GDT: Game #4| Jan. 24, 2013|Rangers at Flyers |7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (0-3-0, 0-1-0 home ) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (1-2-0, 0-1-0 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NHLN-US, MSG, CSN-PH
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2012020041
• Webcasts: http://atdee.net/index2.php or http://atdee.net/index.html or http://www.hockeywebcasts.com/ or http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2012020041
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/01 - Game Notes/NotesPHI-NYR.pdf
• 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

The Flyers canceled their morning skate. The Rangers held an optional skate. Starting goalies and personnel changes are not confirmed.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
• Rangers' Website: http://rangers.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
48| Danny Briere | 5' 10" |179 |Oct 6, 1977 |35| Gatineau, QC, CAN
14| Sean Couturier | 6' 3"| 197| Dec 7, 1992| 20 |Phoenix, AZ, USA
26| Ruslan Fedotenko| 6' 1" |200 |Jan 18, 1979 |34| Kiev, UKR
28| Claude Giroux | 5' 11" |172| Jan 12, 1988 |25 |Hearst, ON, CAN
19| Scott Hartnell | 6' 2" |210| Apr 18, 1982 |30 |Regina, SK, CAN
21| Scott Laughton | 6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994 |18| Oakville, ON, CAN
15| Tye McGinn | 6' 2" |195 |Jul 29, 1990 |22| Fergus, ON, CAN
24| Matt Read |5' 10" |185 |Jun 14, 1986 |26 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
36| Zac Rinaldo | 5' 11" |169 |Jun 15, 1990 |22 |Missisauga, ON, CAN
10| Brayden Schenn| 6' 1" |190| Aug 22, 1991| 21 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32| Tom Sestito | 6' 5" |228 |Sep 28, 1987 |25 |Rome, NY, USA
45 | Jody Shelley | 6' 3" |230| Feb 7, 1976 |36 |Thompson, MB, CAN
17 |Wayne Simmonds| 6' 2" |183 |Aug 26, 1988| 24| Scarborough, ON, CAN
25 |Maxime Talbot | 5' 11" |190| Feb 11, 1984| 28 |Lemoyne, QC, CAN
93 |Jakub Voracek | 6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989| 23 |Kladno, CZE
11 |Eric Wellwood |5' 11" |180 |Mar 6, 1990| 22| Windsor, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5" |220 |Feb 27, 1985| 27| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
3 | Kurtis Foster | 6' 5" |225| Nov 24, 1981 |31 |Carp, ON, CAN
27 | Bruno Gervais | 6' 1" |200| Oct 3, 1984| 28| Longueuil, QC, CAN
8 |Nicklas Grossmann | 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |27| Stockholm, SWE
41 |Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2" |223 |Oct 13, 1985 |27| Považská Bystrica, SVK
20 |Chris Pronger | 6' 6" |220 |Oct 10, 1974 |38 |Dryden, ON, CAN
22 |Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229| Nov 2, 1989| 23 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
44 |Kimmo Timonen | 5' 10" |194 |Mar 18, 1975 |37| Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Ilya Bryzgalov | 6' 3"| 213 |Jun 22, 1980 |32 |Togliatti, RUS
49 | Michael Leighton | 6' 3" |186 |May 19, 1981 |31| Petrolia, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP (lines will be changed from listed)
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Wayne Simmonds| Claude Giroux | Matt Read
Ruslan Fedotenko | Sean Couturier | Jakub Voracek
Max Talbot |Scott Laughton |Tye McGinn
Tom Sestito |Eric Wellwood |Jody Shelley

Pairings

Name | Name
Kimmo Timonen | Luke Schenn
Braydon Coburn | Nicklas Grossmann
Andrej Meszaros |Bruno Gervais

Goalies (starter not confirmed)

Name | Name
Ilya Bryzgalov | Michael Leighton

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Marc-Andre Bourdon|injured reserve| concussion
Danny Briere |out; could return this weekend| recovering from a fractured left wrist
Kurtis Foster |available | healthy
Scott Hartnell | out indefinitely from Jan. 23 | foot
Chris Pronger | injured reserve| post-concussion syndrome
Zac Rinaldo | injured reserve, Jan. 21 | 20-stitch cut, right thigh
Brayden Schenn | will not play | suspended one game

NEW YORK RANGERS

RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Marian Gaborik|Brad Richards|Rick Nash
Chris Kreider|Derek Stepan|Ryan Callahan
Carl Hagelin|Brian Boyle|Taylor Pyatt
Mike Rupp|Jeff Halpern|Stu Bickel

Pairings

Name | Name
Ryan McDonagh|Dan Girardi
Marc Staal|Michael Del Zotto
Steve Eminger|Anton Stralman

Goalies (starter not confirmed)

Name | Name
Martin Biron | Henrik Lundqvist (likely starter)

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Arron Asham | questionable | mild foot strain
Matt Gilroy | could be scratched | healthy
Kris Newbury | available | promoted from AHL, Jan. 24
Michael Sauer |on injured reserve and is out indefinitely| concussion

RANGERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
45 | Arron Asham | 5' 11" |205| Apr 13, 1978 |34| Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
22 | Brian Boyle |6' 7" |244| Dec 18, 1984 |28 |Hingham, MA, USA
24 | Ryan Callahan "C"| 5' 11" |190| Mar 21, 1985 |27| Rochester, NY, USA
10 | Marian Gaborik |6' 1" |204 |Feb 14, 1982| 30| Trencin, SVK
62 | Carl Hagelin | 5' 11" |186 |Aug 23, 1988| 24| Sodertalje, SWE
15 | Jeff Halpern | 6' 0" |190 |May 3, 1976 |36| Washington, DC, USA
20 | Chris Kreider | 6' 3" |226| Apr 30, 1991| 21| Boxford, MA, USA
61 | Rick Nash | 6' 4" |213 |Jun 16, 1984 |28 |Brampton, ON, CAN
28 | Kris Newbury |5' 11" |205 |Feb 19, 1982| 30| Brampton, ON, CAN
14 | Taylor Pyatt | 6' 4"| 230| Aug 19, 1981| 31| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
19 | Brad Richards "A" | 6' 0" |196 |May 2, 1980| 32| Murray Harbour, PE, CAN
17 |Mike Rupp | 6' 5"| 243| Jan 13, 1980| 33 |Cleveland, OH, USA
21 |Derek Stepan| 6' 0" |196 |Jun 18, 1990 |22| Hastings, MN, USA

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
41 | Stu Bickel | 6' 4"| 207| Oct 2, 1986| 26 |Chanhassen, MN, USA
4 |Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990| 22| Stouffville, ON, CAN
44| Steve Eminger | 6' 2" |207 |Oct 31, 1983| 29 |Woodbridge, ON, CAN
97| Matt Gilroy | 6' 1" |199 |Jul 20, 1984 |28 |North Bellmore, NY, USA
5 |Dan Girardi |6' 1" |203 |Apr 29, 1984| 28 |Welland, ON, CAN
27 |Ryan McDonagh| 6' 1" |213 |Jun 13, 1989 |23 |St. Paul, MN, USA
38 | Michael Sauer | 6' 3"| 213| Aug 7, 1987 |25 |St. Cloud, MN, USA
18 | Marc Staal "A" | 6' 4"| 207 |Jan 13, 1987 |26| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
6 |Anton Stralman | 5' 11"| 190 |Aug 1, 1986| 26| Tibro, SWE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
43| Martin Biron |6' 2"| 186 |Aug 15, 1977 |35| Lac St. Charles, QC, CAN
30| Henrik Lundqvist|6' 1" |188| Mar 2, 1982 |30| Are, SWE

FLYERS vs. RANGERS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers| 115-109-37-7 |64-52-14-4| 51-57-23-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Rangers |6-4 |27-20|17-10| 10-10

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers|1-7-0-1 in the last 9 |1-3-0-1 in the last 5|0-4-0-0 in the last 4

• Link to series history (prior GDT): http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1051109

FLYERS vs. RANGERS 2012-13 SCHEDULE

Schedule ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20122013&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television
Thu Jan 24, 2013| NY Rangers 1 at Philadelphia 2 |7:00 PM ET| NHLN-US,MSG,CSN-PH
Tue Jan 29, 2013 |Philadelphia at NY Rangers|7:00 PM ET |CSN-PH,MSG
Tue Mar 5, 2013|Philadelphia at NY Rangers| 7:30 PM ET|TSN2,NBCSN,CSN-PH,MSG
Tue Mar 26, 2013| NY Rangers at Philadelphia|7:30 PM ET|TSN,NBCSN,MSG,CSN-PH
Tue Apr 16, 2013 |NY Rangers at Philadelphia |7:30 PM ET|RDS,NBCSN,MSG,CSN-PH

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Schedule ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20122013&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (subject to change)
Thu Jan 24, 2013 |NY Rangers at Philadelphia| 7:00 PM ET| NHLN-US, MSG, CSN-PH
Sat Jan 26, 2013 |Philadelphia at Florida |7:30 PM ET|CSN-PH, FS-F
Sun Jan 27, 2013 |Philadelphia at Tampa Bay |6:00 PM ET|CSN-PH, SUN
Tue Jan 29, 2013| Philadelphia at NY Rangers |7:00 PM ET| CSN-PH, MSG
Fri Feb 1, 2013|Philadelphia at Washington |7:00 PM ET| RDS, CSN-PH, CSN-DC
Sat Feb 2, 2013|Carolina at Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET| FS-CR, CSN-PH
Tue Feb 5, 2013|Tampa Bay at Philadelphia |7:30 PM ET|RDS, TSN, NBCSN, CSN-PH
Thu Feb 7, 2013 |Florida at Philadelphia |7:00 PM ET |FS-F, CSN-PH
Sat Feb 9, 2013 |Carolina at Philadelphia |1:00 PM ET|FS-CR, CSN-PH

MEDIA COVERAGE

Name | Link
Comcast Sports Philadelphia | http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Sarah Baicker's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/sbaickerCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (John Boruk's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/JohnBorukCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Lisa Hillary's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/lhillarycsn
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Tim Panaccio's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/#!/tpanotchCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Rick Tocchet's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/realrocket22
Courier-Post of South Jersey | http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/sports04
Courier-Post of South Jersey (Dave Isaac's Blog)| http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/flyers/author/disaac1/
Courier-Post of South Jersey (Dave Isaac's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/#!/davegisaac
Courier-Post of South Jersey (Randy Miller's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller
Delaware County Times | http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/
Delaware County Times (Rob Parent's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/reluctantSE
GCobb.com| http://gcobb.com/category/flyers/
GCobb.com (Josh Janet's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/JoshJanet
HockeyBuzz.com | http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Meltzer, Bill (Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/billmeltzer
Mingioni, Anthony (Twitter) | http://twitter.com/AnthonyMingioni
Philadelphia Daily News (Frank Seravalli's Blog) | http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/
Philadelphia Daily News (Frank Seravalli's Twitter)| http://twitter.com/DNFlyers
Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/
Philadelphia Inquirer (Sam Carchidi's Blog) | http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/
Philadelphia Inquirer (Sam Carchidi's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/broadstbull
Philadelphia Sports Week| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sportsweek/
PhillyBurbs.com | http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/flyers/
PhillyBurbs.com (Wayne Fish's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=waynefish1
SanFilippo, Anthony (Blog)| http://flyers.nhl.com/club/blog.htm?id=804
SanFilippo, Anthony (Twitter)| http://twitter.com/AnthonySan37
Sports Radio 94 WIP| http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/category/sports/flyers/
Sports Radio 97.5 The Fanatic| http://www.975thefanatic.com/teams/flyers/home.aspx
Therien, Chris (Twitter) | http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ctherien6
NBC Sports | http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032803/ns/sports-nhl ESPN New York | http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hockey/category/_/name/new-york-rangers NJ.com | http://www.nj.com/rangers/ New York Daily News (blog) | http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/ New York Daily News (Pat Leonard's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/NYDNRangers New York Post | http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/rangers.htm New York Post (Larry Brooks' Twitter) | http://twitter.com/#!/nyp_brooksie New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html Newsday (blog) | http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/blue-notes-1.811976 Newsday (Steve Zipay's Twitter) | http://twitter.com/stevezipay NorthJersey.com (blog) | http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/ NorthJersey.com (Andrew Gross' Twitter) | http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Four Sticks" by Led Zeppelin

Click to read more...

 

[RoDu]

just bag skate them, it's not going to be pretty

 

[BernieParent]

Start Leighton. On the third line.

 

[Domino666]

This **** is going to be ugly, like Honey Boo Boo's mom ugly

 

[Broad st phantom]

lol I wont even guess a score, hopefully they wake up and play this game.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

im not even waiting for the game to start..

DO NOT GET SHUTOUT..

that is all.

 

[toughfighter83*]

these forwards on the flyers are so small and rangers are so big, it's going to be like pee hee hockey in south park with the redwings vs pee hockey league, it's not going to be pretty, im expecting both our goalies will struggle.

 

[Gert B Frobe]

watching the Rangers Bruins game - the Flyers are no where near that skill, grit or compete level at this point in the season

 

[elecguitardude27]

Can't wait to deal with this tomorrow.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCCX6yfS-JQ

Maybe we'll play better with nothing going our way??

 

[Beef Invictus]

No Briere, Schenn, or Hartnell. This game is basically a scratch. If they win, that's great and amazing. If they lose, whatever, no shock there.

 

[drownedsailors]

10-0 New York.

Mike Rupp with the "Ovechtrick" and Lundqvist scores 2.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Flyers 3-0, Giroux hat trick

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Simmonds-Giroux-Voracek
Rea

Who am I kidding, I got nothin.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Flyers 3-0, Giroux hat trick

Giroux scoring 3-4 goals by himself is probably about the only chance we have.

 

[Swic21]

The forwards won't be so small tomorrow. Sestito, Shelley,Simmer,Fedotenko, Couts, Voracek, McGinn, Laughton all aren't small guys. Most of our skilled forwards are smaller guys though which sucks lol.
However when all of your skilled forwards are big, fast, and physical like the Rangers, makes for a tough matchup.

 

[Kakko]

This is kind of a sin, but I usually cheer for you guys. Our hate for Pittsburgh gives us a kind of bond.
Feds on the second line... ouch!

Good Luck

 

[flyersfan018]

Nash, Gaborik and Richards are going to skate circles around our defense.

 

[toughfighter83*]

The forwards won't be so small tomorrow. Sestito, Shelley,Simmer,Fedotenko, Couts, Voracek, McGinn, Laughton all aren't small guys. Most of our skilled forwards are smaller guys though which sucks lol.
However when all of your skilled forwards are big, fast, and physical like the Rangers, makes for a tough matchup.

not to menion they can shoot pucks really well and score.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Just... ****...

Hopefully the PP shows up and Laughton scores one.

 

[toughfighter83*]

Nash, Gaborik and Richards are going to skate circles around our defense.

if only the defense has 6-5 players and if the forwards are bigger like 6-3, 6-4 and have a good slap shot and wrist shots, they have a better chance to score, but unfortunately they are not snipers they are scrum players.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Giroux scoring 3-4 goals by himself is probably about the only chance we have.

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[drownedsailors]

This is kind of a sin, but I usually cheer for you guys. Our hate for Pittsburgh gives us a kind of bond.
Feds on the second line... ouch!

Good Luck

Yeah, you're cool.

I think I remember reading your posts on the main board during last years playoffs...it was strange seeing a Rangers fan cheering for the Flyers.

But hating on the Pens is definitely something to bond over!...I'd wish you good luck, but our team sucks, so you don't need it

 

[StandingCow]

Grab your ankles boys... this one is gonna hurt.

 

[Broad st phantom]

maybe they'll be nice and let us start up by 2.

 

[Embiid]

To win it they are going to need their best players to play out of their minds (i.e. Bryz and G mainly).

Right now I feel like when I go into a casino...I have a ticket to the game but I think I might just write a check direct to Ed Snider and Lukko and watch the game at home. I can't see winning...