GDT: #42: Rangers at Flyers, Saturday, January 16, 2016, 1:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (19-15-7, 11-5-4 home ) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (23-15-5, 7-10-3 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: SN, MSG, CSN-PH
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020660
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post or inquire about such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020660
• 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%
Rangers|43| 23-15-5 |16-5-2 |7-10-3| 4-5-1 |2.86 |2.58 |18.3 |79.9 |8.9 |28.4 |30.2 |50.1
Flyers | 41 |19-15-7 |11-5-4 |8-10-3 |6-3-1 |2.27 |2.61 |15.4 |78.3 |12.5 |30.0 |32.1 |49.7

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 | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L |6' 0"|198|Mar 6, 1985| 30| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |23| Phoenix, AZ, USA
28 | Claude Giroux "C"| C| 5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |28| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
12 | Michael Raffl | L |6' 0" |195| Dec 1, 1988 |27| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185| Jun 14, 1986| 29 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn | C |6' 1" |190| Aug 22, 1991| 24 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R| 6' 2" |183|Aug 26, 1988 |27|Scarborough, ON, CAN
20 | R.J. Umberger |C |6' 2"| 214 |May 3, 1982 |33| Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76 | Chris VandeVelde | C |6' 2" |190| Mar 15, 1987 |28| Moorhead, MN, USA
93 |Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |26| Kladno, CZE
19 |Jordan Weal | C |5' 10" |179| Apr 15, 1992 |23| North Vancouver, BC, CAN
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0"| 201| Mar 17, 1988| 27 |Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
15| Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |25 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
53| Shayne Gostisbehere | 5' 11" |160 |Apr 20, 1993 |22| Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
3 |Radko Gudas |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990| 25| Prague, CZE
23| Brandon Manning | 6' 1"| 195 |Jun 4, 1990| 25 |Prince George, BC, CAN
82| Evgeny Medvedev | 6' 3"| 198| Aug 27, 1982| 33 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |38| Bern, CHE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4" |217 |May 29, 1988 |27 |Oakville, ON, CAN
30 | Michal Neuvirth| 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988 |27| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
93 - Jakub Voracek | 28 - Claude Giroux |17 - Wayne Simmonds
12 - Michael Raffl |14 - Sean Couturier |10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | 25 - Ryan White
24 - Matt Read | 21 - Scott Laughton|20 - R.J. Umberger

Pairings

Name | Name
15 - Michael Del Zotto |3 - Radko Gudas
55 - Nick Schultz | 32 - Mark Streit
23 - Brandon Manning or 82 - Evgeny Medvedev |53 - Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (likely starter, not confirmed) |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Shayne Gostisbehere | expected to play | lower body, speculated as groin
Brandon Manning or Evgeny Medvedev | available | one could be scratched
Jordan Weal |available | could be a healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek |Mark Streit
No. 2| Sean Couturier| Matt Read| Michael Raffl |Shayne Gostisbehere | Michael Del Zotto

NEW YORK RANGERS​

RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
20 - Chris Kreider | 21 - Derek Stepan |61 - Rick Nash
10 - J.T. Miller |16 - Derick Brassard |36 - Mats Zuccarello
13 - Kevin Hayes |24 - Oscar Lindberg| 19 - Jesper Fast
15 - Tanner Glass | 28 - Dominic Moore | 25 - Viktor Stalberg or 23 -Jayson Megna

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Ryan McDonagh | 8 - Kevin Klein
18 - Marc Staal | 22 - Dan Boyle
93 - Keith Yandle | 5 - Dan Girardi

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Henrik Lundqvist (starter, confirmed) |32 - Antti Raanta

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Dan Girardi | probable| lacerated hand
Dylan McIlrath | available | could be replaced by Girardi
Viktor Stalberg or Jayson Megna | available | one could be a healthy scratch

RANGERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Rick Nash | Derick Brassard | Mats Zuccarello |Ryan McDonagh | Dan Boyle
No. 2:| Chris Kreider |Derek Stepan | Kevin Hayes |Keith Yandle| J.T. Miller

RANGERS' ROSTER​

Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
16| Derick Brassard | C| 6' 1"| 205| Sep 22, 1987 |28| Hull, QC, CAN
19| Jesper Fast |R |6' 0" |188 |Dec 2, 1991| 24| Nassjo, SWE
15 |Tanner Glass | L| 6' 1" |213 |Nov 29, 1983 |32| Regina, SK, CAN
13| Kevin Hayes |R |6' 5"| 227| May 8, 1992 |23 |Dorchester, MA, USA
20| Chris Kreider | L| 6' 3" |226 |Apr 30, 1991 |24 |Boxford, MA, USA
24| Oscar Lindberg | C |6' 1" |195 |Oct 29, 1991| 24| Skellefteå, SWE
23 | Jayson Megna | C| 6' 1"| 195 |Feb 1, 1990| 25| Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
10| J.T. Miller | C| 6' 1" |205| Mar 14, 1993| 22| East Palestine, OH, USA
28| Dominic Moore | C |6' 0" |192| Aug 3, 1980| 35| Thornhill, ON, CAN
61| Rick Nash |L |6' 4" |220| Jun 16, 1984 |31 |Brampton, ON, CAN
25| Viktor Stalberg| L |6' 3"| 209| Jan 17, 1986 |29| Gothenburg, SWE
21| Derek Stepan "A" | C |6' 0"| 196 |Jun 18, 1990| 25| Hastings, MN, USA
36| Mats Zuccarello | R| 5' 7" |179| Sep 1, 1987 |28 |Oslo, NOR

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
22| Dan Boyle | 5' 11"| 194 |Jul 12, 1976 |39| Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 | Dan Girardi "A"| 6' 1" |208| Apr 29, 1984| 31| Welland, ON, CAN
8 | Kevin Klein |6' 1" |202 |Dec 13, 1984| 31| Kitchener, ON, CAN
27| Ryan McDonagh "C" | 6' 1" |216 |Jun 13, 1989| 26| St. Paul, MN, USA
6 | Dylan McIlrath | 6' 5" |220 |Apr 20, 1992| 23| Winnipeg, MB, CAN
18 | Marc Staal "A" | 6' 4" |207 |Jan 13, 1987 |29| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
93 |Keith Yandle |6' 1" |196| Sep 9, 1986 |29 |Boston, MA, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30| Henrik Lundqvist | 6' 1" |188 |Mar 2, 1982 |33| Are, SWE
32 | Antti Raanta | 6' 0"| 193 |May 12, 1989| 26| Rauma, FIN

FLYERS vs. RANGERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers| 121-117-37-8 |69-54-14-5| 52-63-23-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Rangers |6-5 |30-24|19-11| 11-13

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers|3-0-1 in the last 4 |5-1-1 in the last 7|1-10-0 in the last 11

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

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Philadelphia at Detroit | 7:30 PM | NBCSN
Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Toronto at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TVAS, TSN4, CSN-PH
Thu Jan 21, 2016 | Philadelphia at Pittsburgh |7:00 PM |CSN-PH, ROOT
Sat Jan 23, 2016 | Philadelphia at NY Islanders | 7:30 PM | TCN-PH, MSG+
Mon Jan 25, 2016 | Boston at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TVAS, NESN, CSN-PH
Wed Jan 27, 2016 | Philadelphia at Washington | 8:00 PM | NBCSN
Tue Feb 2, 2016 | Montréal at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | RDS, SNE, CSN-PH

MEDIA COVERAGE​

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

Flyerdelphia​

| http://www.flyerdelphia.com/

Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Flyerdelphia

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/

Blog​

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

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Bergen Record​

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

Andrew Gross' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

BlueShirts United​

| http://blueshirtsunited.com/

Jim Cerny's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JimCerny

New York Daily News ​

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

Pat Leonard's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN

New York Post ​

| http://nypost.com/hockey/

Larry Brooks' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/nyp_brooksie

New York Times ​

| http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/hockey/nationalhockeyleague/newyorkrangers/index.html

Newsday ​

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

Steve Zipay's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/stevezipay

SportsNet New York​

| http://snyrangersblog.com/

Adam Rotter's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AdamRotter

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[chupanibre]

Big game, a win could possibly put us ahead of the Pens (depending how they do v Tampa) and we would be breathing down the NJ's neck with a couple of games in hand

 

[usahockey22flyers]

I would love love love love a win so so so so much

 

[dats81]

Their roster looks elite on paper but the Rangers are only 4-5-1 in the last 10.
It will take a full team effort but they are beatable when not playing at MSG.

 

[Audible Velvet]

I think they have a shot at three of the next four. Watched last night's game in the wee hours and if keep playing this way, it's a legitimate shot. It will be interesting to see how the standings look next weekend.

 

[Alex91]

I hope Ghost is ready.

I wonder who sits on D. Manning should be the one eating popcorn but you never know.

MDZ Gudas
Schultz Streit
Medv Ghost
Manning

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

This'll be a weird one for me. Usually i'm able to catch the entire game, or i come home from work just in time to catch the ending. I'll only be able to watch the first period and some of the second before i gotta head on out. Sucks too, since i have a feeling this'll be a good one. The rags have been surprisingly beatable this season.

 

[Blooger Tron]

Another game I am going to miss from work. I hate being an adult.

 

[Beef Invictus]

The traditional 1pm Rangers game.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hopefully we can jump on them again and keep up the pace. Still wish we could replace Umberger with Weal.

 

[Striiker]

I can't stand the idiotic mentally that so many coaches have where they won't change the lineup when winning. Obviously shuffling the top 6 would be stupid, but scratching either Umberger or Vandevelde could only help. I can't imagine Weal being any worse if he has even the tiniest shred of offensive talent. It's not like those other two are good defensively either.

 

[orangecrush8]

I'm in town for work and managed to switch my flights around so I'll be at this game.

Sounds like Ghost will be back which is sweet.

I'll have some free time tomorrow night and never been in the city on my own before. Any bar recommendations for an early/mid (is 24 mid?) 20s dude? Preferably in Center City.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Huge game for the standings

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Rangers matinee game? Strange...

 

[Vlad*]

I can't stand the idiotic mentally that so many coaches have where they won't change the lineup when winning. Obviously shuffling the top 6 would be stupid, but scratching either Umberger or Vandevelde could only help. I can't imagine Weal being any worse if he has even the tiniest shred of offensive talent. It's not like those other two are good defensively either.

Umberger might not score another goal in the NHL again.

 

[dats81]

Umberger might not score another goal in the NHL again.

His offensive instincts went down the drain similar to what happened to Scott Gomez a couple of years ago.

 

[tue66512]

I'm in town for work and managed to switch my flights around so I'll be at this game.

Sounds like Ghost will be back which is sweet.

I'll have some free time tomorrow night and never been in the city on my own before. Any bar recommendations for an early/mid (is 24 mid?) 20s dude? Preferably in Center City.

McGillin's

 

[Les Averman]

I'm in town for work and managed to switch my flights around so I'll be at this game.

Sounds like Ghost will be back which is sweet.

I'll have some free time tomorrow night and never been in the city on my own before. Any bar recommendations for an early/mid (is 24 mid?) 20s dude? Preferably in Center City.

As somebody else mentioned, McGillian's Olde Ale House is a good spot. Plus, there's a handful of other bars right around there that you can go to within a block vicinity. Opa is a pretty cool spot right there as well. Time is interesting because each room is essentially a different theme.

 

[SuchySays]

Dave Isaac ‏@davegisaac 2m2 minutes ago
Ghost will play tomorrow and will go back to the top power-play unit. Guessing Medvedev is the odd man out.

Guessing Medvedev is the odd man out.

wat.

 

[Alex91]

I saw that tweet and then scrolled and couldn't find any evidences. Manning played alright but this is just dumb

 

[Curufinwe]

In the two games Manning played while Ghost was hurt, Medvedev played 39:32 and Manning played 27:24.

 

[Striiker]

If true it's yet another example of Hakstol being a dumbass with lineup choices. Getting old real fast.

 

[Curufinwe]

Since Thanksgiving, Medvedev has been scratched in one game, which was Luke Schenn's final game as a Flyer.

 

[hatcher]

Medvedev is nothing special. Ghost,Gudas,Del Zotto are the only locks to play every night. I don't like the rest of **** on D.

 

[YEM]

Guessing Medvedev is the odd man out.

wat.