GDT.

Opie once dared me to construct a 3-post GDT. Making history.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

So it begins ...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Opie once dared me to construct a 3-post GDT. Making history.

I almost did that - I got to 2, but as Tripod reminded me: "I like the wall of gifs of the girl giving the Pens the finger, but I'm not sure you needed 15 of them."

 

[gertbfrobe16]

isn't that malkin driving that truck on the gdt album pic

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

If Konecny isn't back on the first line for game 2, if we lose game 1 I'mma riot.

 

[Embiid]

Is that what a playoff schedule looks like these days? When did they move away from back to backs? Jeesh I feel like I have been cryogenically frozen...

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Great music once again megadeth.

Those of you have seen my food photos over the last 2 months in the gdt or the menu.

come wednesday, I'm going all out.

There will be Wings of epic proportions,

There will be alot of beer flowing.

If I could roast a penguin live on cam for you guys. However at the end of the night the Penguins will

REST IN PIECE

 

[OzFlyers]

Day off booked for game 1!

 

[dats81]

If Konecny isn't back on the first line for game 2, if we lose game 1 I'mma riot.

I feel your pain but let's face the reality: the Penguins run 3 scoring lines and the Flyers need to counter that to have a chance.
If adrenaline alone can't get Simmonds going, maybe T.K. can.

 

[Harhis]

If we can steal this one we have a chance. Really really important game.

 

[Alex K]

47 Andrew MacDonald - 6 Travis Sanheim
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas

 

[AdamParrot]

I'm most scared about that ManDog with Gudas are going to play with our 1st line and Provy-Ghost with 3rd line. It will be f***ing NONSENS.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Winning Game 1 is crucial for underdogs, especially if they failed to beat said team in the regular season.

CHANGE THE NARRATIVE

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

I'm most scared about that ManDog with Gudas are going to play with our 1st line and Provy-Ghost with 3rd line. It will be ****ing NONSENS.

I sometimes prefer that because the top line is good defensively, but it is brutal when the top line can't even exit the zone as a result.

 

[AdamParrot]

I sometimes prefer that because the top line is good defensively, but it is brutal when the top line can't even exit the zone as a result.

And it hapenned like in 9 of 10 times. So I really don't prefer that.

And Filppula with Simmonds are killing that offensive rushes from Ghost and Provocop.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

 

[TheKingPin]

Well at least the pp2 looks like a real pp2.

Agreed, if we win this first game it changes everything. If we did win it would likely have to be come from behind. They always start off fast and hard and produce and then you can rope a dope them to complacency and sneak a win out. Flyers know that well so I doubt it will matter THAT much to be down 0-2 after the first.

Need no penalties. Several PPs. Elliot to be great. Filp to step up. And rattle Malkin. Need a lot.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

And it hapenned like in 9 of 10 times. So I really don't prefer that.

And Filppula with Simmonds are killing that offensive rushes from Ghost and Provocop.

It's certainly not ideal either way. This is one situation where I must defend Hak and say it's a lose lose for him.

 

[AdamParrot]

It's certainly not ideal either way. This is one situation where I must defend Hak and say it's a lose lose for him.

G-Coots-Konecny
Provo-Ghost

Raffl-Flip-Simmonds
ManDog-Gudas (with sheltered minutes)

It's best option for us.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

G-Coots-Konecny
Provo-Ghost

Raffl-Flip-Simmonds
ManDog-Gudas (with sheltered minutes)

It's best option for us.

Lesser of two evils maybe, but that 2nd group will hemorrhage goals.

 

[AdamParrot]

Lesser of two evils maybe, but that 2nd group will hemorrhage goals.

I believe that with Raffl and Gudas in this lineup they can be solid in N-zone and D-zone maybe. If there was Weal/Laughton instead Simmonds, it would be really good.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Over/under goals against is set at five.

 

[Alex91]

Haven't got excited as I usually get, but I'm sure once puck drops the juice will flow