Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers
3 PM ET
National TV: NBC
Boston Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub FM
Philadelphia Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jaroslav Halak
31 GP | 18-6-0-6 | .919 Sv% | 2.39 GAA | 3 SO | 2 A | 2 Pts.
Carter Hart
43GP | 24-13-0-3 | .914 Sv % | 2.42 GAA | 1 SO
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TODAY'S OFFICIALS
Referees Frederick L'Ecuyer (17), Wes McCauley (4), Chris Lee (28)*
Linesmen Greg Devorski (54), Shandor Alphonso (52), Matt MacPherson (83)*
Boston Bruins: Media Notes
TODAY’S GAME - The Bruins host the Flyers today in the 1st game of their Round Robin series ... They will play TB on 8/5 (4:00) &WSH on 8/9 (TBD). - The Bruins played 10 matinees during the regular season &went 6-3-1 in those contests. - This is not the 1st time that the Bruins have played a playoff game at a neutral site ... Their 1st ever post-season game on 3/29/1927 – a 6-1 win vs. Chicago – was played at Madison Square Garden in New York, as Chicago Coliseum was previously booked for another event. 2020
POST-SEASON EXHIBITION GAME - July 30: Bos 1 vs Cmb 4 … The Blue Jackets opened a 3-0 1st period lead before David Pastrnak scored Boston’s lone goal in the 2nd ... Columbus added an ENG ... Tuukka Rask took the loss (30 MINS, 3 GA/20 SA) with Jaroslav Halak playing the final 29 MINS (0 GA/10 SA) ... SOG: Bos 24, Cmb 31 ... PP: 0/2 ... PK: 1/5
2020 ROUND ROBIN SERIES - The Bruins join the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning &Washington Capitals in a round-robin series to determine seeding for the 2020 Round One series. - Gm 1, Aug. 2: Phi 0 vs Bos 0 (3:00 pm) … - Gm 2, Aug. 5: TB 0 vs Bos 0 (4:00 pm) ... - Gm 3, Aug. 9: Wsh 0 vs Bos 0 (TBD) ...
BOSTON vs PHILADELPHIA, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Flyers have played 6 lifetime playoff series with each team winning 3 ... They have played 31 games with BOS holding an 18-13 advantage and 100-86 goals for/against edge. - Their last series was the 2011 Conference Quarterfinal which BOS won 4-0 ... David Krejci tied a club mark in that series with 3 of the 4 GWGs. - David Krejci is the Bruins' leading playoff scorer vs. the Flyers w/5-7=12 totals in 7 gp ... He is followed by Patrice Bergeron (2-9=11 in 11 gp), Zdeno Chara (3-7=10 in 22 gp) &Brad Marchand (4-2=6 in 4 gp).
2019-20 SEASON SERIES vs. PHILADELPHIA - The Bruins were 1-0-2 vs. Philadelphia this season with a 3-2 shootout loss in Boston on 11/10, 6-5 shootout loss at Philadelphia on 1/13 &2-0 win in Philadelphia o 3/10 in their last game prior to the pause &eventual end of the regular season ... David Pastrnak took an unsuccessful penalty shot vs. Carter Hart on 11/10. - Each team scored 9 goals in the series while the Flyers outshot the Bruins by a 104-88 margin. - David Krejci, Charlie Coyle &Brad Marchand led the Bruins in scoring with 3 points each, while Sean Couturier led the Flyers with 1-4=5 totals in the 3 games. - Tuukka Rask earned the 3/10 shutout while Jaroslav Halak was in goal for both shootout losses ... Carter Hart played all 3 games in the Flyers net. - The Bruins’ power play went 28.6% (2/7), while their penalty kill was at 87.5% (1/8). 2019-20
REGULAR SEASON RECAP - The Bruins won the President’s Trophy with an NHL-best 100 points, 44 wins &+53 goal differential ... It is their 3rd President’s Trophy (1989-90, 2013- 14) &is the 14th time they have led the NHL in points … They went 22-4-9 at home and 22-10-3 on the road. - The Bruins hit the 100-point plateau for the 3rd straight year &the 24th time overall in club annals ... It is the 3rd time in team history that they have had 3 straight 100-pt campaigns, trailing only their club-record 5 straight years from 1975-76—1979-80 &4 straight seasons from 1970-71—1973-74 ... They hit the 40-win mark for the 7th straight season. - Their 25.2% power play proficiency ranked 2nd overall in the NHL &they ranked 3rd in the NHL with an 84.2% penalty killing efficiency. - David Pastrnak led the Bruins in goals (48, tied for the NHL lead w/Alex Ovechkin) &points (95) with Brad Marchand leading in assists (59).
PLAYOFF NUMBERS 3: NHL awards won by Bruins this season ... Boston won the President’s Trophy with the League’s best record at 44-14-12 and 100 points ... David Pastrnak was the co-winner of the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy with 48 goals (tied with Alex Ovechkin) ... Tuukka Rask &Jaroslav Halak earned the William Jennings Trophy with the fewest goals allowed in 2019-20. 3: Bruins who are finalists for NHL awards this season ... Coach Bruce Cassidy is a finalist for the Jack Adams Trophy as the League’s top coach ... Rask is a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender ... Patrice Bergeron is a finalist for the 9th straight season for the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the League’s top defensive forward. Boston Bruins: Media Notes 4: Bruins who have played 100+ NHL post-season games … Zdeno Chara (182), Patrice Bergeron (137), David Krejci (132) &Brad Marchand (108). 5: Players on Boston’s current playoff roster who were members of the 2011 Stanley Cup championship Bruins team – Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, Brad Marchand, Tuukka Rask. 6: Stanley Cups won by Boston (1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011) … That is tied with Chicago for 4th among NHL teams, trailing only Montreal (24), Toronto (13) and Detroit (11). 9: Current Bruins who are looking to play their 1st NHL playoff games – Anders Bjork, Trent Frederic, Maxime Lagace, Jeremy Lauzon, Zach Senyshyn, Jack Studnicks, Urho Vaakanainen, Dan Vladar &Jakub Zboril. 74: Overall playoff appearances for the Bruins … The Bruins hold the NHL record for consecutive playoff appearances with 29 straight from 1968-1996.
OVERTIME STATS - The Bruins have played 136 OT games in their playoff history with a 58-75-3 overall record, 31-34-1 at home and 27-41-2 on the road. - They have gone to multiple OTs in 24 games and they are 9-9 in 2OT games, 3-2 in 3OT games and 0-1 in the 6OT 1933 semifinal vs. Toronto that was the longest such game i-n their history. - 5 current Bruins have career OT playoff goals: Bergeron (3); Krejci (2); Coyle, Marchand and Kuraly (1 each). - Tuukka Rask has an 11-11 record in 22 career playoff OT games, while Jaroslav Halak is 2-3 in 5 career OT contests.
MILESTONES APPROACHING - 9 Bruins are looking to play their 1st NHL playoff games: Anders Bjork, Trent Frederic, Maxime Lagace, Jeremy Lauzon, Zach Senyshyn, Jack Studnicka, Urho Vaakanainen, Daniel Vladar and Jakub Zboril - Par Lindholm is looking for his 1st NHL playoff point. - John Moore: Is 2 games shy of his 50th NHL playoff game - Torey Krug: Needs 4 points to record his 50th NHL playoff point
SINCE 2017 POST-SEASON: - The Bruins are tied for 3rd in the NHL in playoff wins w/44 (WSH 26, NSH 23). - They are 2nd overall in goals for w/133 (WSH 142). - They have the best power play percentage over that span at 31.7%. - Brad Marchand is tied for 3rd in the NHL w/44 points (Crosby 49, Kuznetsov 48) ... David Pastrnak is tied for 4th w/43 points &Patrice Bergeron ranks 6th in that span w/37. - Bergeron also ranks 2nd overall w/10 PPGs (Ovechkin 11).
ALL-TIME TEAM PLAYOFF LISTS: Games 1 - Ray Bourque - 180 2 - Wayne Cashman - 145 3 - Zdeno Chara - 137 4 - Patrice Bergeron - 136 5 - Don Marcotte - 132 6 - David Krejci - 132 7 - Rick Middleton - 111 8 - John Bucyk - 109 9 – Brad Marchand - 108 10 – Terry O’Reilly - 108 Goals 1 - Cam Neely - 55 2 - Phil Esposito - 46 3 - Rick Middleton - 45 4 – Patrice Bergeron - 40 5 – John Bucyk - 40 6 - Peter McNab - 38 7 – David Krejci - 36 8 – Ray Bourque - 36 9 - Ken R. Hodge - 34 10 - Don Marcotte - 34 Assists 1 - Ray Bourque - 125 2 - David Krejci - 67 3 - Bobby Orr - 66 4 - Patrice Bergeron - 63 5 - John Bucyk - 60 6 - Wayne Cashman - 57 7 - Phil Esposito - 56 8 - Craig Janney - 56 9 - Rick Middleton - 55 10 - Brad Park - 55 Points 1 - Ray Bourque - 161 2 - David Krejci - 103 3 - Patrice Bergeron - 103 4 - Phil Esposito - 102 5 - Rick Middleton - 100 6 - John Bucyk - 100 7 - Bobby Orr - 92 8 - Wayne Cashman - 88 9 - Cam Neely – 87 10 – Brad Marchand - 83
Philadelphia Flyers: Media Notes
TODAY’S GAME The Philadelphia Flyers start the Round Robin section of the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers this afternoon as they take on the Boston Bruins. The Flyers have been off for the past four days after taking a 3-2 OT win in their exhibition game vs. PIT. The Flyers are the #4 seed after finishing the regular season with a record of 41-21-7 for 89 points and a points percentage of .645. Their second game of the round robin comes up on Thursday when they take on the Washington Capitals, after which they’ll conclude the qualifiers next Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
BROADCAST INFO TV: NBC (John Forslund, Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher) Radio: Flyers Radio Network – 97.5 The Fanatic, 97.3 ESPN Radio Atlantic City, worldwide at FlyersRadio247.com and via the Flyers Mobile App Online Streaming: NBC Sports | Live 2020
FLYERS PLAYOFF MEDIA GUIDE Available here: Box Downloading the file will permit use of the embedded bookmarks.
FLYERS VS. BOSTON The Flyers and Bruins completed their season series this year, with Philadelphia taking two wins in a shootout and Boston winning 2-0 in Philly on March 10 in what turned out to be the final game of the season for both teams. The March 10 loss snapped a nine-game winning streak for the Flyers. The two clubs have played six playoff series over their history – four times in the span of five seasons in the 1970s, and two consecutive years in 2010 and 2011. The Flyers are 3-3 in the six series, including a win in the 1974 Stanley Cup Final. On the other two occasions the Flyers beat Boston in a playoff series, 1976 and 2010, they advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in both playoff runs.
SEASON SERIES Sunday, November 10, 2019 – Flyers 3, Boston 2 (SO) at TD Garden: Joel Farabee scored the only goal of the shootout opposite three saves from Carter Hart to earn the Flyers the extra point and their fourth win in a row. The Flyers took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission on goals from Travis Konecny with 6:10 to go in the period and a power play tally from Philippe Myers that came with 2:04 left in the frame. The Bruins eventually answered with third period goals from Danton Heinen and Brad Marchand, and after Hart stopped a David Pastrnak penalty shot with 4:56 to play, the game proceeded to the shootout. Farabee’s goal came in the first round, and Hart clinched it with another stop on Pastrnak in the third round. Hart made 26 saves in regulation and overtime to earn the win, while Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 of 29. Stars of the Game: 1 – Joel Farabee; 2 – Travis Konecny; 3 – Brad Marchand.
Monday, January 13, 2020 – Flyers 6, Boston 5 (SO) at Wells Fargo Center: Travis Sanheim tied the game with 7:02 to play in the third period and Travis Konency was the only successful shootout participant as the Flyers erased a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 shootout win. The Bruins picked up the game’s first two goals before Kevin Hayes made it 2-1 on a power play with 1:38 left in the first period. The teams traded goals over the first 72 seconds of the second period, with David Pastrnak starting it off 33 seconds in only to see Sanheim get it back at the 1:12 mark. Boston got two more in the next 6 ½ minutes, from Charlie Coyle and David Krejci, to make it 5-2. The comeback began with two goals in just over 90 seconds in the second – Sean Couturier scored with 6:48 to play, followed by one from Connor Bunnaman 1:34 later. Sanheim’s second goal was the only one scored in the third. After a scoreless overtime, Konecny tallied in the fifth shootout round, while Carter Hart was able to keep out all the shootout attempts that reached him. Hart made 26 saves in regulation and overtime, while Jaroslav Halak absorbed the loss with 34 stops. Stars of the Game: 1 – Travis Konecny; 2 – Travis Sanheim; 3 – Sean Couturier.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 – Boston 2, Flyers 0 at Wells Fargo Center: The Flyers controlled play for the better part of two periods, outshooting Boston 24-14 in the first 40 minutes, but Tuukka Rask turned them away at every opportunity to anchor the Bruins’ 2-0 win. Carter Hart matched Rask until Matt Grzelcyk finally broke through on a power play with 1:21 to play in the second period. Patrice Bergeron added an insurance goal with 5:20 to play. Rask made 36 saves in the shutout, while Hart absorbed the loss despite 27 saves. Stars of the Game: 1 – Tuukka Rask; 2 – Matt Grzelcyk; 3 – Patrice Bergeron.
REGULAR SEASON LIFETIME VS. BOS Home: 100 GP, 42-44-10-4, 98 pts (.490) Road: 101 GP, 31-53-11-6,79 pts (.391) Total: 201 GP, 73-97-21-10, 177 pts (.440)
PHI CAREER LEADERS VS. BOS Bunnaman – 1 GP, 1-0-1, 1.00 PPG Friedman – 1 GP, 0-1-1, 1.00 PPG Myers – 2 GP, 1-1-2, 1.00 PPG Voracek – 31 GP, 6-21-27, 0.87 PPG Lindblom – 6 GP, 2-3-5, 0.83 PPG Giroux – 39 GP, 10-19-29, 0.74 PPG van Riemsdyk – 36 GP, 14-12-26, 0.72 PPG Elliott – 15 GP, 3-8-0-3, 3.08 GAA, 1 SO Hart – 5 GP, 4-1-0-0, 2.71 GAA, 0 SO Lyon – 1 GP, 0-1-0-0, 3.00 GAA, 0 SO BOS CAREER LEADERS VS. PHI Pastrnak – 16 GP, 9-6-15, 0.94 PPG Krejci – 40 GP, 9-27-36, 0.90 PPG Marchand – 34 GP, 12-16-28, 0.82 PPG Bergeron – 50 GP, 15-21-36, 0.72 PPG Rask – 22 GP, 15-2-0-4, 1.94 GAA, 3 SO Halak – 19 GP, 10-6-0-3, 2.47 GAA, 3 SO
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