GDT: Tue. Oct 25th 2016 | Buffalo Sabres @ Philadelphia Flyers | 7:30 pm ET

[BernieParent]

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 – 7:30 pm (EST)
Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA



Buffalo Sabres (1-2-1 L2) v. Philadelphia Flyers (2-3-1 L1)

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

GOALTENDERS:

No. | Player | Pos | GP | GS | W | : | OTL | GAA | SV%
30 | Michael Neuvirth | G | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 0.854
35 | Steve Mason | G | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.07 | 0.896

DEFENSEMEN:

No. | Player | Pos | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM
9 | Ivan Provorov | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 2
23 | Brandon Manning | D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4
32 | Mark Streit | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6
47 | Andrew MacDonald | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4
53 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2
55 | Nick Schultz | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0
3 | Radko Gudas | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

FORWARDS:

No. | Player | Pos | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM
93 | Jakub Voracek | R | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 24
28 | Claude Giroux | C | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 0
10 | Brayden Schenn | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2
11 | Travis Konecny | L | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4
12 | Michael Raffl | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
13 | Roman Lyubimov | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0
14 | Sean Couturier | C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2
17 | Wayne Simmonds | R | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 12
22 | Dale Weise | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
24 | Matt Read | L | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0
25 | Nick Cousins | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2
27 | Boyd Gordon | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2
76 | Chris Vandevelde | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0
78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
XX | Taylor Leier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

POTENTIAL LINE-UP:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Brayden Schenn | Claude Giroux | Wayne Simmonds
Travis Konecny | Sean Couturier | Jakub Voracek
Nick Cousins | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | Matt Read
Chris Vandevelde | Boyd Gordon | Roman Lyubimov

Left Defense | Right Defense
Andrew MacDonald | Shayne Gostisbehere
Ivan Provorov | Superstar Brandon Manning
Mark Streit | Radko Gudas

Goalie
Michael Neuvirth (probable starter)
Steve Mason

BUFFALO SABRES

GOALTENDERS:

No. | Player | Pos | GP | GS | W | : | OTL | GAA | SV%
XX | Robin Lehner | G | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.01 | 0.892
XX | Anders Nilsson | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000
XX | Linus Ullmark | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000

DEFENSEMEN:

No. | Player | Pos | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM
XX | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 2
XX | Cody Franson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
XX | Jake McCabe | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4
XX | Dmitry Kulikov | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
XX | Josh Gorges | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8
XX | Zach Bogosian | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2

FORWARDS:

No. | Player | Pos | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM
XX | Ryan O’Reilly | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0
XX | Brian Gionta | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0
XX | Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0
XX | Marcus Foligno | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4
XX | Johan Larsson | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4
XX | Matt Moulson | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0
XX | Sam Reinhart | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0
XX | Tyler Ennis | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0
XX | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0
XX | Evander Kane | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
XX | Nicolas Deslauriers | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4
XX | Derek Grant | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2
XX | Hudson Fasching | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0

POTENTIAL LINE-UP:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Matt Moulson | Ryan O'Reilly | Kyle Okposo
Tyler Ennis | Sam Reinhart | Zemgus Girgensons
Marcus Foligno | Johan Larsson | Brian Gionta
Nicolas Deslauriers | Derek Grant | Hudson Fasching

Left Defense | Right Defense
Josh Gorges | Rasmus Ristolainen
Dmitry Kulikov | Zach Bogosian
Jake McCabe | Cody Franson

Goalie
Anders Nilsson (expected to be Georges Vézina)
Linus Ullmark

SCRATCHES – FLYERS:

No. | Player | Position | Reason
10 | Dale Weise | R | Suspended
13 | Michael Raffo | L | Uber
15 | Michael Del Zotto | D | LBI
21 | Scott Laughton | C | Knee’ds more time in AHL

SCRATCHES – COYOTES:

No. | Player | Position | Reason
XX | Jack Eichel | C | Foot injury
XX | Robin Lehner | G | Illness (day to day)
XX | Evander Kane | R | Not criminally responsible for cracking his ribs

HEAD TO HEAD

• Flyers are 84-59-20-7 all-time against the Sabres; 50-20-12-5 at home
• In 2015-16, Flyers were 1-1-0-1



MEDIA

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

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/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

HISTORY – OCTOBER 25​

• 1854 – Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War; 409 die, Radko Gudas suspended 10 games.
• 1859 – US President Chester A. Arthur (30) weds Ellen Herndon (22). Attendees were quoted as saying, “I can’t believe we’re at a wedding that will be listed on the Internet for this date because so few really interesting things otherwise happened.”
• 1984 – Flyers Hall of Famer Tim Kerr tied the team record for goals in a single regular season game with four.

INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT BUFFALO​

• Despite its name, surprisingly few buffalo still live in the downtown area.
• “Buffalo wings” were invented by Teressa Bellissimo at the Anchor Bar in 1964. The SPCA still mourns the slaughter of thousands of buffalo for only their wings.
• Sometimes also referred to as the “City of Light,” Buffalo was one of the first American cities to have electric street lamps. The most famous lighting of a Buffalo lamp is accredited to Brett Hull.
• President William McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo and subsequently died in the city eight days later. The ultimate cause of his death was classified as boredom.
• Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright erected several buildings in the region, including Graycliff Estate and the Martin House Complex. Not particularly interesting, but my inner 8-year-old just wanted the opportunity to post the word “erect” (giggle).

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[Captain Dave Poulin]

Excellent GDT, Bernie

Play like we did last night and we'll turn this bunch over. Looking for Neuvy to play a blinder and lead us to victory, Lube to continue to show us that he belongs, and Ghost to cut them to ribbons from the point. Let's go, boys.

 

[WIP CALLER]

Great job on the GDT, particularly the interesting facts section lol really need a win tonight. Buffalo really isn't a good team. We should be able to put at least 4 on them.

 

[Appleyard]

Leier called up.

Raffl must have been put on IR, as we have 24 on the roster right now if not:

x15 Fwds: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Schenn, Couturier, Konecny, Raffl, Weise, Cousins, Read, Bellemare, Gordon, Lyubimov, VandeVelde, Leier.
x7 Dmen: Gudas, Ghost, Provorov, Streit, Manning, MacDonald, Schultz.
x2 Goalies: Mason, Neuvirth.

 

[Rebels57]

Great job Bernie

Minor correction, Voracek has 8 points not 7

 

[BernieParent]

Leier called up.

Raffl must have been put on IR, as we have 24 on the roster right now if not:

x15 Fwds: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Schenn, Couturier, Konecny, Raffl, Weise, Cousins, Read, Bellemare, Gordon, Lyubimov, VandeVelde, Leier.
x7 Dmen: Gudas, Ghost, Provorov, Streit, Manning, MacDonald, Schultz.
x2 Goalies: Mason, Neuvirth.

I just came to add Leier to the roster.

Great job Bernie

Minor correction, Voracek has 8 points not 7

Thanks, Hawkeye!

 

[GingerFetish]

pray for

Leier - Cousins - Read
Bellemare - Gordon - Lyubimov

 

[Rebels57]

pray for

Leier - Cousins - Read
Bellemare - Gordon - Lyubimov

This line would get humiliated along the wall lol.

I'd actually like to see Lyubimov on Line 3. Give him some more ice time to see what he has.

 

[GingerFetish]

This line would get humiliated along the wall lol.

I'd actually like to see Lyubimov on Line 3. Give him some more ice time to see what he has.

3 skill lines boi
now if only the 4th line didnt get offensive zone time all the time

 

[Curufinwe]

Leier called up.

Raffl must have been put on IR, as we have 24 on the roster right now if not:

x15 Fwds: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Schenn, Couturier, Konecny, Raffl, Weise, Cousins, Read, Bellemare, Gordon, Lyubimov, VandeVelde, Leier.
x7 Dmen: Gudas, Ghost, Provorov, Streit, Manning, MacDonald, Schultz.
x2 Goalies: Mason, Neuvirth.

Seems like a strange move unless someone else is hurt.

 

[SuchySays]

Boruk says Couturier is a game-time decision.

 

[hatcher]

Boruk says Couturier is a game-time decision.

He looked slower than normal last night. ****in injury bug.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Any word on pairings?

 

[bennysflyers16]

Leier , hope he gets in for VDV, he and Lube add so much speed to bottom 6.

Too bad if Couts is injured after that line has looked so good.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Any word on pairings?

Have a feeling they pull Schultz out even though Streit and A mac have been worse

Prov ManDog
Ghost Gudas
Streit A Mac

 

[Striiker]

Couturier better not be hurt. ****in hell, the top 6 needs to carry this team.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Have a feeling they pull Schultz out even though Streit and A mac have been worse

Prov ManDog
Ghost Gudas
Streit A Mac

Schultz has played 167/170 games since he's been here. I don't think he'll get yanked yet, but we'll see.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

How bout we, you know, win?

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

So many injuries and suspensions early. Gudas is back!

 

[Les Averman]

As much as it'll suck if Couts is out tonight, I'm pretty sure you could put just about anybody out there with Voracek and Konecny with the way they're playing in the offensive zone. Couturier has been pretty subpar offensively in the last couple of games, actually. It'd be another story in the defensive zone, though.

That being said, I'd absolutely hate losing him, as we saw what happened against the Caps when he was out.

 

[Rebels57]

Voracek is driving play on that line. I'd probably just stick Cousins in there as 2C. He can at least keep up with Jake and TK. We would have to alter the lines usage but at least we are on home ice.

 

[Magua]

I'm pretty sure you could put just about anybody out there with Voracek and Konecny with the way they're playing in the offensive zone

Coots isn't the flashiest on that line, but he has a big effect in every zone, including the offensive zone: forechecking, creating turnovers, cycling, always being in the right position. He's pretty far from replaceable offensively.

 

[CSKA1974]

Excellent GDT, BP.

Thank you for lightning my day.

 

[Les Averman]

Coots isn't the flashiest on that line, but he has a big effect in every zone, including the offensive zone: forechecking, creating turnovers, cycling, always being in the right position. He's pretty far from replaceable offensively.

Well you conveniently skipped the next sentence where I said that Couturier has been subpar in the offensive zone over the last couple of games. With the way he's played the last 2-3 games, he would be replaceable offensively to get similar output. I clearly stated it would not be good long term, however, given his play the last week or so (which could be related to whatever injury he's nursing) than I wouldn't expect much to change offensively from the past few games.

The heavy bulk of their offense lately has been created off the rush from either TK or Voracek or with Voracek controlling possession along the boards. Shake your head all you want, but he played far better the first week of the season than the second week, and it may be the result of an injury for all we know.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Raffl has been placed on IR, that is now official.