intheslot Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Flyers OutlookPhilly has bounced back from an 0-3-0 California road trip after Christmas by winning three straight games. Two of the wins were regulation wins against Eastern Conference teams above the Flyers in the standing. The other was an overtime road win against a Western Conference team (the Minnesota Wild) that is a strong playoff spot contender. Overall, the Flyers have earned points in 17 of their last 24 games. They have gone 13-7-4 in that span.On Saturday afternoon, Matt Read enjoyed a three-point game (one goal, two assists) against the Islanders. The Flyers also got a goal and an assist from Sean Couturier, who has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in his last 10 games. Steve Mason earned a 20-save shutout, and goals by Michael Raffl and Evgeny Medvedev (four-on-four) opened a 2-0 lead the Flyers never relinquished after a scoreless first period en route to a four-goal margin of victory.The Flyers remain without rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (lower-body injury) for at least one more game. He has resumed practicing and could be ready for Saturday's game.Flyers team captain Claude Giroux leads the club with 12 goals, 18 assists and 30 points in 40 games. He is followed on the Flyers' scoring leader list by Jakub Voracek (four goals, 22 assists, 26 points), Wayne Simmonds (10 goals, 12 assists, 22 points, 84 penalty minutes) and Brayden Schenn (nine goals, 12 assists, 21 points). Couturier rounds out the top five with nine goals, 12 assists and 20 points. Offensive-minded rookie defenseman Gostisbehere has contributed seven goals (four on the power play, three in overtime), nine assists and 16 points in 23 games. Hakstol indicated at Tuesday's practice that there will not be any immediate line changes. Recently acquired center Jordan Weal, the team's lone healthy scratch, will have to wait his turn to make his Flyers debut.Bruins OutlookThe Bruins remain above the Flyers in the standings and churned out a convincing 4-1 road win over the New Jersey Devils last Friday, but followed it up with a 2-1 overtime loss in Ottawa on Saturday and a 2-1 regulation road loss to the New York Rangers on Monday.Thus far in January, the Bruins are 1-3-1, including their 5-1 Winter Classic setback to the Montreal Canadiens at Gillette Stadium on New Year's Day. On Monday at Madison Square Garden, a Jimmy Hayes goal in the second period broke a scoreless deadlock . The Bruins took a 1-0 lead to the second intermission before a Derick Brassard goal in the opening minute of the third period tied the score. A Jesper Fast tally with 1:42 left in regulation won the game for the Rangers. Tuukka Rask stopped 28 of 30 shots in a losing cause, while New York's Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 of 33.Julien made several line changes at practice earlier this week, including promoting Hayes to skate on the right wing of the top line with Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. The Bruins are still missing one of their top forwards, David Krejci (IR, upper body). Defenseman Adam McQuaid is still out with a concussion caused on a hit by Washington's Zach Sill. The Caps player was suspended for the hit, although the play went unpenalized on the ice.Bergeron leeds the Bruins with 38 points (15 goals, 23 assists) in 41 games. He is followed by the resurgent Loui Eriksson (14 goals, 20 assists, 34 points), Krejci (11 goals, 22 assists, 33 points in 35 games), Ryan Spooner (nine goals, 20 assists, 20 pints), Marchand (15 goals, 11 assists, 26 points in 36 games), veteran top-pairing defenseman Zden Chara (five goals, 17 assists, 22 points, plus-10), and Hayes (10 goals, 11 assists, 21 points). Rask has posted a 14-12-4 record , 2.49 goals against average and .916 save percentage thus far.Special teams is one area where the Bruins have a significant on-paper advantage this season. The club has a stellar 111.7 special teams index number; anything above 105 is excellent and anything below 100 needs improvement. The Flyers' special teams index this season is 94.5, with both the power play and penalty kill ranking below the league average.The last time the Flyers played the Bruins, former Flyers forward Zac Rinaldo concussed Couturier with a hit away from the puck as time expired in the first period. No supplemental discipline followed for the oft-suspended Rinaldo. In the same game, Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth had to leave the game after the first period as a result of a suspected concussion caused when Bergeron accidentally struck Neuvirth in the mask with his stick as he followed through on a deflection that resulted in a power play goal for Boston. The puck was going past Neuvirth as the stick contact was made and the goalie went down to the ice. Key team stat comparisons (NHL overall ranking)Non-shootout goals per game: Flyers 2.25 (28th), Bruins 2.98 (3rd)Non-shootout goals against per game: Flyers 2.62 (16th), Bruins 2.66 (18th)5-on-5 Goals For/Against Ratio: Flyers 57/60, Bruins 78/72Power play efficiency: Flyers 15.8% (28th), Bruins 28.1% (1st)Penalty killing efficiency: Flyers 78.7% (24th), Bruins 82.6% (7th)Shots per game: Flyers 30.2 (11th), Bruins 31.2 (5th)Shots against per game: Flyers 32.1 (29th), Bruins 29.1 (14st)Faceoff percentage: Flyers 49.7% (20th), Bruins 50.8% (10th)Projected lineups (subject to change, will be updated)Flyers93 Jakub Voracek - 28 Claude Giroux - 17 Wayne Simmonds12 Michael Raffl - 14 Sean Couturier - 10 Brayden Schenn76 Chris VandeVelde - 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 25 Ryan White24 Matt Read - 21 Scott Laughton - 20 R.J. Umberger15 Michael Del Zotto - 3 Radko Gudas55 Nick Schultz - 32 Mark Streit23 Brandon Manning - 82 Evgeny Medvedev35 Steve Mason[30 Michal Neuvirth]Scratches: Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body), Jordan Weal (healthy).Bruins63 Brad Marchand - 37 Patrice Bergeron - 11 Jimmy Hayes39 Matt Beleskey - 51 Ryan Spooner - 21 Loui Eriksson72 Frank Vatrano - 41 Joonas Kemppainen - 88 David Pastrnak36 Zac Rinaldo - 25 Max Talbot - 29 Landon Ferraro33 Zdeno Chara - 62 Zach Trotman44 Dennis Seidenberg - 48 Colin Miller47 Torey Krug - 86 Kevan Miller40 Tuukka Rask[50 Jonas Gustavsson]Scratches: Brett Connolly (healthy), Tyler Randell (healthy), Joe Morrow (healthy), David Krejci (IR, upper body), Adam McQuaid (IR, concussion), Chris Kelly (IR, fractured femur). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intheslot Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Should be a good game to watch and fun to watch. Do not let Zac get under their skin .. Flyers win 4 to 2 .. Go FLYERS ... !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuff Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Can anyone explain the instigator penalty to me? After Schenn laid that huge check on a Bruins player, Miller came over to start a fight to stick up for his teammate. Why is that not an instigator penalty? How is that any different than what Simmons has been nailed for, twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmatus Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, Stuff said: Can anyone explain the instigator penalty to me? After Schenn laid that huge check on a Bruins player, Miller came over to start a fight to stick up for his teammate. Why is that not an instigator penalty? How is that any different than what Simmons has been nailed for, twice? I think it's a judgment call by the ref. They generally don't call instigator when a non-goon approaches a willing opponent immediately after a big hit or something of the sort. If Schenn had shown restraint, there may have been one. As it was, he dropped the gloves pretty much immediately, so the ref called in a fair fight. The league doesn't want a strict and fast rule on instigators. Plenty of people still enjoy fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Nice goal Jake....sweet hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intheslot Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Simmer is no goon ... either . Very nice goal by Jake . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuff Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 8 minutes ago, elmatus said: I think it's a judgment call by the ref. They generally don't call instigator when a non-goon approaches a willing opponent immediately after a big hit or something of the sort. If Schenn had shown restraint, there may have been one. As it was, he dropped the gloves pretty much immediately, so the ref called in a fair fight. The league doesn't want a strict and fast rule on instigators. Plenty of people still enjoy fights. So, were Simmons' instigators legit calls, then? I wouldn't consider him a goon, and he was basically sticking up for his teammates on much cheaper hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Ok nice Schultz played his 1,000th game...now sit his ass...WTF was he doing on that goal...yeah sure Mason should of had that a soft one by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Damn guys. It would be nice if the Flyers had a power play goal too...they need this win it is a 4 point swing and they are blowing it. down 2-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Mason........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Stuff said: Can anyone explain the instigator penalty to me? After Schenn laid that huge check on a Bruins player, Miller came over to start a fight to stick up for his teammate. Why is that not an instigator penalty? How is that any different than what Simmons has been nailed for, twice? For some reason there is more instigator calls during the pre season or early in the season. Not sure why though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 paging Clod Jer-roo!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I missed most of this game, but did Rinaldo even get a penalty for that charging hit from behind? what a sack of **** he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 1 minute ago, RJ8812 said: I missed most of this game, but did Rinaldo even get a penalty for that charging hit from behind? what a sack of **** he is No...Flyers never get the refs favor....it is just the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 that shouldnt be a penalty....that rule needs to be re-accessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Why was that not considered a deflection??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: No...Flyers never get the refs favor....it is just the way it is. unbelievable. He started skating from the blueline and hit him from behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Just now, RJ8812 said: unbelievable. He started skated from the blueline and hit him from behind He's not wearing orange and black anymore!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 YA BABY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 SIMMER!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I still can't figure how Manning blocks a shot out of play and gets a penalty??? Only in Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: He's not wearing orange and black anymore!!! I have a friend who played for the same minor hockey team as Rinaldo in Hamilton and he told me that Rinaldo always would get cut from the AAA team, but his dad would complain and tell the coach that he could get lots of sponsorship money for the team, so Rinaldo would make it Apparently, he's a huge douche off the ice when he goes back home. His dad is also under the impression that Zac didn't get enough ice time in Philly and was happy to see him traded so he can show Boston what he can do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 1 minute ago, RJ8812 said: was happy to see him traded Me too. SCORE!!!! Streit finally!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 nice, Streit not useless tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, RJ8812 said: I have a friend who played for the same minor hockey team as Rinaldo in Hamilton and he told me that Rinaldo always would get cut from the AAA team, but his dad would complain and tell the coach that he could get lots of sponsorship money for the team, so Rinaldo would make it Apparently, he's a huge douche off the ice when he goes back home. His dad is also under the impression that Zac didn't get enough ice time in Philly and was happy to see him traded so he can show Boston what he can do.... And they got a 3rd rounder for Zac pure genius by Hexy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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