The Playoff Thread - First Round Match-Up: (5) Flyers VS (4) Pens

CanadianFlyer88 · 03-13-2009, 02:18 PM

Game	Teams	Network	Time	Result
1 - Wed. April 15	Flyers @ Penguins	VERSUS, CBC, RDS	7:00pm	L 4-1
2 - Fri. April 17	Flyers @ Penguins	VERSUS, CBC, RDS	7:00pm	L 3-2 (OT)
3 - Sun. April 19	Penguins @ Flyers	NBC, CBC, RDS	3:00pm	W 6-3
4 - Tue. April 21	Penguins @ Flyers	VERSUS, CBC, RDS	7:00pm
5 - Thu. April 23	Flyers @ Penguins	VERSUS, CBC, RDS	7:00pm
6* - Sat. April 25	Penguins @ Flyers	NBC, CBC	3:00pm
7* - Mon. April 27	Flyers @ Penguins	VERSUS, CBC	TBD

* = If Necessary
All times EDT

Pens lead 2-1

REGULAR SEASON TEAM COMPARISON

Flyers	Team	Penguins
99	Points	99
44	Wins	45
3.17	Goals/Game	3.15
2.83	Goals Against/Game	2.84
22.5	PP %	17.2
6th	PP Rank	20th
83.0	PK %	82.7
6th	PK Rank	8th
29.8	Shots/Game	29.0
32.5	Shots Allowed/Game	30.3
48.3	Faceoff %	49.1

REGULAR SEASON HEAD-TO-HEAD

Date	Teams	Result
Tue. October 14, 2008	Flyers @ Penguins	O 3-2
Thu. November 13, 2008	Flyers @ Penguins	O 5-4
Sat. December 13, 2008	Penguins @ Flyers	W 6-3
Tue. January 13, 2009	Penguins @ Flyers	L 4-2
Sat. February 21, 2009	Penguins @ Flyers	L 5-4
Sun. March 22, 2009	Flyers @ Penguins	W 3-1

POTENTIAL LINE-UPS

Philadelphia Flyers

12 Simon Gagne (A) - 18 Mike Richards (C) - 22 Mike Knuble
19 Scott Hartnell - 17 Jeff Carter - 15 Joffrey Lupul
13 Dan Carcillo - 28 Claude Giroux - 48 Danny Briere
42 Jared Ross - 36 Darroll Powe - 45 Arron Asham
14 Andreas Nodl

44 Kimmo Timonen (A) - 77 Ryan Parent
25 Matt Carle - 5 Braydon Coburn
41 Andrew Alberts - 6 Randy Jones
47 Luca Sbisa

43 Martin Biron
30 Antero Niittymaki

PP 1:

Gagne - Briere - Knuble
Timonen - Richards

PP 2:

Hartnell - Carter - Lupul
Coburn - Carle/Jones

Pittsburgh Penguins

14 Chris Kunitz - 87 Sidney Crosby (C) - Bill Guerin
26 Ruslan Fedotenko - 71 Evgeni Malkin (A) - 17 Petr Sykora
24 Matt Cooke - 11 Jordan Staal - 48 Tyler Kennedy
9 Pascal Dupuis - 25 Maxime Talbot - 81 Miroslav Satan
28 Eric Godard
27 Craig Adams

44 Brooks Orpik - 55 Sergei Gonchar (A)
7 Mark Eaton - 58 Kris Letang
4 Rob Scuderi - 2 Hal Gill
43 Philippe Boucher

29 Marc-Andre Fleury
32 Mathieu Garon

PP 1:

Kunitz - Crosby - Malkin
Letang - Gonchar

PP 2:

Guerin - Staal - Sykora
Eaton - Orpik

CanadianFlyer88 · 03-13-2009, 02:19 PM

With the playoffs quickly approaching, I decided to keep track of what's going on around the Eastern Conference. I'll update the table every night (hopefully).

blah · 03-13-2009, 02:23 PM

Busy day at work?

Looks good.

JXC · 03-13-2009, 02:32 PM

Cool.

Jeez that schedule is nasty.

chimrichalds18 · 03-13-2009, 02:44 PM

whats really scary is that all of those are tough, tough games. i'd say the two islanders ones are gimmes, but that certainly isn't true 1) in this nhl and 2) with the way the islanders have played lately

JDinklage Morgoone · 03-13-2009, 02:51 PM

Uh oh. Definitely some good games to watch coming up but WOW does that look tough.

Miss Mess · 03-13-2009, 02:54 PM

@ our schedule. I am sorta nervous we're going to choke lol

CanadianFlyer88 · 03-13-2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by blah

Busy day at work?

Looks good.

You know it.

Bennysflyers16 · 03-13-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JXC

Cool.

Jeez that schedule is nasty.

Def is alot harder to start, gets easier towards the end.

Cmoneyflyguy · 03-13-2009, 03:10 PM

Is THIS the year we break the Detroit streak?
Easy Tirvia - Who was in goal the last time the Flyers beat the wings in Detroit?

dr.rosenrosen · 03-13-2009, 03:54 PM

can't post what i want to say but i hope it doesn't come down to the last game of the year and other people lossing for us to make it to the playoffs.

MiamiScreamingEagles · 03-13-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmoneyflyguy

Is THIS the year we break the Detroit streak?
Easy Tirvia - Who was in goal the last time the Flyers beat the wings in Detroit?

Cue up Rush's "Trees." I won't answer more than that but do you know what was most memorable about that game?

TheKingPin · 03-13-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiScreamingEagles

Cue up Rush's "Trees." I won't answer more than that but do you what was most memorable about that game?

we beat the red wings? haha

We need to play a more blanced game, we have finess players and rough players and combos like Richie. We need to start dumping and chasing, thats what the "new" NHL was supposed to help. We will draw more penalities and get more chances. There is a reason why our 4th line always draws penalties. And if they had more talent they get some goals too.

The thing that im MOST scared of in the final countdown is a major injury to Timo. If thats going to happen, then it should happen now so we can at least get a lotto pick

XS Chop · 03-13-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiScreamingEagles

Cue up Rush's "Trees." I won't answer more than that but do you know what was most memorable about that game?

I know but won't answer either. Have to admit not getting the Rush reference though. Just wondering how many posters here were even born when this happened?

MiamiScreamingEagles · 03-13-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by XS Chop

I know but won't answer either. Have to admit not getting the Rush reference though. Just wondering how many posters here were even born when this happened?

The goalie's last name could evoke an image of "Trees."

XS Chop · 03-13-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiScreamingEagles

The goalie's last name could evoke an image of "Trees."

Who was acquired from those very same Redwings, I think that summer maybe? Didn't realize he was in net that night. I do remember the game though.

MiamiScreamingEagles · 03-13-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by XS Chop

Who was acquired from those very same Redwings, I think that summer maybe? Didn't realize he was in net that night. I do remember the game though.

Yup, he won his NHL debut against the Flyers a couple years prior, too.

I will hold off on the answer to the question I asked about the "memorable" part of the game but if that happened today, our board would be going crazee.

CanadianFlyer88 · 03-13-2009, 06:07 PM

I just looked up the box score to the game in question versus the Wings.

What a crazy final minute.
Yzerman had all three goals for Detroit, as well.

Since I had to look it up, I don't want to spoil the answer to who was between the pipes. For the record, Hextall makes me think of trees as well.

MiamiScreamingEagles · 03-13-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianFlyer88

I just looked up the box score to the game in question versus the Wings.

What a crazy final minute.
Yzerman had all three goals for Detroit, as well.

Since I had to look it up, I don't want to spoil the answer to who was between the pipes. For the record, Hextall makes me think of trees as well.

I think we hijacked your thread.

The "memorable" part has to do with the final goal and what followed.

JDinklage Morgoone · 03-13-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiScreamingEagles

I think we hijacked your thread.

The "memorable" part has to do with the final goal and what followed.

I'm really interested to know what happened seeing as I wasnt born yet. I do know the goalie too.

XS Chop · 03-13-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianFlyer88

I just looked up the box score to the game in question versus the Wings.

What a crazy final minute.
Yzerman had all three goals for Detroit, as well.

Since I had to look it up, I don't want to spoil the answer to who was between the pipes. For the record, Hextall makes me think of trees as well.

Come to think of it, so does one of the defensemen we would have had on the ice that night.

CanadianFlyer88 · 03-13-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiScreamingEagles

I think we hijacked your thread.

The "memorable" part has to do with the final goal and what followed.

Heh. It's all Flyers related hockey discussion, so I don't have a problem with it.

I have no recollection of the incident itself, but the box score infers something quite nasty.

MiamiScreamingEagles · 03-13-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianFlyer88

Heh. It's all Flyers related hockey discussion, so I don't have a problem with it.

I have no recollection of the incident itself, but the box score infers something quite nasty.

Getting warm, very warm.

MountainHawk · 03-13-2009, 06:41 PM

Is the schedule really that bad? Wings, Bruins and Devils are great. Pens are playing well. Rangers, Sabres, Panthers, Islanders, Senators, and Maple Leafs are all mediocre to terrible teams. I'd be shocked if we don't get 17 out of 24 points in the 12 games against those 6. Give me 4 out of the other 8, that's 103 points and we slide into the 4th seed with room to spare IMO.

CNote · 03-13-2009, 07:09 PM

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind finishing 8th?