GDT: PO # 5 | FLYERS at Penguins | Fri., April 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m. ET | NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, ATTSN-PT, NBCSP

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

2018 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (3-1; 47-29-6) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (1-3; 42-26-14)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSN (John Forslund, Pierre McGuire), CBC, TVAS, ATTSN-PT, NBCSP
• Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
• 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: 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 (Playoffs)

Teams	Games	Record	Points	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%	PIM
Penguins	4	3-1	-----	1-1	2-0	18	6	26.3	88.2	50.0	.938	50
Flyers	4	1-3	-----	0-2	1-1	6	18	11.8	73.7	50.0	.855	54

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TEAMS' STATISTICS (Regular Season)

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 - 51 Valtteri Filppula - 93 Jakub Voracek
12 Michael Raffl - 19 Nolan Patrick - 11 Travis Konecny
21 Scott Laughton - 14 Sean Couturier - 17 Wayne Simmonds
24 Matt Read - 15 Jori Lehtera - 22 Dale Weise ​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 47 Andrew MacDonald
8 Robert Hagg - 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
23 Brandon Manning - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

37 Brian Elliott - 30 Michel Neuvirth (starter)​

Injuries and Scratches

6 Travis Sanheim could be a healthy scratch.
20 Taylor Leier could be a healthy scratch.
29 Johnny Oduya could be a healthy scratch.
34 Petr Mrazek could be a healthy scratch.
40 Jordan Weal could be a healthy scratch.
54 Oskar Lindblom could be a healthy scratch.
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Power Play Units

1. Jake Voracek - Michael Raffl (Sean Couturier) - Nolan Patrick - Claude Giroux - Shayne Gostisbehere
2. Travis Konecny - Wayne Simmonds - Dale Weise - Jori Lehtera - 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 - 12 Dominik Simon
62 Carl Hagelin - 71 Evgeni Malkin - 81 Phil Kessel
43 Conor Sheary - 19 Derick Brassard -17 Bryan Rust
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 (starter) - 1 Casey DeSmith
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Injuries and Scratches

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.
72 Patric Hornqvist is not expected to play in Game 5 due to an upper body injury.
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Power Play Units

1. Jake Guentzel - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel - Sidney Crosby - Kris Letang
2. Dominik Simon - Conor Sheary - Derick Brassard - Olli Maatta - 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 0 at Penguins 7	Wedn., April 11	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports	93.3 FM
2	Flyers 5 at Penguins 1	Friday, April 13	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports	97.5 FM
3	Penguins 5 at Flyers 1	Sunday, April 15	3:00 pm	NBC, CBC, TVA Sports	97.5 FM
4	Penguins 5 at Flyers 0	Wedn., April 18	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, NBCSP, ATTSN-PT	97.5 FM
5	Flyers at Penguins	Friday, April 20	7:00 pm	NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, ATTSN-PT, NBCSP	97.5 FM
6	Penguins at Flyers	Sunday, April 22	3:00 pm	TBD	TBD
7	Flyers at Penguins	Tuesday, April 24	TBD	TBD	TBD

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GAME DAY MUSIC

"The Art of Shredding" by Pantera
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[Strawberry Fields]

Probably would've been the best game day music choice.


Here's to a quick, moderately painful playoff death!

 

[gertbfrobe16]

let's go guys let's win this one for coach dave yea team............ or some other such nonsense

 

[Alex K]

 

[CSKA1974]

 

[macleish1974]

I prefer "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. Boy, without Sean, that looks like an elite AHL team......oh....this is the NHL???

 

[Foggy14]

Do I detect a negative vibe?

Time to break out some Dylan Thomas.

 

[Nizzle]

If we don't count the games already played, my prediction of Flyers winning the series in three games might still come true!!!

 

[Ruck Over]

@Strawberry Fields @AlexKuz

I am laughing hysterically over here. Thank you for the pick me up. I gave myself hiccups, I don't even care. AMAZING. :SNORT: Oh, I might pee myself just for good measure, needed my spirits picked up.

 

[Deadpool8812]

I think a lot of people got ahead of themselves this year after we squeaked into the playoffs

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I think a lot of people got ahead of themselves this year after we squeaked into the playoffs

I don't think anyone got ahead of themselves.

No team in the NHL should be losing this badly. Getting outscored 10-1 at home, 17-1 in three defeats, and 18-6 overall.

Something needs to be done because something isn't right.

 

[Deadpool8812]

I don't think anyone got ahead of themselves.

No team in the NHL should be losing this badly. Getting outscored 10-1 at home, 17-1 in three defeats, and 18-6 overall.

Something needs to be done because something isn't right.

We are a mediocre team that barely got into the playoffs facing the 2x defending Champs that owned us all season. This is a terrible match-up for us either way, especially when Elliot can't even make a save. The only goalie we have that could steal a game, was injured.

The difference is simply talent, and we don't have enough of it to match-up with the Pens.

 

[DaphneLion]

I think a lot of people got ahead of themselves this year after we squeaked into the playoffs

I had hope until I found up we were facing the Pens (so, for about 2 hours). At that point I accepted our eventual loss, but a lot of people lied to themselves and convinced themselves we could beat them. The win made a lot of people believe that we could do it. Honestly, even I thought there was a possibility that we could do it after the win last Friday. Sunday and last night were brutal reality checks.

 

[AaronTrieu]

Plz end it Pittsburgh. Thank you

 

[AaronTrieu]

I had hope until I found up we were facing the Pens. At that point I accepted our eventual loss, but a lot of people lied to themselves and convinced themselves we could beat them. The win made a lot of people believe that we could do it. Honestly, even I thought there was a possibility that we could do it after the win last Friday. Sunday and Wednesday were brutal reality checks.

I expected to lose the series. But i didn’t expect to get blown out and have our players quit. Underdogs have to scrape and claw to get wins. Flyers were not willing to get dirty goals. Always looking for an extra pass and giving up prime scoring chances because that have no confidence in themselves. They embarrassed the organization from top down to the fans.

 

[YEM]

We are a mediocre team that barely got into the playoffs facing the 2x defending Champs that owned us all season.

they had 2 more points than us this season
if we were playing hard & at least being competitive, like the Devils are vs. Tampa, it would be easier to accept the losses
we look horrific; outcoached, outclassed, outworked, out-everythinged

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

We are a mediocre team that barely got into the playoffs facing the 2x defending Champs that owned us all season. This is a terrible match-up for us either way, especially when Elliot can't even make a save. The only goalie we have that could steal a game, was injured.

The difference is simply talent, and we don't have enough of it to match-up with the Pens.

It doesn't mean you have to get curbstomped like this. There are examples aplenty, even in this playoffs, of this being the case. You can at least scrap away in the games and give it the old college try, which I'd imagine Hakstol to like given his background.

 

[Rebels57]

I don't think anyone got ahead of themselves.

No team in the NHL should be losing this badly. Getting outscored 10-1 at home, 17-1 in three defeats, and 18-6 overall.

Something needs to be done because something isn't right.

I'm truly shocked that this needs to be said over and over again.

There's no shame in losing to a back-to-back Cup champ.

There is a great shame in getting humiliated and not even looking like a team that plays in the same professional hockey league.

I don't think i've ever seen one playoff team demolish another playoff team like this in my 20+ years of watching hockey.

It's already the first time in NHL history the first 4 games in a playoff series were decided by 4 or more goals. We were on the wrong side of 3 of those. It's probably safe to say, without going back through history, that our 3 losses are the worst in the 101 years of NHL history. I wonder if we can find this out?

 

[Audible Velvet]

Yeah, it's knowing that the team is better than this. Maybe in your heart of hearts, admit they likely lose the series. Then that nice little belief that they have a shot gets shot in the face with a twelve gauge. Justifiable outrage for sure.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Manbearpiggy has lost his physicality. Can we get Hagg in please?

 

[Hakroach]

Thrust the process and be done with it already. Lose, Fire and Wait for the draft.

 

[sa cyred]

So my prediction came true. Just one game after what I thought but hey, close is enough.



Flip (1st line center) & Jori (3rd line center) with the promotions!

 

[Striiker]

I didn't think it could get worse... oh god how did he manage to make it worse...

 

[Hakroach]

Hak's most likely thinking: "goshdarnit, this be my last game coaching so I can do what ever I want."

 

[BernieParent]

Wait, it gets better ...