GDT: Game #16| Feb. 16, 2013|Flyers at Canadiens |7:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (6-8-1, 2-7-0 away ) vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS (8-4-1, 5-3-0 home )

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: CBC, RDS, NHLN-US, CSN-PH
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlay...?id=2012020206
• Webcasts:
  • http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockeynight...da/video/live/ -- Possible stream to tonight's game on CBC.ca
  • http://atdee.net/index.html
  • http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
  • http://www.hockeywebcasts.com/
  • http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/ice-hockey.html

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2012020206
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/01%20-%...al%20notes.pdf
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/statshome.htm...d=nav-sts-main
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Canadiens' Stats: http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
• Canadiens' Website: http://canadiens.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
9	Mike Knuble	6' 3"	229	Jul 4, 1972	40	Toronto, 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
12	Harry Zolnierczyk	5' 11"	180	Sep 1, 1987	25	Toronto, 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
29	Erik Gustafsson	5' 10"	180	Dec 15, 1988	25	Kvissleby, 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
33	Brian Boucher	6' 2"	200	Jan 2, 1977	36	Woonsocket, RI, USA
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
Matt Read	Claude Giroux	Wayne Simmonds
Tye McGinn	Brayden Schenn	Jakub Voracek
Danny Briere	Sean Couturier	Mike Knuble
Ruslan Fedotenko	Max Talbot	Zac Rinaldo

Pairings

Name	Name
Kimmo Timonen	Luke Schenn
Braydon Coburn	Bruno Gervais
Nicklas Grossmann	Erik Gustafsson

Goalies

Name	Name
Ilya Bryzgalov	Brian Boucher (will start, confirmed)

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Status	Description
Marc-Andre Bourdon	IR (Jan. 13); is skating but is out indefinitely	concussion, late Nov. w/Phantoms
Kurtis Foster	available	healthy
Scott Hartnell	IR (Jan. 23); could return in about 10 days from Feb. 15	surgery to broken toe/foot
Michael Leighton	IR (Feb. 10)	upper body, reported as a fractured finger
Andrej Meszaros	IR (Jan. 25); could return in 2-to-3 weeks from Feb. 14	sprained left shoulder
Chris Pronger	IR (Jan. 13); not expected to play this season	post-concussion syndrome
Tom Sestito	available	healthy
Jody Shelley	IR (Feb. 12)	hip; will have surgery
Kimmo Timonen	will play	lower body
Harry Zolnierczyk	available	healthy

MONTREAL CANADIENS

CANADIENS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Rene Bourque	Tomas Plekanec	Brian Gionta"C"
Brandon Prust	David Desharnais	Erik Cole
Max Pacioretty	Alex Galchenyuk	Brendan Gallagher
Travis Moen	Lars Eller	Colby Armstrong

Pairings

Name	Name
Andrei Markov"A"	Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges"A"	Raphael Diaz
Francis Bouillon	P.K. Subban

Goalies

Name	Name
Peter Budaj (will start, confirmed)	Robert Mayer

CANADIENS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Status	Description
Tomas Kaberle	expected to be scratched	healthy
Petteri Nokelainen	injured reserve	back
Carey Price	will not play	stomach flu
Yannick Weber	expected to be scratched	healthy
Ryan White	expected to be scratched	healthy

CANADIENS' ROSTER
Forwards

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Age	Place of Birth
20	Colby Armstrong	6' 2"	185	23 Nov 1982	30	Lloydminster, SK, CAN
17	Rene Bourque	6' 2"	213	10 Dec 1981	31	Lac La Biche, AB, CAN
72	Erik Cole	6' 2"	210	6 Nov 1978	34	Oswego, NY, USA
51	David Desharnais	5' 7"	177	14 Sep 1986	26	Laurier-Station, QC, CAN
81	Lars Eller	6' 2"	209	8 May 1989	23	Rodovre, DNK
27	Alex Galchenyuk	6' 1"	196	12 Feb 1994	19	Milwaukee, WI, USA
73	Brendan Gallagher	5' 9"	178	6 May 1992	20	Edmonton, AB, CAN
21	Brian Gionta"C"	5' 7"	174	18 Jan 1979	34	Rochester, NY, USA
32	Travis Moen	6' 2"	218	6 Apr 1982	30	Stewart Valley, SK, CAN
15	Petteri Nokelainen	6' 1"	201	16 Jan 1986	27	Imatra, FIN
67	Max Pacioretty	6' 2"	219	20 Nov 1988	24	New Canaan, CT, USA
14	Tomas Plekanec	5' 11"	196	31 Oct 1982	30	Kladno, CZE
8	Brandon Prust	6' 2"	195	16 Mar 1984	28	London, ON, CAN
53	Ryan White	6' 0"	194	17 Mar 1988	24	Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Age	Place of Birth
55	Francis Bouillon	5' 8"	197	17 Oct 1975	37	New York City, NY, USA
61	Raphael Diaz	5' 11"	197	9 Jan 1986	27	Baar, CHE
74	Alexei Emelin	6' 2"	219	25 Apr 1986	26	Togliatti, RUS
26	Josh Gorges"A"	6' 1"	203	14 Aug 1984	28	Kelowna, BC, CAN
22	Tomas Kaberle	6' 1"	212	2 Mar 1978	34	Rakovnik, CZE
79	Andrei Markov"A"	6' 0"	204	20 Dec 1978	34	Voskresensk, RUS
76	P.K. Subban	6' 0"	216	13 May 1989	23	Toronto, ON, CAN
68	Yannick Weber	5' 11"	200	23 Sep 1988	24	Morges, CHE

Goalies

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Age	Place of Birth
30	Peter Budaj	6' 1"	195	18 Sep 1982	30	Banská Bystrica, SVK
65	Robert Mayer	6' 1"	188	9 Oct 1989	23	Havirov, CZE
31	Carey Price	6' 3"	209	16 Aug 1987	25	Anahim Lake, BC, CAN

FLYERS vs. CANADIENS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent	W-L-T-OTL	Home	Away
Montreal Canadiens	66-75-30-4	35-34-16-2	31-41-14-2

Playoffs Record

Opponent	Series	W-L	Home	Away
Montreal Canadiens	3-3	15-16	6-9	9-7

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent	W-L-OTL	Home	Away
Montreal Canadiens	6-2-0 in last 8	4-0-0 in the last 4	0-1-0 this season

• Series History (prior GDT): http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/sh...d.php?t=868964

FLYERS vs. CANADIENS 2012-13 SCHEDULE

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

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
Sat Feb 16, 2013	Philadelphia 1 at Montréal 4	7:00 PM ET	CBC, RDS, NHLN-US, CSN-PH
Wed Apr 3, 2013	Montréal at Philadelphia	7:30 PM ET	RDS, TSN, CSN-PH
Mon Apr 15, 2013	Philadelphia at Montréal	7:30 PM ET	RDS, CSN-PH, TSN-HABS

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE

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

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
Mon Feb 18, 2013	Philadelphia at NY Islanders	1:00 PM ET	CSN-PH, MSG PLUS
Wed Feb 20, 2013	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	7:30 PM ET	RDS, TSN2, NBCSN
Thu Feb 21, 2013	Florida at Philadelphia	7:00 PM ET	FS-F, CSN-PH
Sat Feb 23, 2013	Winnipeg at Philadelphia	1:00 PM ET	TSN-JETS, CSN-PH
Mon Feb 25, 2013	Toronto at Philadelphia	7:00 PM ET	TSN, CSN-PH
Wed Feb 27, 2013	Washington at Philadelphia	7:30 PM ET	TSN2, NBCSN
Sat Mar 2, 2013	Ottawa at Philadelphia	12:00 PM ET	NHLN-US,SNET-E,TVA,CSN-PH
Tue Mar 5, 2013	Philadelphia at NY Rangers	7:30 PM ET	TSN2,NBCSN,CSN-PH,MSG
Thu Mar 7, 2013	Pittsburgh at Philadelphia	7:00 PM ET	NHLN-US,ROOT,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/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
Montreal Gazette	http://www.hockeyinsideout.com/
Montreal Gazette (Pat Hickey's Twitter)	https://twitter.com/zababes1
Montreal Gazette (Dave Stubbs' Twitter)	http://twitter.com/Dave_Stubbs
CBC Sports Canada	http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/
CTV	http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/sports/habs-hub
RDS Info (Renaud Lavoie's Twitter)	https://twitter.com/search?q=Renaud%20Lavoie&src=typd
Slam! Sports Canada	http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/home.html
SportsNet Canada	http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/
The Score	http://www.thescore.com/nhl
TSN Canada	http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/statisti...=nhl-canadiens

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy) " by Rob Zombie

[Flyerfan4life]

well, what to say..

plz just find a way to win...

or keep a lead, that would make a refreshing change

[SolidSnakeUS]

Time to lose again. We probably won't have Timonen. We'll have a D that might be worse than the Avs.

[Prongo]

The good thing is we are still only two points out of a playoff spot in the early season. Now bad things are we are 3 points out of worst team in the league(pending the results of Kings/BJ's) also have played the most game after this one at 16. We also probably won't have Kimmo. Starting to become a little worried with the team now, might be one of those years.

Seth JONES!

[orange is better]

Originally Posted by Prongo

The good thing is we are still only two points out of a playoff spot in the early season. Now bad things are we are 3 points out of worst team in the league(pending the results of Kings/BJ's) also have played the most game after this one at 16. We also probably won't have Kimmo. Starting to become a little worried with the team now, might be one of those years.

Seth JONES!

I'm honestly torn between my desire to see my team win and my desire for Seth jones...

[OzFlyer]

Bryz is guaranteed a Shutout tomorrow. I swapped him for Carey on one of my fantasy teams!

[dats81]

Somehow this team is lacking the passion and determination that made the difference for long stretches last year when they would simply stick to the game plan and force their will on the opposition to turn things around, no matter they were trailing by 1, 2 or even 3 goals early in the game.

I'm almost at a point where I don't even care anymore as soon as things start getting ugly and that is because the players themselves don't seem to care

I don't know what to expect from this game...may go one way or the other.

[buff]

I'll be there ! Go Flyers !

[RJ8812]

Is there a worse team in the league than us when it comes to...

1) starting a period?
2) playing a full 60 minutes?

I've never seen a team give up so many early period goals. How many were there last night? Two goals within the first minute of the 1st and 2nd period?

The full game effort is a huge concern too and a trend that's been the norm for awhile now. We completely dominated NJ in the 1st period and then didn't even show up in the 2nd or 3rd

[Dr Gonzo]

Habs fan, coming in peace.

Budaj is getting the start tonight. Price is out with the flu.

That means muchos easier goals for you guys tonight. Take it easy on ole Peter, will ya?

[Prongo]

Originally Posted by RJ8812

Is there a worse team in the league than us when it comes to...

1) starting a period?
2) playing a full 60 minutes?

I've never seen a team give up so many early period goals. How many were there last night? Two goals within the first minute of the 1st and 2nd period?

The full game effort is a huge concern too and a trend that's been the norm for awhile now. We completely dominated NJ in the 1st period and then didn't even show up in the 2nd or 3rd

Remember last year also when it seemed like Bryz would allow a goal on the first shot of the game almost regularly? It's crazy how this team always gets off to poor starts.

[RJ8812]

Originally Posted by Dr Gonzo

Habs fan, coming in peace.

Budaj is getting the start tonight. Price is out with the flu.

That means muchos easier goals for you guys tonight. Take it easy on ole Peter, will ya?

actually that may be lucky for you guys as back-ups, for some reason, tend to have career games against us

[FlyersFan61290]

Originally Posted by orange is better

I'm honestly torn between my desire to see my team win and my desire for Seth jones...

I'm ok with sucking for another 30 games to get Jones. unfortunately the flyers won't be the suckiest team so we won't get jones. that is what bothers me

if the flyers are really bad and end up with a top 5 pick i think homer needs to trade up to get jones. obviously there are plenty of quality players available but not one that fills a need quite like jones does.

[RJ8812]

Originally Posted by FlyersFan61290

I'm ok with sucking for another 30 games to get Jones. unfortunately the flyers won't be the suckiest team so we won't get jones. that is what bothers me

if the flyers are really bad and end up with a top 5 pick i think homer needs to trade up to get jones. obviously there are plenty of quality players available but not one that fills a need quite like jones does.

even if they were the worst team in the league, with out luck some other team would win the lottery and pick 1st

[GKJ]

Sounds like Carey Price has the flu. Canadiens called up another goaltender.

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

^ MTL's reserve netminder is Robert Mayer http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p....php?pid=90938

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The scheduled Flyers' morning skate has been canceled.

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No word yet on the Flyers' goalie for tonight. It is possible Boucher could start considering Monday's game (holiday) is in the afternoon.

[BWAVgal]

We shouldn't lose to this team but we probably will.

[RussianRocket10]

Their backup is starting? We're getting shutout.

[FLYERSFAN18]

Couturier on the 4th line and Briere playing with knunle and fedotenko is just rediculous. Is there are reason for this that I missed? Just move Couts up with Briere and knuble

[BrimFullofAsham45]

I don't think I will be able to stomach to watch this one is Foster, Gervais AND Lilja are in the lineup.

[GKJ]

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2...ght-vs-flyers/

Price officially out.

[RoDu]

crud, a backup

[flyers28giroux]

Do not like our chances tonight, it just seems our defensive woes and lack of drive is going to hurt us against the Canadiens.

[SuchySays]

Originally Posted by FLYERSFAN18

Couturier on the 4th line and Briere playing with knunle and fedotenko is just rediculous. Is there are reason for this that I missed? Just move Couts up with Briere and knuble

He's been sick and wasn't at full strength yet.

[Ryker]

Can't wait for this one!