GDT: #81|Apr. 5, 2012|Sabres at Flyers |7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

[PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (46-25-9, 21-13-6 home) vs. BUFFALO SABRES (39-31-10, 18-19-2 away )

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: ---------
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlay...?id=2011030146
• Webcasts: http://atdhenet.tv/index.html or http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2011030146
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/Apr22_GAME6Notes.pdf
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Sabres' Stats: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
• Sabres' Website: http://sabres.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No.	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
11	Blair Betts	Left	6' 3"	210	February 16, 1980	Edmonton, AB, CAN
48	Danny Briere	Right	5' 10"	179	October 6, 1977	Gatineau, QC, CAN
14	Sean Couturier	Left	6' 3''	197	December 7, 1992	Phoenix, AZ, USA
28	Claude Giroux	Right	5' 11"	172	January 12, 1988	Hearst, ON, CAN
19	Scott Hartnell	Left	6' 2"	210	April 18, 1982	Regina, SK, CAN
68	Jaromir Jagr	Left	6' 3"	240	February 15, 1972	Kladno, CZE
14	Ian Laperriere	Right	6' 1"	200	January 19, 1974	Montreal, QC, CAN
24	Matt Read	Right	5' 10"	185	June 14, 1986	Ilderton, ON, CAN
36	Zac Rinaldo	Left	5' 11''	169	June 15, 1990	Hamilton, ON, CAN
10	Brayden Schenn	Left	6' 1"	190	August 22, 1991	Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32	Tom Sestito	Left	6' 5"	228	September 28, 1987	Rome, NY, USA
45	Jody Shelley	Left	6' 3"	230	February 7, 1976	Thompson, MB, CAN
17	Wayne Simmonds	Right	6' 2"	183	August 26, 1988	Scarborough, ON, CAN
27	Maxime Talbot	Left	5' 11"	190	February 11, 1984	Lemoyne, QC, CAN
21	James van Riemsdyk	Left	6' 3"	200	May 4, 1989	Middletown, NJ, USA
93	Jakub Voracek	Left	6' 2"	214	August 15, 1989	Kladno, CZE
47	Eric Wellwood	Left	5' 11"	180	March 6, 1990	Windsor, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No.	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
25	Matt Carle	Left	6' 0"	205	September 25, 1984	Anchorage, AK, USA
5	Braydon Coburn	Left	6' 5"	220	February 27, 1985	Shaunavon, SK, CAN
6	Andreas Lilja	Left	6' 3"	220	July 13, 1975	Helsingborg, SWE
41	Andrej Meszaros	Left	6' 2"	223	October 13, 1985	Považská Bystrica, SVK
20	Chris Pronger	Left	6' 6"	220	October 10, 1974	Dryden, ON, CAN
44	Kimmo Timonen	Left	5' 10"	194	March 18, 1975	Kuopio, FIN
8	Matt Walker	Right	6' 4"	215	April 7, 1980	Beaverlodge, AB, CAN

Goalies

No.	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
35	Sergei Bobrovsky	Left	6' 2"	190	September 20, 1988	Novokuznetsk, RUS
30	Ilya Bryzgalov	Left	6' 3"	213	June 22, 1980	Togliatti, RUS

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
James van Riemsdyk	Claude Giroux	Jaromir Jagr
Wayne Simmonds	Danny Briere	Jakub Voracek
Scott Hartnell	Sean Couturier	Matt Read
Zac Rinaldo	Maxime Talbot	Andreas Nodl

Pairings

Name	Name
Chris Pronger	Matt Carle
Kimmo Timonen	Andrej Meszaros
Braydon Coburn	Andreas Lilja

Goalies (Starter has not been confirmed)

Name	Name
Ilya Bryzgalov	Sergei Bobrovsky

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Reason	Status
Blair Betts	left knee	will not play
Ian Laperriere	post-concussion syndrome	LTIR
Brandon Manning	undisclosed injury	injured reserve
Andrew Rowe	injured shoulder in camp	injured reserve
Jody Shelley	suspended for the first five r/s games	suspended
Matt Walker	healthy	could be scratched

BUFFALO SABRES

SABRES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Marcus Foligno	Tyler Ennis	Drew Stafford
Ville Leino	Derek Roy	Jason Pominville
Corey Tropp	Cody Hodgson	Thomas Vanek
Cody McCormick	Nathan Gerbe	Patrick Kaleta

Pairings

Name	Name
Andrej Sekera	T.J. Brennan
Robyn Regehr	Jordan Leopold
Brayden McNabb	Mike Weber

Goalies (Ryan Miller is the expected starter.)

Name	Name
Ryan Miller	Jhonas Enroth

SABRES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Reason	Status
Brad Boyes	healthy	could be scratched
Christian Ehrhoff	left knee	will not play
Matt Ellis	knee	questionable
Jochen Hecht	concussion	will not play
Tyler Myers	foot	out 3-to-4 weeks from April 4
Alexander Sulzer	healthy	will be a late scratch

SABRES' ROSTER
Forwards

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
22	Brad Boyes	6' 0"	204	Apr 17, 1982	Mississauga, ON, CAN
37	Matt Ellis	6' 0"	212	Aug 31, 1981	Welland, ON, CAN
63	Tyler Ennis	5' 9"	157	Oct 6, 1989	Edmonton, AB, CAN
82	Marcus Foligno	6' 2"	215	Aug 10, 1991	Buffalo, NY, USA
42	Nathan Gerbe	5' 5"	178	Jul 24, 1987	Oxford, MI, USA
55	Jochen Hecht	6' 1"	198	Jun 21, 1977	Mannheim, DEU
19	Cody Hodgson	6' 0"	185	Feb 18, 1990	Toronto, ON, CAN
36	Patrick Kaleta	6' 1"	206	Jun 8, 1986	Buffalo, NY, USA
23	Ville Leino	6' 1"	190	Oct 6, 1983	Savonlinna, FIN
8	Cody McCormick	6' 3"	221	Apr 18, 1983	London, ON, CAN
29	Jason Pominville "C"	6' 0"	185	Nov 30, 1982	Repentigny, QC, CAN
9	Derek Roy "A"	5' 9"	184	May 4, 1983	Ottawa, ON, CAN
21	Drew Stafford "A"	6' 2"	214	Oct 30, 1985	Milwaukee, WI, USA
78	Corey Tropp	6' 0"	183	Jul 25, 1989	Grosse Pointe, MI, USA
26	Thomas Vanek "A"	6' 2"	205	Jan 19, 1984	Vienna, AUT

Defensemen

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
33	TJ Brennan	6' 1"	214	Apr 3, 1989	Willingboro, NJ, USA
10	Christian Ehrhoff	6' 2"	203	Jul 6, 1982	Moers, DEU
3	Jordan Leopold	6' 1"	206	Aug 3, 1980	Golden Valley, MN, USA
81	Brayden McNabb	6' 4"	204	Jan 21, 1991	Saskatoon, SK, CAN
57	Tyler Myers	6' 8"	227	Feb 1, 1990	Houston, TX, USA
24	Robyn Regehr	6' 3"	225	Apr 19, 1980	Recife, BRA
44	Andrej Sekera	6' 0"	201	Jun 8, 1986	Bojnice, SVK
52	Alexander Sulzer	6' 1"	204	May 30, 1984	Kaufbeuren, DEU
6	Mike Weber	6' 2"	211	Dec 16, 1987	Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Goalies

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
1	Jhonas Enroth	5' 10"	166	Jun 25, 1988	Stockholm, SWE
30	Ryan Miller	6' 2"	175	Jul 17, 1980	East Lansing, MI, USA

FLYERS vs. SABRES SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent	W-L-T-OTL	Home	Away
Buffalo Sabres	77-56-20-5	46-20-12-3	31-36-8-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent	Series	W-L	Home	Away
Buffalo Sabres	6-3	19-8	10-13	29-21

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent	W-L-OTL	Home	Away
Buffalo Sabres	6-1-1 in last 8	2-0-0 in last 2	7-0-2 in last 9

• Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/sh...d.php?t=908005

FLYERS vs. SABRES 2012-13 SCHEDULE

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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE and RESULTS

Schedule and Results ( http://flyers.nhl.com/club/schedule....012&gameType=2 )

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television
Sat Apr 7, 2012	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	4:00 PM	NBCSN (HD)

FLYERS' 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
Courier Post	http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/sports04
Courier Post (Blog)	http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/flyers/
Courier Post (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
Flyers' Official Website (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=NHLFlyers
GCobb.com	http://gcobb.com/category/flyers/
Isaac, Dave (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/davegisaac
Meltzer, Bill (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/billmeltzer
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
Post-Star (Phantoms' AHL)	http://poststar.com/app/sports/phantoms/
Post-Star (Phantoms' AHL, Tim McManus' Twitter)	http://twitter.com/PSPhantoms
Sports Radio WIP 94 FM	http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/cat...sports/flyers/
Sports Radio 97.5 The Fanatic	http://www.975thefanatic.com/
Therien, Chris (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ctherien6
Tocchet, Rick (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/realrocket22
NBC Sports	http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032803/ns/sports-nhl
Buffalo News	http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/
Buffalo News (blog)	http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/
Buffalo News (Bucky Gleason's Twitter)	https://twitter.com/#!/TheBuffaloNews/bucky-gleason
Buffalo News (Mike Harrington's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/BNHarrington
Buffalo News (John Vogl's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/buffnewsvogl
Niagara Gazette	http://tonawanda-news.com/sabres
Niagara Gazette (Bill Hoppe's Twitter)	https://twitter.com/#!/BillHoppeNHL
WGR Radio 550 AM	http://wgr550.com/Sabres/8767954

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Great White Buffalo" by Ted Nugent

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Injury info on each player has been updated from earlier today.

Other info will be updated tomorrow since there was no practice today.

[Go For It]

Just hoping for no injuries and a good showing from Bryzgalov. A win would be nice, but not extremely important.

[Ryker]

We have to win tomorrow, both to shut up the whino Miller and to put a hole in Sabres' chances of making the playoffs. Oh, and to get ourselves two points, as well, of course

[EvilAsh]

I'd rather the Rangers face Miller & Buffalo than the Caps. I want the Flyers to win this one but won't cry in my beer if they don't.

[Krishna]

I'm torn..

If we beat the sabres, we end their chances.. which is fun.

If we lose, they still are in the playoff race and they stand a better chance than washington against NY

[Flyerfan4life]

im still bitter about not beating the Rags..

at this point, it doesnt really matter who we face. all roads lead to the Rags most likely and that is gunna be a bitter pill..

sure its the PO's and anything can happen, but its pretty clear the Rags are in the head of the Flyers and i just dont see how we can suddenly find a way to win 4/7 games vs. them...

ohwell, guess i'll just enjoy whateva comes our way however long the ride is.

Go Flyers..

ps can we plz NOT have any more injuries..

[ninetynine*]

Originally Posted by Krishna

I'm torn..

If we beat the sabres, we end their chances.. which is fun.

If we lose, they still are in the playoff race and they stand a better chance than washington against NY

Edmonton was the 8th seed in the west in 2006, Pronger was the only thing they had going for them, literally. They went to Game 7 of the Finals and lost to Lavy's Hurricanes.

[Bernie Parent 1974]

at this point, doesnt matter where we finish. just look for good team D

[PJStock*]

Rest the top guys and let the Sabres take the game. I'd rather see them get in and face the Rags in the first round, than the Caps. Or, perhaps do a little bit of scoreboard watching during the game (if Pens are winning big, let the Sabres win. If the Rags are winning, go for the win against the Sabres and for home ice advantage) At this point though, I don't think that really matters though.

[TheLegendkiller]

Lets win. Momentum. Be the hot team rolling in the playoffs!!

[hckyplayer8]

Lets sweep them.

[funghoul]

Originally Posted by hckyplayer8

Lets sweep them.

Flyin under the radar with the switch of the avatar but nice work. Thats a good one

[Garbage Goal]

Yay not Rangers.

[Ryker]

Originally Posted by PJStock

Or, perhaps do a little bit of scoreboard watching during the game (if Pens are winning big, let the Sabres win. If the Rags are winning, go for the win against the Sabres and for home ice advantage)

Yeah, it totally works this way, as well. That's why we are 5th, and not 1st. Because we can flip the switch at any time, and therefore chose to be in 5th rather than 1st.

[sm0ka47]

Could see Rinaldo and Foligno go at it.

They have some major OHL history

[SolidSnakeUS]

Must ****ing win.

[BleedOrange]

Buffalo is going to be desperate for the 2 pts which flyer team will show up tomorrow night?

[TH1Pool]

I moved to Pittsburgh this year and one of my co-workers has season tickets for the Pens. He is taking me to any home playoff games vs the Flyers, I just have to buy all the beers... I'll cry if we don't get a point this or the last game and the Devils win out.

[Vikke]

Just win it. Thanks in advance.

[mirimon]

Screw the Sabres. I kind of hope that WSH craps the bed their last two games though and the Sabres beat the hell out of Boston in their last game of the season, and then takes out the Rangers in the first round.

I hope we get out of this one without any more injuries however. Keep your heads up guys. Kaleta, McCormick and Foligno all look to finish their hits, no matter how many minutes are left in the game or what the score is. Hell, Foligno does it even on the first shift...

[BernieParent]

So are the Flyers down 2-0 yet?

[Suspended4Life]

Originally Posted by BernieParent

So are the Flyers down 2-0 yet?

Haha, nice. I say we spot them two points and just start from the second period. 8-2 win

[Brostradamus]

Originally Posted by Krishna

I'm torn..

If we beat the sabres, we end their chances.. which is fun.

If we lose, they still are in the playoff race and they stand a better chance than washington against NY

Buffalo is 1-3 against NY and Washington is 1-2, so they are about equally bad against the Rangers. I believe one of Washington's losses they had some big injuries. I guess Buffalo's goaltending is way better but scoring goes to Washington.

[Kaktus*]

Originally Posted by LegionofDoom627

Buffalo is 1-3 against NY and Washington is 1-2, so they are about equally bad against the Rangers. I believe one of Washington's losses they had some big injuries. I guess Buffalo's goaltending is way better but scoring goes to Washington.

Scoring is the same, believe it or not. Sabres will be a tougher opponent for NYR imo. Ovechkin is not having a good season, Semin will probably disappear. Trots will put Girardi on Alex and Buckstrom and pound them with depth.

Caps goaltending is average and same goes for their D, their 2ndary scoring is very weak, plus I would pick Ruff over Hunter. Like you mentioned, if Miller is hot, he will steal a few games.