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#27: Devils @ Flyers - Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 - 1:00pm (ET)

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (15-7-4) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (8-15-2)

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FLYERS' ROSTER:
Forwards:
NO. PLAYER HEIGHTWEIGHTDOB PLACE OF BIRTH
11 Blair Betts 6' 3" 210 Feb 16, 1980 Edmonton, AB, CAN
48 Danny Briere 5' 10" 179 Oct 6, 1977 Gatineau, QC, CAN
13 Dan Carcillo 6' 0" 205 Jan 28, 1985 King City, ON, CAN
17 Jeff Carter 6' 3" 200 Jan 1, 1985 London, ON, CAN
28 Claude Giroux 5' 11" 172 Jan 12, 1988 Hearst, ON, CAN
19 Scott Hartnell 6' 2" 210 Apr 18, 1982 Regina, SK, CAN
14 Ian Laperriere 6' 1" 200 Jan 19, 1974 Montreal, QC, CAN
22 Ville Leino 6' 1" 190 Oct 6, 1983 Savonlinna, FIN
15 Andreas Nodl 6' 1" 196 Feb 28, 1987 Vienna, AUT
36 Darroll Powe 5' 11" 212 Jun 22, 1985 Saskatoon, SK, CAN
18 Mike Richards "C" 5' 11" 195 Feb 11, 1985 Kenora, ON, CAN
45 Jody Shelley 6' 3" 230 Feb 7, 1976 Thompson, MB, CAN
21 James van Riemsdyk 6' 3" 200 May 4, 1989 Middletown, NJ, USA
93 Nikolay Zherdev 6' 2" 203 Nov 5, 1984 Kiev, UKR

Defense:
NO. PLAYER HEIGHTWEIGHTDOB PLACE OF BIRTH
3 Oskars Bartulis 6' 2" 184 Jan 21, 1987 Ogre, LVA
25 Matt Carle 6' 0" 205 Sep 25, 1984 Anchorage, AK, USA
5 Braydon Coburn 6' 5" 220 Feb 27, 1985 Shaunavon, SK, CAN
41 Andrej Meszaros 6' 2" 223 Oct 13, 1985 Povazska Bystrica, SVK
6 Sean O'Donnell 6' 2" 237 Oct 13, 1971 Ottawa, ON, CAN
20 Chris Pronger 6' 6" 220 Oct 10, 1974 Dryden, ON, CAN
44 Kimmo Timonen 5' 10" 194 Mar 18, 1975 Kuopio, FIN
8 Matt Walker 6' 4" 215 Apr 7, 1980 Beaverlodge, AB, CAN

Goalies:
NO. PLAYER HEIGHTWEIGHT DOB PLACE OF BIRTH
35 Sergei Bobrovsky 6' 2" 190 Sep 20, 1988 Novokuznetsk, RUS
33 Brian Boucher 6' 2" 200 Jan 2, 1977 Woonsocket, RI, USA
49 Michael Leighton 6' 3" 186 May 19, 1981 Petrolia, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP:
(not confirmed)
Forwards:
Left WingCenter Right Wing
15 - Andreas Nodl 18 - Mike Richards 21 - James van Riemsdyk
19 - Scott Hartnell48 - Danny Briere22 - Ville Leino
93 - Nikolay Zherdev 28 - Claude Giroux 17 - Jeff Carter
45 - Jody Shelley 11 - Blair Betts36 - Darroll Powe

Defense:
Pairing Pairing
20 - Chris Pronger25 - Matt Carle
44 - Kimmo Timonen 5 - Braydon Coburn
41 - Andrej Meszaros 6 - Sean O’Donnell

Goalies:
Starter Backup
35 - Sergei Bobrovsky 33 - Brian Boucher

FLYERS' INJURIES/SCRATCHES/MISC.:
PlayerReason Status
Bartulis healthy expected to be scratched
Carcillo sprained MCL left knee, Nov. 15 questionable
Laperriere post-concussion syndrome injured reserve; out indefinitely
Leighton back surgery, Oct. 11 Currently on a six-day rehab in AHL
Walker right hip surgery (boney impingement and torn labrum), Oct. 20 out for 8-to-10 weeks

FLYERS' STATS:

DEVILS' POSSIBLE LINEUP:
Forwards:
Left WingCenter Right Wing
Ilya Kovalchuk Dainius ZubrusAlexander Vasyunov
Patrik Elias Jason Arnott Mattias Tedenby
Brian Rolston Travis Zajac David Clarkson
Rod Pelley Adam Mair Stephen Gionta

Defense:
Pairing Pairing
Colin White Henrik Tallinder
Andy Greene Hark Fayne
Anton VolchenkovOlivier Magnan

Goalies:
Possible Starter Backup
Johan Hedberg Mike McKenna

DEVILS' INJURIES/SCRATCHES/MISC.:
PlayerReason Status
Martin Brodeur bruised right elbow questionable
Matt Corrente upper body questionable
Mark Fraser broken right hand, surgery injured reserve
Jacob Josefson detatched tendon left hand/thumb, surgery injured reserve
Jamie Langenbrunner sore neck probable
Zach Parise torn meniscus right knee, surgery injured reserve
Anssi Salmela torn ACL/meniscus right knee, surgery injured reserve
Bryce Salvador concussion injured reserve
Matt Taormina sprained left ankle injured reserve

DEVILS' ROSTER:
Forwards:
NO. PLAYER HEIGHTWEIGHTDOB PLACE OF BIRTH
25 Jason Arnott 6' 5" 220 Oct 11, 1974 Collingwood, ON, CAN
23 David Clarkson 6' 1" 200 Mar 31, 1984 Toronto, ON, CAN
26 Patrik Elias "A" 6' 1" 195 Apr 13, 1976 Trebic, CZE
14 Stephen Gionta 5' 7" 185 Oct 9, 1983 Rochester, NY, USA
16 Jacob Josefson 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1991 Stockholm, SWE
17 Ilya Kovalchuk "A" 6' 3" 230 Apr 15, 1983 Tver, RUS
15 Jamie Langenbrunner "C" 6' 1" 205 Jul 24, 1975 Cloquet, MN, USA
11 Adam Mair 6' 1" 208 Feb 15, 1979 Hamilton, ON, CAN
9 Zach Parise "A" 5' 11" 195 Jul 28, 1984 Minneapolis, MN, USA
10 Rod Pelley 5' 11" 195 Sep 1, 1984 Kitimat, BC, CAN
12 Brian Rolston 6' 2" 215 Feb 21, 1973 Flint, MI, USA
21 Mattias Tedenby 5' 10" 175 Feb 21, 1990 Vetlanda, SWE
18 Alexander Vasyunov 6' 0" 189 April 22, 1988 Yaroslavl, RUS
19 Travis Zajac 6' 3" 200 May 13, 1985 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
8 Dainius Zubrus 6' 5" 225 Jun 16, 1978 Elektrenai, LTU

Defensemen:
NO. PLAYER HEIGHTWEIGHTDOB PLACE OF BIRTH
22 Matthew Corrente 6' 0" 205 Mar 17, 1988 Mississauga, ON, CAN
34 Mark Fayne 6' 3" 215 May 15, 1987 Nashua, NH, USA
2 Mark Fraser 6' 3" 220 Sep 29, 1986 Ottawa, ON, CAN
6 Andy Greene 5' 11" 190 Oct 30, 1982 Trenton, MI, USA
29 Olivier Magnan 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1986 Sherbrooke, CAN
33 Anssi Salmela 6' 1" 200 Aug 13, 1984 Nokia, FIN
24 Bryce Salvador 6' 3" 215 Feb 11, 1976 Brandon, MB, CAN
7 Henrik Tallinder 6' 4" 210 Jan 10, 1979 Stockholm, SWE
20 Matt Taormina 5' 10" 185 Oct 20, 1986 Warren, MI, USA
28 Anton Volchenkov 6' 1" 225 Feb 25, 1982 Moscow, RUS
5 Colin White 6' 4" 215 Dec 12, 1977 New Glasgow, NS, CAN

Goalies:
NO. PLAYER HEIGHTWEIGHTDOB PLACE OF BIRTH
30 Martin Brodeur 6' 2" 215 May 6, 1972 Montreal, QC, CAN
1 Johan Hedberg 6' 0" 190 May 5, 1973 Leksand, SWE
40 Mike McKenna 6' 3" 195 Apr 11, 1983 St. Louis, MO, USA

DEVILS' STATS: SERIES HISTORY:
Current and Miscellaneous:
  • Philly is 99-80-18-9 (W-L-T-OTL) in the regular season including 63-27-10-4 at home and 36-53-8-5 away.
  • Philly is 71-76-15-9 vs. New Jersey including 46-27-9-4 at home and 25-49-6-5 away.
  • Philly went 9-0-1-0 vs. Kansas City including 5-0-0 at home and 4-0-1 away.
  • Philly went 19-4-2-0 vs. Colorado including 12-0-1 at home and 7-4-1 away.
  • Philly is 10-2-3 in the last 15 regular season games.
  • Philly is 7-0-1 in the last eight regular season home games.
  • Philly is 3-11-5 in the last 19 regular season road games.
  • Philly is 4-10 in OTs and 0-5 in SOs in the last 19 regular season games decided in an OT or SO.
  • Philly is 15-10 (H 7-6, A 8-4) in 25 playoff games in five series (won 1978, 2004 and 2010, lost 1995 and 2000).

2009-10
  • Oct. 3, 2009 -- Ray Emery made 24 saves in Philly's 5-2 road win. Jeff Carter scored in the first period then Ian Laperriere and Mike Richards scored in the second period before Darroll Powe made it 4-0 in the third period. Matt Carle (1-1-2), Chris Pronger (0-2-2) and JVR (0-2-2) had 2-point games. The Flyers started a season with consecutive road wins for the first time. Martin Brodeur played in his 1,000th career game. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzxA6...eature=related

  • Nov. 16, 2009 --Ray Emery made 33 saves and with a 3-2 win, the Flyers ended N.J.'s attempt to tie the NHL record for consecutive road wins at the start of a season. N.J. entered the game with a perfect 9-0-0 road mark and winners of their last eight overall. Darrol Powe scored a first period goal and Scott Hartnell made it 2-0 in the opening minute of the second period. N.J.'s goals came with three seconds left on a 5-on-3 in the middle period and then one with 0.6 left in regulation. Prior to the game, Dave Schultz became the 20th player inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame: “Philadelphia Flyers fans are the greatest. I love you all. I have never had a bad day in Philadelphia.”

  • Dec. 12, 2009 --Niclas Bergfors and Patrik Elias each scored twice and Martin Brodeur made 22 saves in NJ's 4-1 home win. Bergfors scored two PPGs by the 12:31 mark. NJ led 3-0 after one period, outshooting Philly 14-5. Brian Boucher made 24 saves.
  • Feb. 8, 2010 -- Mike Richards' PPG with 7:58 remaining gave Philly a 3-2 home win. NJ led 2-0 when Anssi Salmela scored 1:01 into the second period. Salmela was then knocked out and removed from the game on a stretcher after being hit by Jeff Carter. Philly scored twice in the final 96 seconds of the second period to even the game 2-2. Michael Leighton made 28 saves. Martin Brodeur stopped 34 shots. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbIRkFgBWD8

  • Feb. 10, 2010 -- The Flyers completed a home-and-home sweep on a terrific play by Simon Gagne with 1:33 left in a 3-2 OT road win. NJ led 2-0 8:01 into the game. Jeff Carter tied the score with 6:13 left in the second period. NJ held a 23-15 shots advantage including 7-1 in the third period. Michael Leighton made 21 saves. The game, played amid a blizzard which dumped over a foot of snow, attracted an announced crowd of 5,580 that was estimated by some to be closer to 3,000. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF5hVkAaLlg

  • Mar. 28, 2010 -- Brian Boucher made 32 saves and five Flyers, led by Simon Gagne (1-1-2) and Ville Leino (1-1-2), scored in a 5-1 home win. Three Flyers' defensemen scored, Matt Carle, Kimmo Timonen and Lucas Krajicek, a team first since October 14, 2005 when Joni Pitkanen, Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje did so against Pittsburgh. Martin Brodeur (15 saves, 19 shots) was removed after the second period for Yann Denis (5 saves, 6 shots). The Flyers beat the Devils five times, a team first since the 1988-89 season. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtusqLIv6hk


  • April 14, 2010 -- In Game 1 of the ECQF at N.J., Brian Boucher made 23 saves backing the Flyers to a 2-1 win. It was Boucher's first PO start in eight years. Boucher’s last PO win of nearly ten years was the third longest stretch in PO history (Boston’s Jim “Sugar” Henry went 10 years and 1 day between wins (1942-52); Sean Burke went 9 years, 347 days between wins. Boucher went 9 years, 329 days between victories). Boucher came within 2:43 of a shutout and made several key stops. Chris Pronger, who played a game-high 30:01, snapped a second period scoreless tie with a PPG then Mike Richards (1-1-2) made it 2-0. The Flyers' PK excelled going 5-for-5. The Flyers were outshot 24-14; the shot total unofficially was the fewest in any team PO win and one off the all-time team PO low of 13 (in two losses). The Flyers led a series 1-0 for the first time since 2004 (Toronto). After the game, Danny Briere said “There’s a piece of furniture behind you guys that took a pretty good beating” a reference to a soda machine supposedly thrashed by head coach Peter Laviolette between the first and second periods. Game highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRCz9fdodW8

  • April 16, 2010 -- In Game 2 at N.J., Dainius Zubrus snapped a 3-3 tie with 4:04 left in regulation and Martin Brodeur made 26 saves in NJ's 5-3 home win. Ilya Kovalchuk (1-2-3) added an ENG. Patrik Elias (0-3-3) had three assists. Zach Parise scored a SHG 2:45 into the game. Chris Pronger became the sixth Flyer, and first defenseman, to score in his first two PO games with the team. The Flyers led 2-1 after one period. The game was tied 3-3 after two periods. Brian Boucher made 28 saves. Philly was 2-for-7 on PPs, NJ was 1-for-3. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_4l58Xp-Oc

  • April 18, 2010 -- In Game 3 at Philly, Dan Carcillo (1-1-2) scored 3:35 into OT lifting the Flyers to a 3-2 win. The goal came five seconds after NJ killed a minor penalty. NJ went 2-for-8 on PPs while the Flyers went 1-for-5. Philly was called for three minors prior to the seven-minute mark and through two periods had seven minors to NJ's two. Mike Richards (1-1-2) added two points and Brian Boucher made 17 stops. The Flyers held a 34-19 shots advantage including 18-4 combined in the third period and OT. The third period was scoreless. Brian Rolston (2 PPGs) and Martin Brodeur (31 saves) led NJ. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQIsJVU9kgg

  • April 20, 2010 -- In Game 4 at Philly, Brian Boucher made 31 saves and Jeff Carter (2-1-3) and Danny Briere (1-2-3), both entering the game pointless in the series, each had three points in the Flyers' 4-1 home win. Briere netted the GWG with 2:33 left in the second period. However Carter and Simon Gagne both suffered foot injuries in the game and were lost indefinitely. The Flyers' PK killed 7 of 8 chances while the PP scored twice on eight tries. Chris Pronger assisted on third period goals by Dan Carcillo and Carter, the latter coming on a 5-on-3. Ilya Kovalchuk scored NJ's lone goal, on a 5-on-3 in the first period. Martin Brodeur made 24 saves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAEzUBHqbJw

  • April 22, 2010 -- In Game 5 at N.J., the seventh seeded Flyers won 3-0 and upset the second-ranked Devils 4 games to 1 to advance to the 2010 ECSF. Brian Boucher made 28 saves, Danny Briere (1-1-2) scored a PPG at the 3:16 mark and Claude Giroux (2-1-3) scored twice during a second-period span of 1:59. Briere said of Giroux, the game's top star, “Big plays from him again tonight. You can’t teach what he does. He’s been a guy we’ve been able to rely on. For some reason we have that chemistry when we’re together on the ice. We think alike and we know where each other are going to be all the time. He’s a player that’s fun to play with and you have to be ready to get the puck from him every time.” Mike Richards added two assists. The Flyers were 2-for-6 on PPs while New Jersey was 0-for-8. The Devils committed 13 turnovers to the Flyers' one. Chants of "Booosh" and "Let's Go Flyers' rang throughout the Prudential Center. Ilya Kovalchuk said "We've got a great team but they just outplayed us, totally. They were missing a couple of guys (Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne) but were still able to do it. We did not deserve to win." Boucher earned his first playoff shutout since April, 16, 2000, ending a streak of 10 years and six days — the second longest in NHL history, missing Jim Henry’s mark (1942-52) by just four days. However, Ian Laperriere suffered a severe eye injury which kept him out of the lineup for 10 games until May 22, 2010. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii5sFowdPlQ Series Recap: Boucher's GAA in the series was 1.59 with a .940 save percentage and did not allow an even strength goal for the last 187:39 of the series (excluding Ilya Kovalchuk’s empty-netter at the end of Game 2). The last time the Flyers ended a series with a shutout win came in 1987 when Ron Hextall blanked the New York Rangers. Martin Brodeur recorded a 2.98 GAA and an .881 save percentage. Scoring leaders: Mike Richards (2-6-8), Claude Giroux (4-3-6), Danny Briere (2-3-5) and Chris Pronger (2-3-5) who had points in his first four PO games as a Flyer. NJ was led by Ilya Kovalchuk (2-4-6). The Flyers' PP was 8-for-29 and the PK killed 28 of 32.





2010-2011:
  • November 27, 2010 -- Travis Zajac scored the SO winner (2-1) in NJ's 2-1 home win. The Flyers led the shootout 1-0 when Nikolay Zherdev scored in the third round but Jason Arnott tied it. Johan Hedberg made 40 saves and was 3-for-4 in the shootout and was selected the game's top star. Danny Briere tied the game with a PPG midway in the third period. Philly held a 41-25 shots advantage including 28-11 combined in the second and third periods. The game totalled 10 PIMs. It was the second straight shootout loss for the Flyers in as many days leading Blair Betts to say “You can feel it (lack of passion). The atmosphere was light and there wasn’t enough emotion or intensity, even before we went on the ice. You kind of felt it yesterday against Calgary and it’s something we have to fix.”
  • December 4, 2010 --Mike Richards (1-1-2, +3), who scored the tie-breaking goal 3:37 into the third period, and Jeff Carter (1-2-3) were the game's top two stars in Philly's 5-3 home win. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves including a key stop on Ilya Kovalchuk's breakaway with the score tied 2-2. Kovalchuk earlier scored his second goal in the past 17 games. The Devils' PP was 1-for-43 on the road but went 2-for-3 in this game including making the score 4-3 with 44 seconds to play. The Flyers' struggling PP went 0-for-3 and fell into a 2-for-41 slump. Philly dominated the second period 14-4 on shots and scored the lone goal to tie the game 2-2. In the third, the Flyers scored three times including Carter's ENG. Highlights -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDtKOLfVz7I
  • January 6, 2011 -- at New Jersey 7:00 PM (ET)
  • January 8, 2011 -- at Philadelphia 1:00 PM (ET)
  • January 22, 2011 -- at Philadelphia 1:00 PM (ET)
  • April 1, 2011 -- at New Jersey 7:00 PM (ET)

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE: (all times Eastern)
DayDateHome/Away OpponentTime Broadcast
SunDec 5, 2010AwayNY Islanders1:00 PMNHLN-CA,CSN-PH (HD),MSG PLUS (HD)
Wed Dec 8, 2010 Home San Jose 7:00 PMVERSUS (HD), CSN-PH (HD)
Thu Dec 9, 2010 Away Toronto 7:00 PM TSN (HD), CSN-PH (HD)
Sat Dec 11, 2010 Away Boston 7:00 PM CSN-PH (HD), NESN (HD)
Tue Dec 14. 2010 Home Pittsburgh 7:00 PM VERSUS (HD), RDS, TSN2 (HD)
Wed Dec 15, 2010 Away Montreal 7:30 PM RDS (HD), TSN (HD), TCN-PH (HD)
Sat Dec 18, 2010 Home NY Rangers 1:00 PM MSG (HD), CSN-PH (HD)
Mon Dec 20, 2010 Home Florida 7:00 PM FS-F (HD), CSN-PH (HD)
Tue Dec 28, 2010 Away Vancouver 10:00 PM TSN (HD), CSN-PH (HD)
Thu Dec 30, 2010 Away Los Angeles 10:30 PM CSN-PH (HD), FS-W (HD)
Fri Dec 31, 2010 Away Anaheim 8:00 PM TCN-PH (HD), PRIME (HD)

GDT MUSIC: "The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Prongred Crown)" by Judas Priest

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