Blackhawks @ Flyers, Game Day Numbers

Chicago Blackhawks (92 pts, 39-15-14) @ Philadelphia Flyers (77 pts, 35-25-7)

6:30 PM CDT, Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA

TV : CSN Chicago, NBCSN

Radio : 720 AM WGN

Blackhawks' last game : 4-1 W vs Red Wings

Flyers' last game : 4-3 W @ Penguins

Enemy Territory : Broad Street Hockey

Season Series/Schedule

DATE	SCORE	W. GOAL
Mar 18 '14	@ PHI
Dec 11 '13	PHI 2 at CHI 7	M. Handzus

1378 : The number of days since Patrick Kane ended the 49 year Stanley Cup drought by scoring the OT winning goal in Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final.

369 : The number takeaways by the Flyers this season, ranked 27th in the NHL.

84.2 : The Flyers' penalty kill percentage this season, ranked 8th in the NHL.

6-10-3 : Steve Mason's career record versus the Blackhawks with a 3.52 GAA and .885 save percentage. Probably a big reason why Ray Emery is starting.

4:30 : The predicted time of the 1st when I see the first "Emery is better than Crawford" Tweet.

2.82 : The Flyers' goal per game average, 11th in the NHL.

.793 : The Flyers' winning percentage when leading after two periods, ranked 20th in the NHL.

.457 : The Blackhawks' all time point percentage against the Flyers in 129 regular season games.

Probable Blackhawks Lineup

Forwards

Kris Versteeg - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa
Bryan Bickell - Ben Smith - Patrick Kane
Patrick Sharp - Peter Regin - Andrew Shaw
Brandon Bollig - Marcus Kruger - Michal Handzus

Defensive Pairings

Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook
Johnny Oduya - Niklas Hjalmarsson
Nick Leddy - Michal Rozsival

Goaltender

Corey Crawford (26-12-10, 2.26 GAA, .918 save %, 1 SO)

Injuries

Nikolai Khabibulin (rotator cuff) out, Brandon Saad (upper body) out

Leading Scorers

PLAYER	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PP	GW
P. Kane	67	29	39	68	+8	22	10	6
P. Sharp	68	29	36	65	+18	36	8	2
J. Toews	68	27	37	64	+26	30	5	4
M. Hossa	58	25	28	53	+27	16	4	4
D. Keith	67	3	50	53	+23	22	2	1

Probable Flyers Lineup

Forwards

Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek
Vincent Lecavalier - Brayden Schenn - Wayne Simmonds
Matt Read - Sean Couturier - Steve Downie
Zac Rinaldo - Adam Hall - Michael Raffl

Defensive Pairings

Braydon Coburn - Kimmo Timonen
Mark Streit - Nicklas Grossmann
Andrew MacDonald - Luke Schenn

Goaltender

Ray Emery (7-9-1, 3.02 GAA, .899 save %, 1 SO)

Injuries

None

Leading Scorers

PLAYER	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PP	GW
C. Giroux	67	23	46	69	+2	32	7	4
W. Simmonds	67	21	29	50	-7	95	12	3
J. Voracek	67	18	31	49	+5	10	7	2
S. Hartnell	63	16	25	41	+7	70	7	3
B. Schenn	67	17	20	37	+2	52	3	4