GDT: #52| Islanders at FLYERS | Thu., Feb. 5, 2015| 7:00 PM ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (22-22-7, 15-7-3 home) vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (32-17-1, 15-11-1 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: TVA, SN, MSG+, 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=2014020760

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2014020760
• Stats and Notes: http://islanders.nhl.com/v2/ext/GameNotes/[email protected]
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Islanders' Stats: http://islanders.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Teams' Stats

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Islanders| 50| 32-17-1 |17-6-0 |15-11-1 |6-4-0| 3.08 |2.84 |19.6 |72.7| 9.0| 33.2| 27.3| 49.1
Flyers| 51 |22-22-7 |15-7-3 |7-15-4 |6-4-0 |2.71 |2.86 |23.4 |74.8 |10.4 |29.3 |30.2| 51.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Islanders' Website: http://islanders.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| 29| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
14| Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |22 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
28| Claude Giroux "C" | C |5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
49 | Scott Laughton| C| 6' 1" | 177 |May 30, 1994 | 20| Oakville, ON, 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 |26| 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
76| Chris VandeVelde| C |6' 2" | 190 |Mar 15, 1987 | 27 | Moorhead, MN, 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
26 | Carlo Colaiacovo | 6' 1" | 200| Jan 27, 1983 | 32| Toronto, ON, CAN
15 | Michael Del Zotto | 6' 0"| 195| Jun 24, 1990| 24| Stouffville, ON, CAN
8 | Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |30 |Stockholm, SWE
20 | Chris Pronger |6' 6" |220| Oct 10, 1974| 40| Dryden, ON, CAN
22 | Luke Schenn |6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989 |25 |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| 37| 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
24 Matt Read |14 Sean Couturier | 18 R.J. Umberger
25 Ryan White |49 Scott Laughton | 17 Wayne Simmonds
76 Chris VandeVelde|78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |40 Vincent Lecavalier

Pairings

Name | Name
55 Nick Schultz | 32 Mark Streit
8 Nicklas Grossmann |47 Andrew MacDonald
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 | IR; out four weeks from Jan. 13; not yet skating| reported as a fractured left foot
Carlo Colaiacovo | available | expected to be a healthy scratch
Nicklas Grossmann| expected to play; activated from IR Feb. 5|right shoulder (Jan. 9)
Scott Laughton |expected to play; activated from IR Feb. 5 | upper body (Jan. 15), passed concussion test, Feb. 1
Chris Pronger | LTIR | post-concussion syndrome
Michael Raffl | out indefinitely (last played Jan. 20) | pneumonia, lower left lung; lost an estimated 10 pounds
Zac Rinaldo | suspended | issued 8-game suspension Jan. 26, eligible to return Feb. 17
Kimmo Timonen |LTIR; further update could be made this week| blood clot remains in right calf

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| R.J. Umberger | Vincent Lecavalier | Matt Read | Michael Del Zotto

NEW YORK ISLANDERS​

ISLANDERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
84 Mikhail Grabovski |91 John Tavares |12 Josh Bailey
27 Anders Lee | 51 Frans Nielsen | 18 Ryan Strome
40 Michael Grabner| 29 Brock Nelson | 86 Nikolay Kulemin
17 Matt Martin |53 Casey Cizikas |15 Cal Clutterbuck

Pairings

Name | Name
44 Calvin de Haan | 3 Travis Hamonic
2 Nick Leddy | 55 Johnny Boychuk
14 Thomas Hickey |37 Brian Strait

Goalies

Name | Name
41 Jaroslav Halak (expected starter) |30 Chad Johnson

ISLANDERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Eric Boulton | injured reserve| lower body
Matt Carkner| injured reserve | back
Matt Donovan | available | could be a healthy scratch
Kyle Okposo | injured reserve; out 6-to-8 weeks from Feb. 3 |reported as a detached retina
Lubomir Visnovsky | available | could be a healthy scratch

ISLANDERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Brock Nelson | John Tavares | Ryan Strome | Frans Nielsen | Johnny Boychuk
No. 2| Anders Lee | Mikhail Grabovski |Josh Bailey | Nick Leddy | Lubomir Visnovsky

ISLANDERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
12 |Josh Bailey | L| 6' 1" |194 |Oct 2, 1989| 25| Bowmanville, ON, CAN
36| Eric Boulton | L| 6' 0" |225 |Aug 17, 1976| 38| Halifax, NS, CAN
53| Casey Cizikas |C |5' 11"| 201 |Feb 27, 1991 |23| Toronto, ON, CAN
15| Cal Clutterbuck | R| 5' 11"| 215| Nov 18, 1987| 27| Welland, ON, CAN
40| Michael Grabner | R |6' 1" |202| Oct 5, 1987 |27| Villach, AUT
84| Mikhail Grabovski | C| 5' 11"| 183| Jan 31, 1984 |31| Potsdam, DEU
86| Nikolay Kulemin |L |6' 1"| 226| Jul 14, 1986| 28 |Magnitogorsk, RUS
27| Anders Lee |C |6' 3"| 227 |Jul 3, 1990 |24| Edina, MN, USA
17 | Matt Martin | L |6' 3" |215 |May 8, 1989| 25 |Windsor, ON, CAN
29 | Brock Nelson | C |6' 3" |206| Oct 15, 1991| 23| Warroad, MN, USA
51| Frans Nielsen "A" | C| 6' 1"| 190| Apr 24, 1984 |30| Herning, DNK
21 | Kyle Okposo "A" |R| 6' 0"| 217 |Apr 16, 1988| 26| St. Paul, MN, USA
18 | Ryan Strome | C |6' 1" |196 |Jul 11, 1993 |21| Mississauga, ON, CAN
91| John Tavares "C" | C |6' 1"| 209 |Sep 20, 1990| 24 |Mississauga, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
55| Johnny Boychuk | 6' 2" |225 |Jan 19, 1984 |31| Edmonton, AB, CAN
7 | Matt Carkner | 6' 5"| 233| Nov 3, 1980| 34 |Winchester, ON, CAN
44 |Calvin de Haan | 6' 1"| 193 |May 9, 1991| 23| Carp, ON, CAN
46| Matt Donovan | 6' 1" |205| May 9, 1990 |24 |Edmond, OK, USA
3 |Travis Hamonic | 6' 2"| 217 |Aug 16, 1990 |24| St. Malo, MB, CAN
14 | Thomas Hickey | 6' 0" |190 |Feb 8, 1989| 25 |Calgary, AB, CAN
2 |Nick Leddy |6' 0" |194 |Mar 20, 1991 |23 |Eden Prairie, MN, USA
37 | Brian Strait | 6' 1"| 209 |Jan 4, 1988 |27 |Waltham, MA, USA
11 | Lubomir Visnovsky | 5' 10" |192 |Aug 11, 1976 |38| Topolcany, SVK

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41| Jaroslav Halak | 5' 11"| 186| May 13, 1985| 29| Bratislava, SVK
30| Chad Johnson | 6' 3" |193 |Jun 10, 1986| 28| Saskatoon, SK, CAN

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|129-88-26-9 | 75-33-11-5 | 54-55-15-4

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Islanders| 3-1|14-11 |10-4|4-7

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New York Islanders|30-4-5 in the last 39| 17-1-3 in the last 21 |8-2-2 in the last 12 and 15-3-2 in the last 20

• Series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=901025

FLYERS vs. ISLANDERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Mon Nov 24, 2014|Philadelphia 0 at NY Islanders 1 (SO)|7:00 PM |TCN-PH, MSG+
Mon Jan 19, 2015|Philadelphia 4 at NY Islanders 7|1:00 PM|NHLN-US, SN, TCN-PH, MSG+
Thu Feb 5, 2015|NY Islanders 3 at Philadelphia 2 (SO) |7:00 PM |TVA, SN360, MSG+, CSN-PH
Tue Apr 7, 2015|NY Islanders at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |SNE, SNO, SNP, MSG+ 2, CSN-PH

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sun Feb 8, 2015| Philadelphia at Washington |3:00 PM| NHLN-US, CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Tue Feb 10, 2015| Philadelphia at Montréal |7:30 PM |CSN-PH, RDS, SNE
Fri Feb 13, 2015 | Philadelphia at Columbus |7:00 PM |CSN-PH, FS-O
Sun Feb 15, 2015 | Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:30 PM |NBCSN
Tue Feb 17, 2015 | Columbus at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | FS-O,CSN-PH
Thu Feb 19, 2015 | Buffalo at Philadelphia |7:00 PM |MSG-B, BELL TV, CSN-PH
Sat Feb 21, 2015 | Nashville at Philadelphia |1:00 PM |NHLN-US, FS-TN, CSN-PH
Sun Feb 22, 2015| Washington at Philadelphia |3:00 PM| NBC

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: February 5, 1976​

The Flyers unloaded 55 shots in a 6-1 win vs. Vancouver. However, the win came with a heavy price as superstar Rick MacLeish was lost for the rest of the season and playoffs due to a ligament tear in his left knee after a collision with the Canucks' Harold Snepsts. MacLeish, who was the NHL's leader in points during both the 1974 and 1975 post-seasons, had a game-high 12 shots on goal and was the game's #3 star. Ken Lockett made 49 saves for the Canucks who lost for the 14th time in 15 games in the Spectrum.

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

ESPN New York ​

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

Katie Strang's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/katiestrangespn

MSG Networks ​

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

Shannon Hogan's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Shannon_Hogan

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/index.html

New York Post ​

| http://www.nypost.com/sports/islanders

Brett Cyrgalis's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/brettcyrgalis

New York Times​

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Newsday ​

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders

Mark Herrmann's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/markpherrmann

Arthur Staple's Twitter ​

| http://twitter.com/StapeNewsday

SportsNet New York ​

| http://islanderspointblank.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

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[Tankadelphia]

So if Raffl and Laughton are ready, will White or Vandevelde be benched?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

So if Raffl and Laughton are ready, will White or Vandevelde be benched?

Right now, it seems as Raffl's conditioning is an issue due to the excessive weight loss during the lung infection. Laughton stands a better chance of returning, at least through today.

If both Raffl and Laughton return Thursday, and that is not definite, then there was no indication today based on maintenance days given to selected players.

Grossmann could also return. Laughton and Grossmann are both on IR. The demotion of Straka today leaves two active roster spots available (currently at 21).

Next practice is scheduled for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET in Voorhees.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Keep the wins rolling!

 

[Hiesenberg]

lol @ dummy throwing Grossmann in when this team finally doesn't look like a disaster.

 

[Karma]

Don't get embarrassed please. I'd like to see another win.

 

[chupanibre]

Well we're not getting McEichelifin and we're not making playoffs, but right now all I want to do is beat the Isles, come on boys!!!

 

[Striiker]

If Berube takes out MDZ to put in Grossmann I'll be in jail by the end of the game.

 

[Curufinwe]

It'll be Colaiacovo.

 

[Striiker]

It'll be Colaiacovo.

Yeah, I'm a dumbass. For some reason I was thinking Coburn was already back and replaced him. Probably because last night I was thinking about who will probably be replaced when both Grossmann and Coburn are back.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

It'll be Colaiacovo.

this is cementhead were talking about...

i wouldnt be surprized if he takes MDZ out instead, hes so godam stupid..

 

[SchennSational1022*]

Colaiacavo >> Grossmann

 

[Jaraco]

I want to lose this game with Grossmann being a -7 since that's about as advanced a stat that Berube can comprehend.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

I want to lose this game with Grossmann being a -7 since that's about as advanced a stat that Berube can comprehend.

But if he delievers at least 5 hits and blocks 3 shots everything will be forgotten.

 

[BernieParent]

Craig Berube's favourite sequence:

• Grossmann hammers the puck down the ice for an icing
• Couturier line comes out and battles the puck down to the opposing zone, creating an offensive-zone faceoff
• 4th line onto the ice!

 

[Striiker]

 

[Curufinwe]

I'm not surprised after reading how bad his illness was.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/st...michael-raffl-still-lengthy-illness/22684303/

Even the TV got old while Raffl dealt with an illness he'd never experienced before. He had fluid in his lungs and spent most of the All-Star break in bed. The only time he left his apartment was to go visit the doctor.

"So much fever and so much pain in my lungs," Raffl said. "I didn't even want to watch TV anymore. I just wanted to be someplace else, to be honest, the last few days."

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Jesus... I feel really bad for him .

 

[Tankadelphia]

2nd line is now White - Laughton - Simmonds

 

[Appleyard]

So Raffl skated on friday, saturday and sunday... and now has pneumonia?

 

[HighOFFHockey]

Colaiacavo >> Grossmann

lol yeah...not at all. They're both bottom pairing, but at least Grossman can shut down players in his own zone. Colaiacavo hasn't done anything to warrant a starting 6 spot.

 

[GKJ]

lol yeah...not at all. They're both bottom pairing, but at least Grossman can shut down players in his own zone. Colaiacavo hasn't done anything to warrant a starting 6 spot.

Do you have evidence for such a claim?

So Raffl skated on friday, saturday and sunday... and now has pneumonia?

When they were talking about fluid in his lungs, I knew he had to have had pneumonia. My guess is that he took meds and thought he would feel fine and but instead got dehydrated again.

 

[Jray42]

For whatever reason, all day I've been thinking this game was tonight.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Fish sticks lost to the Cats 4-2 and are now on a 3 game-losing streak. Looks like some of their mojo is gone. We better make us of it.

 

[Prongo]

Nick Grossmann is back in......


Back to the tank my friends.


Paired with AMAC..... even better.