Game #2| Jan. 20, 2013|Flyers at Sabres |12:30 p.m. ET

MiamiScreamingEagles · 01-19-2013, 07:03 PM

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (0-1-0, 0-0-0 away ) vs. BUFFALO SABRES (0-0-0, 0-0-0 home )

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television: NBC, TSN
Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlay...?id=2012020014
Webcasts: http://www.atdhenet.tv/59212/watch-p...buffalo-sabres and from NBC http://hqplayer.nbcsports.com/Player...4446913584-711 or http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45340521

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GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2012020014
Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/01%20-%...im%20notes.pdf
NHL Stats:http://www.nhl.com/ice/statshome.htm...d=nav-sts-main
Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
Sabres' Stats: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

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TEAMS' WEBSITES

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

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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
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

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Scott Hartnell	Claude Giroux	Brayden Schenn
Max Talbot	Sean Couturier	Jakub Voracek
Wayne Simmonds	Scott Laughton	Matt Read
Ruslan Fedotenko	Eric Wellwood	Zac Rinaldo

Pairings

Name	Name
Braydon Coburn	Nicklas Grossmann
Kimmo Timonen	Luke Schenn
Andrej Meszaros	Kurtis Foster

Goalies (Bryzgalov likely to start, not confirmed)

Name	Name
Ilya Bryzgalov	Michael Leighton

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Status	Description
Marc-Andre Bourdon	injured reserve	concussion
Danny Briere	out today, questionable for Tuesday	hairline fracture in right wrist
Bruno Gervais	could be scratched	healthy
Chris Pronger	injured reserve	post-concussion syndrome
Tom Sestito	could be scratched	healthy
Jody Shelley	could be scratched	healthy

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BUFFALO SABRES

SABRES' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Marcus Foligno	Tyler Ennis	Drew Stafford
Thomas Vanek	Cody Hodgson	Jason Pominville
Steve Ott	Mikhail Grigorenko	Jochen Hecht
John Scott	Matt Ellis	Patrick Kaleta

Pairings

Name	Name
Christian Ehrhoff	Alexander Sulzer
Tyler Myers	Robyn Regehr
Andrej Sekera	Jordan Leopold

Goalies

Name	Name
Ryan Miller (starter)	Jhonas Enroth

SABRES' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Status	Description
Matt Ellis	could replace Leino	healthy
Nathan Gerbe	out indefinitely	back surgery
Ville Leino	doubtful	leg
Cody McCormick	will not play	finger
Mike Weber	available	healthy

SABRES' ROSTER

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Age	Place of Birth
37	Matt Ellis	6' 0"	212	Aug 31, 1981	31	Welland, ON, CAN
63	Tyler Ennis	5' 9"	157	Oct 6, 1989	23	Edmonton, AB, CAN
82	Marcus Foligno	6' 3"	226	Aug 10, 1991	21	Buffalo, NY, USA
42	Nathan Gerbe	5' 5"	178	Jul 24, 1987	25	Oxford, MI, USA
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	6' 3"	200	May 16, 1994	18	Khabarovsk, RUS
55	Jochen Hecht	6' 1"	198	Jun 21, 1977	35	Mannheim, DEU
19	Cody Hodgson	6' 0"	194	Feb 18, 1990	22	Toronto, ON, CAN
36	Patrick Kaleta	6' 1"	206	Jun 8, 1986	26	Buffalo, NY, USA
23	Ville Leino	6' 1"	190	Oct 6, 1983	29	Savonlinna, FIN
8	Cody McCormick	6' 3"	221	Apr 18, 1983	29	London, ON, CAN
9	Steve Ott	6' 0"	190	Aug 19, 1982	30	Summerside, PE, CAN
29	Jason Pominville "C"	6' 0"	185	Nov 30, 1982	30	Repentigny, QC, CAN
32	John Scott	6' 8"	270	Sep 26, 1982	30	Edmonton, AB, CAN
21	Drew Stafford "A"	6' 2"	214	Oct 30, 1985	27	Milwaukee, WI, USA
26	Thomas Vanek "A"	6' 2"	205	Jan 19, 1984	29	Vienna, AUT

Defensemen

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Age	Place of Birth
33	TJ Brennan	6' 1"	213	Apr 3, 1989	23	Willingboro, NJ, USA
10	Christian Ehrhoff	6' 2"	203	Jul 6, 1982	30	Moers, DEU
3	Jordan Leopold	6' 1"	206	Aug 3, 1980	32	Golden Valley, MN, USA
57	Tyler Myers	6' 8"	227	Feb 1, 1990	22	Houston, TX, USA
24	Robyn Regehr	6' 3"	225	Apr 19, 1980	32	Recife, BRA
44	Andrej Sekera	6' 0"	201	Jun 8, 1986	26	Bojnice, SVK
52	Alexander Sulzer	6' 1"	204	May 30, 1984	28	Kaufbeuren, DEU
6	Mike Weber	6' 2"	211	Dec 16, 1987	25	Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Goalies

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Age	Place of Birth
1	Jhonas Enroth	5' 10"	166	Jun 25, 1988	24	Stockholm, SWE
30	Ryan Miller	6' 2"	175	Jul 17, 1980	32	East Lansing, MI, USA

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FLYERS vs. SABRES SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent	W-L-T-OTL	Home	Away
Buffalo Sabres	77-57-20-5	46-20-12-3	31-37-8-2

Playoffs Record

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

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent	W-L-OTL	Home	Away
Buffalo Sabres	6-2-1 in last 9	2-0-0 in last 2	7-1-2 in last 10

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

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FLYERS vs. SABRES 2012-13 SCHEDULE

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
Sun Jan 20, 2013	Philadelphia 2 at Buffalo 5	12:30 PM ET	NBC, TSN
Sun Mar 10, 2013	Buffalo at Philadelphia	7:30 PM ET	TSN2, NBCSN
Sat Apr 13, 2013	Philadelphia at Buffalo	3:00 PM ET	CSN-PH, MSG

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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Schedule and Results ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebysea...etwork=&venue= )

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
Sun Jan 20, 2013	Philadelphia at Buffalo	12:30 PM ET	NBC, TSN
Tue Jan 22, 2013	Philadelphia at New Jersey	7:30 PM ET	NBCSN, CSN-PH
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

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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/f...uthor/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/cat...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
Buffalo News	http://www.buffalonews.com/section/S...profileID=1104
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

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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Let's Get It Up" by AC/DC

MiamiScreamingEagles · 01-19-2013, 07:03 PM

Any personnel changes or line adjustments have not been confirmed.

Layne Staley · 01-19-2013, 08:06 PM

Very impressive GDT. Very eager to see Mikhail Grigorenko go up with the likes of Giroux and Sean Couturier, two guys that us Sabre fans are desperately hoping that Grigorenko will turn out to be like.

dingbathero · 01-19-2013, 08:13 PM

Just play from puck drop to horn.

Let's Go Flyers!

orangecrush8 · 01-19-2013, 08:30 PM

Il be there!

Is briere confirmed to be out?

Flyerfan4life · 01-19-2013, 08:32 PM

plz dont come out flat for 20mins..

thats all i ask.

flyersfan187 · 01-19-2013, 08:47 PM

Ott and Kaleta? This team will be easy to dislike. In this shortened season these are the games the Flyers have to win.

FlyersFan61290 · 01-19-2013, 09:29 PM

Flyers need this win for their confidence going forward. I expect a drop in intensity in the 3rd though all things considered. Very excited for more hockey. Right now I'm a total junkie that needs his fix but i just can't seem to get enough.

GKJ · 01-19-2013, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by orangecrush8

Il be there!

Is briere confirmed to be out?

He is out.

Beef Invictus · 01-19-2013, 10:05 PM

Great GDT!

RespectTheMajor · 01-19-2013, 10:18 PM

Great GDT as always MSE, hopefully the boys come out and aren't flat for the first period, liked the effort in the 2nd and 3rd today, the PP has to be better, everybody needs to step it up, tough turn around against a game team, let's get after it JAM JAM JAM

Gert B Frobe · 01-19-2013, 11:00 PM

I expect a different result from this game and the Pens game yesterday.

Crosby
Malkin
Sutter

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Hodgson
Ennis
Grigorenko

Quite a contrast in the first two games. Honestly - I've never bought the Sabres - everybody said they were so good starting last season. I think they need a culture change with that team. Lindy Ruff is like Andy Reid with celiac's disease. There is really no excuse for such little success when you have a player like Miller in net. I am a big fan of Miller and I feel bad for the guy - not only has he been playing for a dolt for years - he also has to live in Buffalo half the year. Buffalo - it's like Scranton with extra snow.

And Tyler Myers is vastly overrated.

feedingschennzy · 01-19-2013, 11:06 PM

I love brayden schenn and understand it was only one game, but he was largely invisible out there today. I'd like to see us change the lines a bit:

Simmonds Giroux Read
Hartnell Couturier Voracek
Schenn Laughton Talbot
Wellwood Fedotenko Rinaldo

Pairings seemed just fine today for the defense. Luke was impressive to me, while Kimo didn't appear too stellar. Mez definitely helps...

SolidSnakeUS · 01-19-2013, 11:16 PM

Rule #1: Don't suck.

Something to pump you guys up.

sobrien · 01-19-2013, 11:28 PM

If Laughton can limit/shut down Grigorenko, that'll be a nice F U for not getting chosen to the Canadian WJC team (who didn't medal thanks to Grigorenko and the Russians)

Broad st phantom · 01-19-2013, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cdugan

I love brayden schenn and understand it was only one game, but he was largely invisible out there today. I'd like to see us change the lines a bit:

Simmonds Giroux Read
Hartnell Couturier Voracek
Schenn Laughton Talbot
Wellwood Fedotenko Rinaldo

Pairings seemed just fine today for the defense. Luke was impressive to me, while Kimo didn't appear too stellar. Mez definitely helps...

I dont know, I'd prob keep Hartnell on the 1st line and put Voracek with them if anything. At the same time, it's only been one game.

Flyerfan4life · 01-19-2013, 11:56 PM

simmer and read trying to setup Roo??

cant see that line working at all

hckyplayer8 · 01-20-2013, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyerfan4life

simmer and read trying to setup Roo??

cant see that line working at all

Read certainly has the will and hockey IQ to be a solid complementary player.

What can people not say about a extremely hard nosed grinder like Simmonds (not to mention a devoted teammate)

Both are excellent choices to play on Giroux's line.

One thing I do believe is (and this carries over from last season) Simmond's needs to hnag out in front of the net more. This is where he excels.

He started doing it more in the 3rd period yesterday, but was missing for the majority of the game.

**Krishna** · 01-20-2013, 03:22 AM

I still think we should have gotten Semin for Giroux's wing.

Jtown · 01-20-2013, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Krishna

I still think we should have gotten Semin for Giroux's wing.

I don't think semin is the player he once was and is too risky for any team to bring on at this point I believe on a mulit year deal

That being said, I think eventually we are going to have to pair Giroux with a player that can make the game easier on him and that can play the game at his level. Jagr was that at times last year. This Year? I have no clue. Maybe Voracek can be that guy in the future.

TheKingPin · 01-20-2013, 08:24 AM

I think we played great for most of the game yesterday. If Simmonds didn't pull it or Adams didn't make a goal line save we win. We were close. I think we take this although wont be easy that looks like a tough lineup to play against.

I think jake needs some one on one attention with his position and where he goes without the puck. Noted a few things that he doesn't do which negates his skill

dats81 · 01-20-2013, 08:26 AM

Giroux was the only center in O&B with a positive faceoff stats last night against the Pens. That and the PP need to be improved drastically.

dats81 · 01-20-2013, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Krishna

I still think we should have gotten Semin for Giroux's wing.

We should have kept Jagr instead of chasing a reluctant Parise. But forget about the offseason, let's make the best out of it now!

GKJ · 01-20-2013, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gert B Frobe

I expect a different result from this game and the Pens game yesterday.

Crosby
Malkin
Sutter

vs

Hodgson
Ennis
Grigorenko

Quite a contrast in the first two games. Honestly - I've never bought the Sabres - everybody said they were so good starting last season. I think they need a culture change with that team. Lindy Ruff is like Andy Reid with celiac's disease. There is really no excuse for such little success when you have a player like Miller in net. I am a big fan of Miller and I feel bad for the guy - not only has he been playing for a dolt for years - he also has to live in Buffalo half the year. Buffalo - it's like Scranton with extra snow.

And Tyler Myers is vastly overrated.

Agree with everything here. Miller wasn't that great last year though. Don't think he has much time left there, the post-Olympic Captain America thing has worn off.

feedingschennzy · 01-20-2013, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyerfan4life

simmer and read trying to setup Roo??

cant see that line working at all

My reasoning for it is this: of all the forwards, Read probably impressed me the most yesterday. He was fast and shifty as usual, but he also started to throw his body around. Likewise, Hartnell looked out of place and like there was a hole in his stick so I was looking to slot G with his slightly younger, tanner counterpart who offers a very similar skill set. Simmer looked awesome yesterday other than that 3rd period miss.