GDT: #47: Flyers at Capitals, Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 8:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (20-18-8, 9--11-3 away ) vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (35-8-3, 18-3-1 home )​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020741
• 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=2015020741
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Capitals' Stats: http://capitals.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 | 46 |20-18-8 |11-7-5| 9-11-3 |5-4-1 |2.24 |2.61 |17.4 |77.7 |12.4 |30.4 |32.4 |50.0
Capitals|46 |35-8-3 |18-3-1 |17-5-2 |7-2-1 |3.33 |2.15 |27.1 |84.9| 8.9 |30.7 |28.9| 50.2

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Capitals' Website: http://capitals.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
89 |Sam Gagner |C |5' 11" |202 |Aug 10, 1989 |26| London, ON, CAN
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
49 |Jason LaBarbera | 6' 3" |232 |Jan 18, 1980 |36| Burnaby, BC, CAN
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
24 - Matt Read | 12 - Michael Raffl |10 - Brayden Schenn
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |25 - Ryan White
20 - R.J. Umberger |21 - Scott Laughton |89 - Sam Gagner

Pairings

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

Goalies

Name | Name
49 - Jason LaBarbera |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Sean Couturier |injured reserve lower body
Steve Mason | not available | lower body
Evgeny Medvedev | available |healthy
Jordan Weal | available | healthy

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brayden Schenn | Wayne Simmonds |Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek |Shayne Gostisbehere
No. 2| Jordan Weal |Matt Read| Michael Raffl | Mark Streit |Brandon Manning

WASHINGTON CAPITALS​

CAPITALS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
8 - Alex Ovechkin | 19 - Nicklas Backstrom | 77 - T.J. Oshie
65 - Andre Burakovsky| 92 - Evgeny Kuznetsov | 14 - Justin Williams
25 - Jason Chimera | 90 - Marcus Johansson| 43 - Tom Wilson
21 - Brooks Laich |10 - Mike Richards | 46 - Michael Latta

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Karl Alzner | 2 - Matt Niskanen
88 - Nate Schmidt| 74 - John Carlson
9 - Dmitri Orlov | 4 - Taylor Chorney |

Goalies

Name | Name
70 - Braden Holtby | 31 - Philipp Grubauer

CAPITALS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Jay Beagle | injured reserve | upper body
John Carlson |IR; expected to be activated | lower body
Stanislav Galiev | available | could be a healthy scratch
Brooks Orpik | injured reserve | lower body
Ryan Stanton| available| likely to be replaced by Carlson

CAPITALS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1 | Marcus Johansson | Nicklas Backstrom | T.J. Oshie |Alex Ovechkin |Matt Niskanen
No. 2| Jason Chimera | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Justin Williams |John Carlson |Andre Burakovsky

CAPITALS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
19 | Nicklas Backstrom "A" |C |6' 1"| 213 |Nov 23, 1987 |28| Gävle, SWE
83 |Jay Beagle | R |6' 3"| 210 |Oct 16, 1985| 30 |Calgary, AB, CAN
65 | Andre Burakovsky | L |6' 3"| 198| Feb 9, 1995 |20| Klagenfurt, AUT
25 | Jason Chimera | L |6' 3"| 216| May 2, 1979| 36| Edmonton, AB, CAN
49 |Stanislav Galiev | R |6' 1" |187 |Jan 17, 1992| 24 |Moscow, RUS
90 | Marcus Johansson | L| 6' 1"| 209 |Oct 6, 1990| 25| Landskrona, SWE
92| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C| 6' 0" |192 |May 19, 1992 |23| Chelyabinsk, RUS
21 | Brooks Laich | C |6' 2" |195 |Jun 23, 1983| 32| Wawota, SK, CAN
46 |Michael Latta | C |6' 0"| 207 |May 25, 1991| 24| Kitchener, ON, CAN
77 | T.J. Oshie | R |5' 11" |189 |Dec 23, 1986 |29 |Everett, WA, USA
8 |Alex Ovechkin "C" | L| 6' 3" |239| Sep 17, 1985| 30| Moscow, RUS
10 |Mike Richards | C |5' 11" |196 |Feb 11, 1985 |30 |Kenora, ON, CAN
14 | Justin Williams | R| 6' 1" |186| Oct 4, 1981 |34| Cobourg, ON, CAN
43 |Tom Wilson | R| 6' 4" |215 |Mar 29, 1994 |21| Toronto, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
27| Karl Alzner | 6' 2" |214 |Sep 24, 1988| 27| Burnaby, BC, CAN
74| John Carlson | 6' 3" |215 |Jan 10, 1990| 26| Natick, MA, USA
4 |Taylor Chorney| 6' 1" |190| Apr 27, 1987| 28 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
2 |Matt Niskanen | 6' 0" |200| Dec 6, 1986 |29| Virginia, MN, USA
9 |Dmitry Orlov | 6' 0" |212 |Jul 23, 1991 |24| Novokuznetsk, RUS
44| Brooks Orpik "A" | 6' 2" |221 |Sep 26, 1980| 35| San Francisco, CA, USA
88 | Nate Schmidt |6' 0" |191| Jul 16, 1991| 24| St. Cloud, MN, USA
20 | Ryan Stanton | 6' 1"| 190 | Jul 20, 1989 | 26 | St. Albert, AB, CAN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
31| Philipp Grubauer | 6' 1" |182 |Nov 25, 1991 |24 | Rosenheim, DEU
70 |Braden Holtby | 6' 2" |217| Sep 16, 1989| 26| Lloydminster, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. CAPITALS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|109-70-19-7 |65-32-6-2|44-38-13-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|2-2 |11-12|6-4| 5-8

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Washington Capitals|7-2-0 in the last 8 |7-2-0 in the last 9 | 6-2-1 in the last 9

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Tue Feb 2, 2016 | Montréal at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | RDS, SNE, CSN-PH
Thu Feb 4, 2016 | Philadelphia at Nashville | 8:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-TN
Sat Feb 6, 2016| NY Rangers at Philadelphia | 1:00 PM | MSG, CSN-PH
Sun Feb 7, 2016 | Philadelphia at Washington |12:00 PM | NBC
Tue Feb 9, 2016 | Anaheim at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | PRIME, FS-SD, 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

Comcast Sports ​

| http://www.csnwashington.com/capitals

Joe Beninati's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JoeBpXp

Chuck Gormley's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/ChuckGormleyCSN

JJ Regan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JJReganCSN

Jill Sorenson's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JillCSN

Monumental Network ​

| http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/sports/washington-capitals/index.jsp

John Walton's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/WaltonCaps

Ben Raby's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/BenRaby31

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter​

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| https://twitter.com/vogscaps

Washington Post|[/LEFT]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

Isabelle Khurshudyan's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan

Washington Times ​

| http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/hockey/

Zac Boyer's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/ZacBoyer​

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Radio Clash" by The Clash
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[Dabest]

They're gonna win this game and ruin the tank

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This one is going to be bad. Yikes.

 

[OzFlyers]

The Caps GDT is worth a look - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2019211

 

[Hurricane28]

The Caps GDT is worth a look - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2019211

Someone coming up with something like this was a matter of when not if

 

[Curufinwe]

Meltzer says Neuvirth is practicing but Mason is not.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Panaccio is preaching conspiracy that Mason is hurt even though Hakstol says he isn't and it was an optional practice.

 

[Curufinwe]

He might not be 100%, but I'm sure a lot of guys aren't. The AS break is coming at a good time for us.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

maybe Neuvirth was dealing with cramps last night which is why he was limping after the game?
not really sure what the deal with Mason is. Guess they will recall Stolarz as a precautionary tomorrow.

 

[Curufinwe]

maybe Neuvirth was dealing with cramps last night which is why he was limping after the game?
not really sure what the deal with Mason is. Guess they will recall Stolarz as a precautionary tomorrow.

Mason was OK to back up last night, so I assume he will able to do it tomorrow as well.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Mason was OK to back up last night, so I assume he will able to do it tomorrow as well.

yeah good point.
just forgot for a moment how dumb our beat writers are sometimes.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

I live in DC and simply don't want to spend $50 to see us get murdered

 

[klutch]

Funny thing is... watch we win. This team makes 0 sense like that

 

[Jaraco]

Please not another Manning game. He brings trepidation to Ghost's game. Manning is a cancer.

 

[Domino666]

The Caps GDT is worth a look - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2019211

I give it 6/10, funny yes but that's their GDT? It's like a haiku if that!! #****sweak
we are incredibly spoiled with MSE doing all the GDT's

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

I give it 6/10, funny yes but that's their GDT? It's like a haiku if that!! #****sweak
we are incredibly spoiled with MSE doing all the GDT's

Thanks for the acknowledgment.

 

[tade]

at least our structure is still there, we are safe.

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

Man, when is Couturier back!?

 

[Hiesenberg]

Man, when is Couturier back!?

After AS break I assume? With the first game back not till 2/2. It gives him a solid couple of weeks off.

BTW. I pretty much only watch this team to see what Ghost/Giroux/Voracek do.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Washington update: Carlson appears to be activated and playing.

 

[Dabest]

Hope we lose

 

[Hiesenberg]

Tony Androckitis thinks Flyers called up a goalie. He said Phantoms called up Ouellette.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Tony Androckitis thinks Flyers called up a goalie. He said Phantoms called up Ouellette.

This link is helpful. It is updated when there are AHL transactions:

http://theahl.com/stats/transactions.php

 

[dats81]

Washington update: Carlson appears to be activated and playing.

Odd move since they are way ahead in the standings and the allstar break is coming up. Almost Flyer-esque

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

How has Richards played with the caps? I haven't watched any of the capitals games, only saw the highlight where he hit the post