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 |