GDT: #6: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, Flyers at Bruins, 8:00 pm ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (2-2-1, 0-1-1 away ) vs BOSTON BRUINS (2-3-0, 0-3-0 home ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: NBCSN, TVAS
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020089
• Streams: Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020089
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Bruins' Stats: http://bruins.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 |5| 2-2-1 |2-1-0 |0-1-1 |2-2-1 |1.60 |2.40 |15.0 |82.6 |13.4 |32.2 |31.0 |49.7
Bruins |5 |2-3-0 |0-3-0 |2-0-0 |2-3-0 |3.60 |4.20 |38.9 |72.2 |13.6 |30.0| 27.6| 49.0

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Bruins' Website: http://bruins.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 |22| 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 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980| 35| 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| 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
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
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
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229 |Nov 2, 1989| 25| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |37| 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 could change)
Lines

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

Pairings

Name | Name
55 - Nick Schultz| 32 - Mark Streit
15 - Michael Del Zotto| 22 - Luke Schenn
82 - Evgeny Medvedev| 3 - Radko Gudas

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason | 30 - Michal Neuvirth (expected starter)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Vincent Lecavalier | available | healthy
Brandon Manning | available | healthy
Brayden Schenn| will not play| upper body

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Michael Raffl | Claude Giroux |Wayne Simmonds |Mark Streit | Jakub Voracek
No. 2|R.J. Umberger | Sean Couturier | Sam Gagner (Brayden Schenn) | Michael Del Zotto|Evgeny Medvedev

BOSTON BRUINS​

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BRUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Brad Marchand| Patrice Bergeron |Brett Connolly
Loui Eriksson |David Krejci | David Pastrnak
Chris Kelly |Ryan Spooner |Jimmy Hayes
Zac Rinaldo |Joonas Kemppainen |Tyler Randell

Pairings

Name | Name
Zdeno Chara | Colin Miller
Torey Krug |Adam McQuaid
Tommy Cross| Kevan Miller

Goalies

Name | Name
Tuukka Rask (expected starter) | Jonas Gustavsson

BRUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Matt Beleskey | will not play | upper body
Joe Morrow| injured reserve |illness
Dennis Seidenberg | injured reserve | back surgery (Sept.)
Max Talbot | available | could be scratched
Zach Trotman | available | could be scratched

BRUINS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Ryan Spooner |Patrice Bergeron | Loui Eriksson |Torey Krug |David Krejci
No. 2|Brad Marchand | Jimmy Hayes |David Pastrnak |Zdeno Chara |Colin Miller

BRUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
39| Matt Beleskey | L| 6' 0" |203 |Jun 7, 1988 |27| Windsor, ON, CAN
37|Patrice Bergeron "A" | C |6' 1"|195 |Jul 24, 1985|30| Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
14| Brett Connolly| R |6' 2"| 193 |May 2, 1992 |23| Campbell River, BC, CAN
21| Loui Eriksson | R |6' 2" |183 |Jul 17, 1985 |30 |Goteborg, SWE
11| Jimmy Hayes | R| 6' 5" |215 |Nov 21, 1989 |25 |Boston, MA, USA
23| Chris Kelly "A"| C |6' 0"| 193 |Nov 11, 1980 |34 |Toronto, ON, CAN
41| Joonas Kemppainen | C| 6' 3"| 223 |Apr 7, 1988| 27| Kajaani, FIN
46| David Krejci "A" | C| 6' 0" |186 |Apr 28, 1986 |29| Sternberk, CZE
63| Brad Marchand | L |5' 9" |181| May 11, 1988| 27 |Halifax, NS, CAN
88| David Pastrnak | R| 6' 0" |181 |May 25, 1996| 19| Havirov, CZE
64| Tyler Randell | R| 6' 1" |198 |Jun 15, 1991 |24| Scarborough, ON, CAN
36 | Zac Rinaldo | C| 5' 10" |188 |Jun 15, 1990 |25 |Mississauga, ON, CAN
51 | Ryan Spooner | C |5' 10" |184 |Jan 30, 1992 |23| Ottawa, ON, CAN
25 |Max Talbot | C |5' 11" |186 |Feb 11, 1984| 31| LeMoyne, QC, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
33| Zdeno Chara "C" | 6' 9"| 250 |Mar 18, 1977| 38| Trencin, SVK
56| Tommy Cross | 6' 3" |205| Sep 12, 1989 |26| Hartford, CT, USA
47| Torey Krug |5' 9" |186 |Apr 12, 1991 |24 |Livonia, MI, USA
54| Adam McQuaid | 6' 4"| 212 |Oct 12, 1986| 29| Charlottetown, PE, CAN
48| Colin Miller | 6' 1" |196 |Oct 29, 1992 |22| Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
86| Kevan Miller | 6' 2"| 210| Nov 15, 1987 |27| Los Angeles, CA, USA
45| Joe Morrow | 6' 0"| 199| Dec 9, 1992 |22 |Edmonton, AB, CAN
62| Zach Trotman | 6' 3"| 217| Aug 26, 1990 |25| Carmel, IN, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
50 | Jonas Gustavsson | 6' 4" |212 |Oct 24, 1984 |30| Danderyd, SWE
40 | Tuukka Rask | 6' 3" |176 |Mar 10, 1987 |28| Savonlinna, FIN

FLYERS vs. BRUINS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
Boston Bruins|66-90-21-10 |37-41-10-4| 29-49-11-6

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
Boston Bruins |3-3 |13-18|8-7| 5-11

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
Boston Bruins| 1-4-2 in the last 7 | 0-2-1 in the last 3| 1-3-2 in the last 6

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

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

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Sat Oct 24, 2015| NY Rangers at Philadelphia |7:00 PM | MSG, CSN-PH
Tue Oct 27, 2015|Buffalo at Philadelphia|7:00 PM |TVAS, MSG-B, BELL TV, CSN-PH
Thu Oct 29, 2015 | New Jersey at Philadelphia |7:00 PM| MSG, CSN-PH
Fri Oct 30, 2015| Philadelphia at Buffalo |7:00 PM | TCN-PH, MSG-B, BELL TV
Mon Nov 2, 2015 | Philadelphia at Vancouver | 10:00 PM |TCN-PH, SNP
Tue Nov 3, 2015| Philadelphia at Edmonton | 9:00 PM | CSN-PH, SNOL

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

Blog​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/

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/topic/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

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

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/

Jeff Neiburg's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Jeff_Neiburg

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

Boston Globe​

| http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/

Amalie Benjamin's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AmalieBenjamin

Boston Herald​

| http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/bruins_insider

Steve Conroy's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/conroyherald

Comcast New England​

| http://www.csnne.com/hockey-boston-bruins

Joe Haggerty's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/HackswithHaggs

ESPN Boston ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/bruins

Joe McDonald's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/ESPNJoeyMac

NESN ​

| http://www.nesn.com/boston-bruins/

Patriot Ledger ​

| http://www.patriotledger.com/sports/pro-college

Mike Loftus' Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/MLoftus_Ledger

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Angry Again" by Megadeth
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[markzab]

Win.

 

[Karma]

Scratch Manning please

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

How bout we don't suck. Go Flyers!

 

[dats81]

For the first time in years I actually have a good feeling about them playing the Bruins.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Manning really needs to go.

 

[chupanibre]

Here's hoping Rinaldo doesn't decapitate anyone

 

[Alicat]

Here's hoping Rinaldo doesn't decapitate anyone

Bruins fan here.

Rinaldo has been on his best behavior thus far so I expect that he'll be a royal pita for you guys, he'll be on a short leash.

If there is any fighting I won't be surprised to see Tyler Randell drop them.

Here's to a good game and no injuries.

 

[boxcar65]

Okay, I will admit my guy had a tough game last night, but let's see how many dmen have excellent games against one of the top two or three lines in the NHL. The first goal against was a bouncing puck(can happen to anyone), and the second he was being too aggressive moving up right after the faceoff. Look, even though he has had a cup of coffee in the NHL before, Manning is still basically a rookie "starting" his first NHL season. Big difference there. If Streit and Schultz had been on the ice for those two goals, would everyone be screaming for them to sit?

I would be more concerned with how the offense has looked as opposed to a rookie dman who has been on the ice for a total of two goals against in the first five games(even strength and PP). If Manning continues to make obvious gaffes, then maybe you do sit him for a few games. Until then, let him play through it. I would consider switching the D pairs, however.

 

[Hiesenberg]

The Flyers looked like a pretty competent team the 2nd half of the game.

Build off that.

 

[He Is Knocking]

I'd love to see the offense put it together and get 4 or 5 goals.

 

[dats81]

Okay, I will admit my guy had a tough game last night, but let's see how many dmen have excellent games against one of the top two or three lines in the NHL. The first goal against was a bouncing puck(can happen to anyone), and the second he was being too aggressive moving up right after the faceoff. Look, even though he has had a cup of coffee in the NHL before, Manning is still basically a rookie "starting" his first NHL season. Big difference there. If Streit and Schultz had been on the ice for those two goals, would everyone be screaming for them to sit?

I would be more concerned with how the offense has looked as opposed to a rookie dman who has been on the ice for a total of two goals against in the first five games(even strength and PP). If Manning continues to make obvious gaffes, then maybe you do sit him for a few games. Until then, let him play through it. I would consider switching the D pairs, however.

Didn't notice Manning much in the previous games which is actually a good sign but he is no more than a third pairing guy with limited abilities.

It just doesn't make much sense to pair him with Del Zotto who actually plays most minutes of all D and is often matched up against the other teams first line.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Man I cant stand the B's...

 

[Newest sens fan]

I'd love to see the offense put it together and get 4 or 5 goals.

Here's hoping for 9 or 10

 

[flyersfan018]

We need a top line winger. ASAP

 

[Hiesenberg]

We need a top line winger. ASAP

They are hard to find.

 

[dats81]

we actually had one who scored 28 goals last season but we traded him for R.J. Umberger and future cap relief

 

[bennysflyers16]

We need a top line winger. ASAP

We just need a winger to be average,, RJ has been our best winger

 

[Hiesenberg]

we actually had one who scored 28 goals last season but we traded him for R.J. Umberger and future cap relief

Hartnell wouldn't do well with Hakstol, I don't think.

 

[Curufinwe]

For a short term shake-up I would try this.

Raffl-Giroux-Voracek
BSchenn-Couturier-Simmonds
Laughton-Bellemare-Read
VdV-White-Umberger

White is really good at faceoffs, and Laughton is struggling so badly at them that I think Hakstol is hesitant to send his line out there for faceoffs. If the top line still can't convert some of their chances into goals then swap BSchenn and Raffl.

 

[Curufinwe]

we actually had one who scored 28 goals last season but we traded him for R.J. Umberger and future cap relief

Raffl had 18 ES goals in 67 games last season, Hartnell had 20 in 77.

And the top PP unit was just as good with BSchenn on it in 14-15 as it was with Hartnell in 13-14.

 

[hckyplayer8]

Schenn over Manning and think we should start the Nuevi.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Its 5 games guys.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The Bruins' lines at their morning skate is different from the OP since two players (Bergeron and Beleskey) are not in attendance.

Updates will be made later in the day.

21-46-88; 63-23-14; 36-51-11; 25-41-64.

Source: https://twitter.com/MLoftus_Ledger

 

[flyershockey]

No Bergeron would be a massive break. He and Chara always seem to give Giroux fits.