GDT: PO Game #2 |Flyers at Rangers | Sun., Apr. 20, 2014 |12:00 p.m. ET

MiamiScreamingEagles · Apr 18, 2014

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (42-30-10, 24-14-3 home, 18-16-7 away ) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (45-31-6, 20-17-4 home, 25-14-2 away )

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television: NBC ( Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti), TSN, RDS (Joined in Progress)
Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2013030142

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2013030142
Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=715587&navid=DL|PHI|home and http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=97835&navid=DL|PHI|home
NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
Rangers' Stats: http://rangers.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 |42-30-10 |24-14-3 |18-16-7 |4-3-3| 2.84 |2.77 |19.7 |84.8 |14.4 |30.4| 30.6 |50.0
Rangers| 82| 45-31-6 |20-17-4| 25-14-2| 6-2-2| 2.61| 2.32 |18.2 |85.3 |10.0 |33.2 |29.4 |48.8

TEAMS' WEBSITES

Flyers' Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
Flyers' Twitter : https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
Rangers' Website: http://rangers.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
42 | Jason Akeson| 5' 10" | 190|Jun 3, 1990| 24| Ottawa, ON, CAN
14 | Sean Couturier | 6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |21| Phoenix, AZ, USA
9 | Steve Downie | 5' 11" |191 |Apr 3, 1987 |27| Newmarket, ON, CAN
28 |Claude Giroux "C"| 5' 11"| 172| Jan 12, 1988 |26| Hearst, ON, CAN
18 | Adam Hall |6' 2" |212 |Aug 14, 1980 |33 |Kalamazoo, MI, USA
19 | Scott Hartnell "A"| 6' 2"| 210| Apr 18, 1982| 32| Regina, SK, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | 6' 4" |215 |Apr 21, 1980 |33| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
15 |Tye McGinn | 6'2" | 195 |Jul 29, 1990| 23| Fergus, ON, CAN
12| Michael Raffl |6' 0" |192 |Dec 1, 1988 |25| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read |5' 10"| 185 |Jun 14, 1986| 27| Ilderton, ON, CAN
36 | Zac Rinaldo |5' 11" |169 |Jun 15, 1990 |23| Missisauga, ON, CAN
37 | Jay Rosehill | 6' 3" |215| Jul 16, 1985| 28 |Olds, AB, CAN
10 | Brayden Schenn | 6' 1" |190 |Aug 22, 1991 |22| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds | 6' 2"| 183| Aug 26, 1988| 25| Scarborough, ON, CAN
93 |Jakub Voracek | 6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989| 24| Kladno, CZE
76| Chris VandeVelde | 6' 1"| 201 | Mar. 15, 1987 | 27| Moorhead, MN, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5"| 220 |Feb 27, 1985| 29| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
75 | Hal Gill | 6' 7" |243 |Apr 6, 1975 |39| Concord, MA, USA
8 |Nicklas Grossmann| 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |29| Stockholm, SWE
26| Erik Gustafsson | 5' 10" |180 |Dec 15, 1988| 25| Kvissleby, SWE
47 | Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1" |190 |Sep 7, 1986 |27| Judique, NS, CAN
20| Chris Pronger | 6' 6" |220 |Oct 10, 1974 |39| Dryden, ON, CAN
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989| 24| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit | 5' 11"| 191| Dec 11, 1977 |36| Bern, CHE
44| Kimmo Timonen "A" | 5' 10" |194 |Mar 18, 1975| 39| Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29| Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |31 |Hamilton, ON, CAN
33 | Cal Heeter | 6' 4" | 195 |Nov 2, 1988| 25| St. Louis, MO, USA
35| Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 25| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
44 - Kimmo Timonen | 5 - Braydon Coburn
8 - Nicklas Grossmann | 32 - Mark Streit
22 - Luke Schenn | 47 - Andrew MacDonald

Goalies

Name | Name
29 - Ray Emery (expected starter) | 33 - Cal Heeter

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

NEW YORK RANGERS

RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Ryan McDonagh| 5 - Dan Girardi
18 - Marc Staal |6 - Anton Stralman
17 - John Moore |8 - Kevin Klein

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Henrik Lundqvist (expected starter) | 33 - Cam Talbot

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
22| Brian Boyle |6' 7" |244 |Dec 18, 1984 |29| Hingham, MA, USA
16 | Derick Brassard | 6' 1" |202 |Sep 22, 1987 |26| Hull, QC, CAN
13 | Daniel Carcillo | 6' 0" |200 |Jan 28, 1985 |29| King City, ON, CAN
15 | Derek Dorsett | 6' 0" |192| Dec 20, 1986 |27 |Kindersley, SK, CAN
12 | Jesper Fast | 6' 0" |185 |Dec 2, 1991 |22| Nassjo, SWE
62 |Carl Hagelin |5' 11"| 186| Aug 23, 1988 |25 |Sodertalje, SWE
39 | Ryan Haggerty| 6' 0"| 180| Mar 4, 1993 |21| Stamford, CT, USA
20 |Chris Kreider |6' 3"| 226 |Apr 30, 1991 |22| Boxford, MA, USA
10 | J.T. Miller | 6' 1" | 205| Mar 14, 1993 | 21| E. Palastine, OH, USA
28 | Dominic Moore |6' 0" |192 |Aug 3, 1980| 33| Thornhill, ON, CAN
61 | Rick Nash |6' 4" |213| Jun 16, 1984| 29 |Brampton, ON, CAN
67 | Benoit Pouliot | 6' 3"| 197 |Sep 29, 1986 |27| Alfred , ON, CAN
19 | Brad Richards "A" | 6' 0"| 196| May 2, 1980 |33| Murray Harbour, PE, CAN
26 | Martin St. Louis | 5' 8"| 180| Jun 18, 1975| 38| Laval, QC, CAN
21 | Derek Stepan |6' 0" |196| Jun 18, 1990| 23 |Hastings, MN, USA
36 |Mats Zuccarello | 5' 7"| 179 |Sep 1, 1987 |26| Oslo, NOR

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
4| Raphael Diaz | 5' 11" |197| Jan 9, 1986| 28| Baar, CHE
44 | Justin Falk | 6' 5"| 215| Oct 11, 1988 |25 |Snowflake, MB, CAN
5 | Dan Girardi |6' 1" |203 |Apr 29, 1984 |29| Welland, ON, CAN
8 |Kevin Klein | 6' 1" |199 |Dec 13, 1984 |29| Kitchener, ON, CAN
27 | Ryan McDonagh| 6' 1" |213 |Jun 13, 1989 |24| St. Paul, MN, USA
17 | John Moore |6' 3" |202 |Nov 19, 1990| 23| Winnetka, IL, USA
18 | Marc Staal "A" | 6' 4" |207 |Jan 13, 1987 |27| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
6 |Anton Stralman |5' 11"| 190| Aug 1, 1986 |27| Tibro, SWE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Henrik Lundqvist | 6' 1" |188 |Mar 2, 1982| 32| Are, SWE
33 |Cam Talbot |6' 3" |205 |Jul 5, 1987 |26| Caledonia, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. RANGERS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers| 118-114-37-7 |67-53-14-4| 51-61-23-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Rangers |6-4 |27-21|17-10| 10-11

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted; * including playoffs)

Link to series history (prior GDT) from 1967 to the present: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1646453

FLYERS vs. RANGERS 2013-14 SCHEDULE

Schedule ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20132014&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: Flyers 4 vs. Islanders 2, April 20, 1987

In Game 1 at Philly, Ron Hextall made 26 saves and Tim Kerr (3-0-3), whose first two goals gave the Flyers a 2-0 lead at the 7:15 mark, completed his hat trick with his second PPG when he made the score 4-0 in the second period of the team's 4-2 win. The Islanders ousted Washington around 2:00 a.m. Easter Sunday morning in a four-overtime Game 7 epic in which Kelly Hrudey made an NHL-record 73 saves. Hrudey, however, was replaced after the first period (12 saves, 15 shots) for Billy Smith (7 saves, 8 shots).

MEDIA COVERAGE

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Bucks County Courier Times: Wayne Fish's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Comcast Sports Philadelphia: Sarah Baicker's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/sbaickerCSN

Comcast Sports Philadelphia: John Boruk's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/JohnBorukCSN

Comcast Sports Philadelphia: Tim Panaccio's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/sports04

Courier-Post of South Jersey: Dave Isaac's Blog

| http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/flyers

Courier-Post of South Jersey: Dave Isaac's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times

| http://www.delcotimes.com/flyers

Delaware County Times: Rob Parent's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

Flyers Inside Reporter: Anthony SanFilippo's Blog

| http://flyers.nhl.com/club/blog.htm?id=804

Flyers Inside Reporter: Anthony SanFilippo's Twitter

| https://twitter.com/InsideTheFlyers

HockeyBuzz.com

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

HockeyBuzz.com: Bill Meltzer's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Philadelphia Daily News: Frank Seravalli's Blog

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Philadelphia Daily News: Frank Seravalli's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/DNFlyers

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Philadelphia Inquirer: Sam Carchidi's Blog

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Philadelphia Inquirer: Sam Carchidi's Twitter

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Sports Radio 94 WIP

| http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/category/sports/flyers/

Sports Radio 97.5 The Fanatic

| http://www.975thefanatic.com/teams/flyers/home.aspx

ESPN New York

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hockey/category/_/name/new-york-rangers

ESPN New York (Katie Strang's Twitter)

| https://twitter.com/KatieStrangESPN

NJ.com

| http://www.nj.com/rangers/

New York Daily News (blog)

| http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/

New York Daily News (Pat Leonard's Twitter)

| https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN

New York Post

| http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/rangers.htm

New York Post (Larry Brooks' Twitter)

| http://twitter.com/nyp_brooksie

New York Rangers (Jim Cerny's Twitter)

| https://twitter.com/JimCerny

New York Times

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Newsday (blog)

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/blue-notes-1.811976

Newsday (Steve Zipay's Twitter)

| http://twitter.com/stevezipay

NorthJersey.com (blog)

| http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/

NorthJersey.com (Andrew Gross' Twitter)

| http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

SportsNet New York

| http://snyrangersblog.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Raining Blood" by Slayer

FlyTimmo · Apr 18, 2014

Well, I expect a better performance. It may not be a win, but maybe it will be better.

StandingCow · Apr 18, 2014

They better play Akeson again, don't play that bum Downie.

And as a team they better freaking show up this time, that was a terrible game last night.

Swic21 · Apr 18, 2014

Show emotion. Get in on the forecheck and hit these guys.

dats81 · Apr 18, 2014

Some players looked a little tentative in game 1.

Playing physicly, on the edge, getting into opponents' heads is what the Flyers are. Berube tried to have them play more contained but they never practiced that kind of game in the regular season.

Jtown · Apr 18, 2014

I think if we want to win this series we need to use giroux as a decoy. Split Voracek and him up, and put voracek with coots and read. That would be our best 2 way line.

chupanibre · Apr 18, 2014

I'm willing to give Akeson another shot, he was playing so well until... the incident...

Have to play better this game, Game 1 was ****.

SolidSnakeUS · Apr 18, 2014

Step the **** up. End of story.

sa cyred · Apr 18, 2014

McGinn sent down. VV called up. Akeson better play over VV

SolidSnakeUS · Apr 18, 2014

McGinn has done nothing. I think VV would be good at stirring the pot but not be stupid about it. Plus, we'd probably need a PKer.

I hope he's in over Rinaldo.

Hartnell-Giroux-Voracek
Raffl-Schenn-Simmonds
Read-Couturier-Akeson
VV-Vinny-Hall

RJ8812* · Apr 18, 2014

The Flyers usually lose the first game of the series (4-10 in their past 14). I expect a much better effort and result on Sunday

Adam Warlock · Apr 18, 2014

The shift last night that led to the goal is exactly how they have to play the whole game. Hartnell rocked Mcdonough, and it led to a defensive breakdown for the Rangers. That is how you beat them. You cant just play into their system...hopefully they realize that.

Krazed Flyer · Apr 18, 2014

It's a bunch of birthdays on Sunday. We had better win. Forwards need to step the **** up, we need heavier hits on rangers' defense, and we need more shots, from anywhere like Amac's. And our D can't let rangers skate circles around them. Akeson was awesome prior to the mishap, and refs need to Dr it her call them all or none at all.

SuchySays · Apr 18, 2014

Maybe that beat down will wake them up.. if not.. i'll be surprised if it actually goes 5.

LETS GO FLYERS

Dirty but Good · Apr 18, 2014

I'm expecting better too. Much better.

UKFlyers · Apr 18, 2014

dats81 said:
Some players looked a little tentative in game 1.

Playing physicly, on the edge, getting into opponents' heads is what the Flyers are. Berube tried to have them play more contained but they never practiced that kind of game in the regular season.

I'm not sure if it's an Emery thing. They were like that against Boston and Tampa when Emery started. Tentative and not willing to take risks. They were pretty meh in the 3rd against Pittsburgh. Maybe they've lost faith in Emery and are having to play a more controlled, defence minded game? That's what I'm hoping, anyway.

Sam Carchidi ‏@BroadStBull

Mason, alternating with Heeter, now talking to trainer McCrossin about how he feels. If I'm reading body language correctly, he plays Sun.

Mason has been out practicing with some of last night's scratches. Has to be a positive.

RJ8812* · Apr 18, 2014

Good to hear, but it's going to take more than just Mason in net for us to win game 2

DrinkFightFlyers · Apr 18, 2014

Gotta believe they come out with fire on Sunday. These guys (as the avatar's indicate) are comeback kids. It's almost like they needed to lose that game to win the series...right? I expect G to be kicking ass today and tomorrow in the locker room and get them ready to go on the ice on Sunday. Mason returns. Giroux plays lights out. Olde tyme hockey!

dats81 · Apr 18, 2014

Giroux better kick his own ass for his average play, the bad penalty and not getting anything significant done yesterday. He needs to lead the way!

dats81 · Apr 18, 2014

I'm not convinced Berube knows **** about how to beat the Rangers:

Yesterday is was all about dumping the puck deep because Mc Donagh is so good with the stick:

â€œDump the puck into his side, make him get it, bang him.
...Defensively, if we donâ€™t get pucks deep we will lose this series. They've got a lot of guys who are quick and can counter and score. We've got to get pucks deeps. That has to be our mindset from the get-go.â€

(Panaccio)

Today it's the opposite:

"Berube says Flyers will try to skate puck into zone more and have fewer dump ins."
( Sam Carchidi)

chupanibre · Apr 18, 2014

SolidSnakeUS said:
McGinn has done nothing. I think VV would be good at stirring the pot but not be stupid about it. Plus, we'd probably need a PKer.

I hope he's in over Rinaldo.

Hartnell-Giroux-Voracek
Raffl-Schenn-Simmonds
Read-Couturier-Akeson
VV-Vinny-Hall

Really? I didn't think Rinaldo did too badly last game, especially in periods 1 and 2.

SolidSnakeUS · Apr 18, 2014

chupanibre said:
Really? I didn't think Rinaldo did too badly last game, especially in periods 1 and 2.

It's more the idea that VV has about as much speed but has a much better defensive game while still trying to mix crap up.

TheKingPin · Apr 18, 2014

Thank god

http://mobile.philly.com/blogs/?wss=/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/&id=255782341

RoDu · Apr 18, 2014

-Giroux needs a big game, his line mates will have big games as a result
-keep pounding McDonaugh, our lone goal came off this
-ignore Dorsett
-PP will need at least a goal
-get some offensive zone face offs sheesh

Beef Invictus · Apr 18, 2014

RoDu said:
-Giroux needs a big game, his line mates will have big games as a result
-keep pounding McDonaugh, our lone goal came off this
-ignore Dorsett
-PP will need at least a goal
-get some offensive zone face offs sheesh

-Stop gifting them the blue line.

GDT: PO Game #2 |Flyers at Rangers | Sun., Apr. 20, 2014 |12:00 p.m. ET

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