GDT: #2| New Jersey at FLYERS |Thu., Oct. 9, 2014| 7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (0-1-0, 0-0-0 home ) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (0-0-0, 0-0-0 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: MSG PLUS, CSN-PH
• Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
  1. http://atdee.net/index.html
  2. http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
  3. http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=icehockey
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2014020006

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=733702&navid=DL|PHI|home
• Stats and Notes: Currently unavailable
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Devils' Stats: http://devils.nhl.com/index.html

Teams' Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Devils |0| 0-0-0| 0-0-0| 0-0-0 |0-0-0| 0.00| 0.00 |0.0 |0.0| 0.0| 0.0 |0.0| 0.0
Flyers |1| 0-1-0 |0-0-0 |0-1-0 |0-1-0 |1.00 |2.00 |0.0 |50.0 |11.0 |20.0 |33.0 |41.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

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

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
42| Jason Akeson | R |5' 10" |190| Jun 3, 1990 |24| Ottawa, ON, CAN
78| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare| L |6' 0"| 198| Mar 6, 1985| 29| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14| Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |21 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
28| Claude Giroux "C" | C |5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |26| Hearst, ON, CAN
41| Blair Jones |C |6' 2"| 216 |Sep 27, 1986| 28 |Central Butte, SK, CAN
40| Vincent Lecavalier| C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980 |34| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12| Michael Raffl | L |6' 0"| 195 |Dec 1, 1988 |25| Villach, AUT
24| Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986| 28 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo| C |5' 11"| 169| Jun 15, 1990 |24| Mississauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1"| 190 |Aug 22, 1991 |23| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R |6' 2"|183|Aug 26, 1988| 26| Scarborough, ON, CAN
18 | R.J. Umberger | C |6' 2" |214 |May 3, 1982 |32 |Pittsburgh, PA, USA
93 | Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |25| Kladno, CZE
25 | Ryan White | C | 6' 0"|193|Mar 17, 1988 |26 | Brandon, MB, CAN

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
15 | Michael Del Zotto | 6' 0"| 195| Jun 24, 1990| 24| Stouffville, ON, CAN
8 | Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |29 |Stockholm, SWE
47| Andrew MacDonald | 6' 1"| 190| Sep 7, 1986| 28| 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
55 | Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203 |Aug 25, 1982| 32 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32 | Mark Streit "A" |5' 11"| 191 |Dec 11, 1977| 36| Bern, CHE
44 | Kimmo Timonen | 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 |32| Hamilton, ON, CAN
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 26| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
10 Brayden Schenn | 28 Claude Giroux | 93 Jakub Voracek
12 Michael Raffl | 40 Vincent Lecavalier |18 R.J. Umberger
24 Matt Read | 14 Sean Couturier | 17 Wayne Simmonds
36 Zac Rinaldo | 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 42 Jason Akeson

Pairings

Name | Name
47 Andrew MacDonald | 55 - Nick Schultz
8 Nicklas Grossmann | 32 Mark Streit
15 Michael Del Zotto | 22 Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (expected starter) | 29 - Ray Emery

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Braydon Coburn | will not play | lower body
Blair Jones | could be scratched | healthy
Chris Pronger | expected to miss the entire season | post-concussion syndrome
Nick Schultz | could be scratched | healthy
Kimmo Timonen | out indefinitely | blood clots in lungs and right calf
Ryan White| could be out five months from Aug. 27 | left pectoralis muscle surgery

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Wayne Simmonds | Claude Giroux | Vincent Lecavalier | Jakub Voracek| Mark Streit
No. 2| R.J. Umberger | Brayden Schenn |Matt Read |Andrew MacDonald |Michael Del Zotto

NEW JERSEY DEVILS​

DEVILS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Mike Cammalleri| Travis Zajac| Jaromir Jagr
Dainius Zubrus | Patrik Elias| Martin Havlat
Ryane Clowe| Adam Henrique | Michael Ryder
Tuomo Ruutu| Stephen Gionta| Jordin Tootoo

Pairings

Name | Name
Andy Greene| Damon Severson
Eric Gelinas| Jon Merrill
Bryce Salvador| Marek Zidlicky

Goalies

Name | Name
Cory Schneider (expected starter) | Scott Clemmensen

DEVILS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Damien Brunner | available | healthy
Jacob Josefson | available | healthy
Adam Larsson | available | healthy

DEVILS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Michael Cammalleri| Travis Zajac| Jaromir Jagr |Andy Greene | Marek Zidlicky
No. 2| Patrik Elias |Adam Henrique | Martin Havlat |Jon Merrill | Eric Gelinas

DEVILS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
12| Damien Brunner | R |5' 11" |185 |Mar 9, 1986 |28| Zürich, CHE
23| Mike Cammalleri | L |5' 9" |190 |Jun 8, 1982 |32| Richmond Hill, ON, CAN
29| Ryane Clowe |L |6' 3"| 225| Sep 30, 1982| 32| St. John's, NL, CAN
26 | Patrik Elias "A" | C |6' 1"| 195 |Apr 13, 1976| 38 |Trebic, CZE
11 | Stephen Gionta | C |5' 7"| 185| Oct 9, 1983| 30 |Rochester, NY, USA
9 |Martin Havlat |L| 6' 2"| 210| Apr 19, 1981 |33 |Mlada Boleslav, CZE
14 | Adam Henrique | C |6' 0"| 195 |Feb 6, 1990| 24| Brantford, ON, CAN
68 | Jaromir Jagr |R |6' 3" |230| Feb 15, 1972 |42 |Kladno, CZE
16 |Jacob Josefson | C |6' 1"| 190| Mar 2, 1991| 23 |Stockholm, SWE
15 | Tuomo Ruutu | L |6' 0" |205 |Feb 16, 1983 |31| Vantaa, FIN
17 | Michael Ryder | R |6' 1" |200 |Mar 31, 1980| 34| Bonavista, NL, CAN
20 |Jordin Tootoo | R |5' 9" |195 |Feb 2, 1983| 31| Churchill, MB, CAN
19 |Travis Zajac "A" | C| 6' 3"| 205| May 13, 1985 |29| Winnipeg, MB, CAN
8 |Dainius Zubrus | L| 6' 5" |225 |Jun 16, 1978| 36| Elektrenai, LTU

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
22| Eric Gelinas |6' 4"| 215| May 8, 1991 |23| Vanier, ON, CAN
6 |Andy Greene "A" | 5' 11" |190| Oct 30, 1982 |31| Trenton, MI, USA
5 | Adam Larsson | 6' 3" |205| Nov 12, 1992| 21| Skellefteå, SWE
7 | Jon Merrill |6' 3" |205 |Feb 3, 1992| 22 |Oklahoma City, OK, USA
24 | Bryce Salvador "C"| 6' 3"| 215 |Feb 11, 1976| 38| Brandon, MB, CAN
28| Damon Severson | 6' 2"| 205 |Aug 7, 1994| 20 |Brandon, MB, CAN
2 |Marek Zidlicky |5' 11" |190| Feb 3, 1977| 37| Most, CZE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
40| Scott Clemmensen | 6' 2" |200 |Jul 23, 1977| 37| Des Moines, IA, USA
35| Cory Schneider |6' 2" |205 |Mar 18, 1986| 28| Marblehead, MA, USA

FLYERS vs. DEVILS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 9-0-1-0 | 5-0-0-0 |4-0-1-0
Colorado Rockies | 19-4-2-0| 12-0-1-0 | 7-4-1-0
New Jersey Devils| 79-87-15-10 | 49-33-9-5 |30-54-6-5
Franchise History| 107-91-18-10| 66-33-10-5| 41-58-8-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Kansas City Scouts | 0-0 | 0-0 |0-0| 0-0
Colorado Rockies | 1-0|2-0 |1-0|1-0
New Jersey Devils| 2-3 | 14-14 |7-8| 7-6
Franchise History| 3-3| 16-14| 8-8|8-6

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New Jersey Devils| 3-7-0 in the last 10|0-4-0 in the last 3| 2-0-0 in the last 2

• The road teams have won the last five games.
• The Flyers are 1-7 (1-2 home, 0-5 away) in games decided by shootouts.
• The Flyers are 4-1 in PO games decided in OT (3-0 home, 1-1 away).
• Series history (prior GDT) -- http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=897703

FLYERS vs. DEVILS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thu Oct 9, 2014| New Jersey 6 at Philadelphia 4 |7:00 PM |MSG PLUS, CSN-PH
Thu Dec 11, 2014|New Jersey at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |MSG, CSN-PH
Sat Jan 3, 2015|Philadelphia at New Jersey |7:00 PM | NHLN-US, HNIC, CSN-PH, MSG PLUS
Sun Mar 8, 2015|Philadelphia at New Jersey |5:00 PM |TCN-PH, MSG PLUS

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=10/03/2014&team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Oct 11, 2014|Montréal at Philadelphia|7:00 PM |CITY TV, TVA Sports, CSN-PH
Tue Oct 14, 2014| Anaheim at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | PRIME, CSN-PH
Sat Oct 18, 2014| Philadelphia at Dallas |8:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-SW
Tue Oct 21, 2014| Philadelphia at Chicago |8:30 PM | NBCSN, CSN-PH, CSN-CH
Wed Oct 22, 2014| Philadelphia at Pittsburgh |8:00 PM | NBCSN, TVA Sports 2
Sat Oct 25, 2014| Detroit at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | SN360, FS-D, CSN-PH

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: October 9, 1986​

Ron Hextall made an auspicious NHL debut with 21 saves and Ron Sutter and Peter Zezel scored third period goals in the Flyers' 2-1 home win against the Edmonton Oilers . Jari Kurri scored a PPG 2:08 into the game, the first shot Hextall faced, and the goal held up until the 9-minute mark of the third period. Hextall later robbed Wayne Gretzky and when the incredulous Great One asked "Who are you?," Hextall replied "Ron Hextall. Who are you?" After the game, Gretzky said "He got stronger as the game went on. He just got better and better." Hextall asked about the start, said "I was really surprised that I started. I had a lot of butterflies during the (pregame) ceremonies but I calmed down once the game started."

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

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

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

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

Delaware County Times​

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

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

HockeyBuzz.com ​

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

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger​

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

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

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

Blog​

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

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli

Philadelphia Inquirer​

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

Blog​

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

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Bergen Record​

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

Tom Gulitti's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/TGfireandice

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/new-jersey-devils

Newark Star-Ledger ​

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

Rich Chere's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/ledger_njdevils

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[StandingCow]

Let's not start the season 0-2... please beat the devils..

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

I wish they would use these pairings on d even though mdz-schenn looked pretty good

Streit-Coburn
MacDonald-Schenn
Grossmann-mdz

Then look for someone to replace grossmann do mdz can play the left side

 

[RoDu]

a back to back already? sheesh

Rinaldo with a Gordie Howe

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Mason playing tonight fellas?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

How about we actually score on the PP this time?

 

[bennysflyers16]

First ever Philly,home game boys, zombie hips better not start.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Mason playing tonight fellas?

It hasn't been announced but I would suppose it being the home opener and against a division rival that Mason plays.

 

[Embiid]

Flyers better clean up their breakouts....Devils are one of the best puck possession teams..they just can't finish...or couldn't last year.

 

[dats81]

Hoping for a decisive win!

Expecting a typical game against the Devils though... tough defensive battles, many shots on goal but few quality scoring chances.
They better not dig themselves another slow start hole early.

 

[chupanibre]

Hope the 1st line light it up tonight. CMON FLYERS

 

[chupanibre]

What on earth is going on in the Devils GDT............ I don't even know

 

[SuchySays]

What on earth is going on in the Devils GDT............ I don't even know

one of the worst ever. embarrassing.

 

[McNasty]

Does anybody have a good feeling about this?

 

[Sik02gt]

one of the worst ever. embarrassing.

devils fan over here..was thinking the exact same crap, whoever made our gdt should be smacked...twice.

 

[Embiid]

What on earth is going on in the Devils GDT............ I don't even know

I just went over there.......I don't get it??

 

[flyershockey]

Does anybody have a good feeling about this?

Yes. Maybe I'm just an optimist, but I'd rather not approach every game with doomsday mentality.

Oh, and yeah, that Devils GDT sucks.

 

[Gert B Frobe]

Does anybody have a good feeling about this?

The only thing I'm fairly certain of is that the Devils are not as good as the Bruins and the Flyers almost squeaked out a tie/win last night.

 

[Striiker]

Flyers are winning this game 3-2, just so you know.

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

Hoping the first line shows up tonight, much easier competition for them against the Devils over Bruins, so I'm thinking they will.

Hopefully Mason is as solid as he was last night.

And finally, Coburn and AMac better get their **** together, if they're suppose to be our top pairing this season they've got a lot of work to do, because that was embarrassing. Mainly Coburn.

 

[Curufinwe]

Surprised Mason is starting. I thought Berube didn't like goalies playing back to back.

 

[PAZUZU]

I will be down there for this one

Astaroth is a good buddy of mine, haha

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

Devils forward group is so sad.

And Larsson is a scratch again?

Much better chance of winning tonight than last night.

 

[njdevil26]

I don't see you guys losing tonight honestly. The Devils are notorious for sleep walking through the first game of the year. Plus our coach is the worst. I would rather have a bowl of pickles coaching this team rather than DeBoer.

 

[YEM]

interesting stat [kinda]
Patrik Elias has played exactly 82 games against the Flyers in his career [reg season]
35g 45a 80 points +16