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| 61 | PHILADELPHIA | +110 | Ov 5.5,+115 | +105 | Ov 5.5,+115 | | 62 | FLORIDA | -130 | Un 5.5,-135 | -125 | Un 5.5,-135 |
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| All Games | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 3.0 | 32.0 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 3.0 | 32.0 | | Last 5 Games | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 3.0 | 32.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 4 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 4 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 6 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 6 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 6 |
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| STEVE MASON (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | 90.6% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | STEVE MASON (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | 90.6% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | STEVE MASON (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | 90.6% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| All Games | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Last 5 Games | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
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| ROBERTO LUONGO (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ROBERTO LUONGO (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ROBERTO LUONGO (Last 4 Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MIKE MCKENNA (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MIKE MCKENNA (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | AL MONTOYA (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | AL MONTOYA (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: PHILADELPHIA 3.82, FLORIDA 0 |
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| 10/8/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 2-3 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 10/10/2015 | at FLORIDA | | | 10/12/2015 | FLORIDA | | | 10/14/2015 | CHICAGO | | | 10/20/2015 | DALLAS | | | 10/21/2015 | at BOSTON | |
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| 10/10/2015 | PHILADELPHIA | | | 10/12/2015 | at PHILADELPHIA | | | 10/13/2015 | at CAROLINA | | | 10/15/2015 | BUFFALO | | | 10/17/2015 | DALLAS | | | 10/20/2015 | at PITTSBURGH | |
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| |  | PHILADELPHIA: LAST SEASON: 33-31-18, 84 points. Sixth in Metropolitan
Division:
COACH: Dave Hakstol (first NHL season).
ADDED: G Michal Neuvirth, F Sam Gagner
LOST: F Jason Akeson, D Nik Grossman
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jake Voracek. Voracek had 22 goals and 81
points and spent most of the season in the hunt for the NHL
scoring title. The Flyers were once considered Claude Giroux's
team. While he still wears the "C" on his sweater, it's Voracek
on the rise into an elite player who can lead the team back into
the playoffs.
OUTLOOK: Who is Dave Hakstol? A stranger in NHL rinks, Hakstol
did boast one of the top collegiate resumes at the University of
North Dakota. The Flyers would love for their surprise choice to
lead the Flyers to a surprising postseason berth. But growing
pains are ahead for a rebuilding team, and the playoffs are a
stretch, much less winning the first Stanley Cup since 1975. | | FLORIDA: LAST SEASON: 38-29-15, 91 points. Missed playoffs.
COACH: Gerard Gallant (second season, fifth NHL season).
ADDED: LW Martin Havlat.
LOST: RW Scottie Upshall, RW Brad Boyes, RW Tomas Kopecky, G Dan
Ellis.
PLAYER TO WATCH: LW Jonathan Huberdeau. Put on a line with
Jaromir Jagr toward the end of last season and Huberdeau was
good as ever, averaging a point per game. If he has that pace
over a full season, Florida could have one of the elite
first-lines in the NHL.
OUTLOOK: They'll need Jagr to be good, G Roberto Luongo to
remain good and can't afford any letdowns from their defensemen
corps. But on paper, this looks like as good a team Florida has
had in the better part of two decades. A strong start to the
season might be crucial, especially since there's no shortage of
contenders in the Eastern Conference, but playoffs are hardly
out of the question. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (PHILADELPHIA-FLORIDA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Flyers-Panthers Preview* =========================
By KEVIN MASSOTH STATS Writer
Philadelphia (0-0-1) at Florida (0-0-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT
A new coach and a new version of overtime hockey couldn't keep the Philadelphia Flyers from a familiar result in their season opener. A meeting with a goaltender who has recently owned them might not help.
Philadelphia hopes the positives of a game featuring the NHL's first 3-on-3 extra session outweighs the negatives as it looks to spoil the season opener for Roberto Luongo and the host Florida Panthers on Saturday night.
In Dave Hakstol's NHL coaching debut, the Flyers dropped their eighth straight game that went past regulation and 12th in their last 13 with a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday. Philadelphia finished with an NHL-high 18 overtime or shootout losses last season while missing the playoffs with 84 points.
Matt Read and Brayden Schenn scored for the Flyers, but captain Claude Giroux missed on a penalty shot in the first period and Scott Laughton was denied by Ben Bishop on one in overtime.
Still, Hakstol saw enough to be happy about his team's opener.
"I like the way our team played," said Hakstol, who coached the previous 11 seasons at the University of North Dakota. "That's, I guess, what my focus is. I'm excited to see everybody go out and work hard to play their role and do their job and do it with confidence."
Things might get a bit tougher against Luongo, though. The 15-year veteran is 3-1-0 in his last four games against Philadelphia, including three with Florida last season. Luongo holds a 1.96 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage in those four games, compared to 3.30 and .912 in his previous 15 appearances against the Flyers.
The Panthers were 1-9-0 when Luongo allowed four or more goals last season, compared to 27-10-12 at three or less. His 2.35 GAA for the season was his best since 2010-11.
While Luongo will turn 37 this season, Jaromir Jagr is still going strong for the Panthers at 43. Jagr nearly helped Florida to the playoffs last season after coming over via a trade from New Jersey in February.
Playing on a line with Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau, Jagr scored six goals and added 12 assists in 20 games. Florida finished with 91 points but missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
Jagr enters with 722 goals, nine behind Marcel Dionne for fourth-most all-time and 19 behind Brett Hull for third. He's also 48 points behind Gordie Howe's 1,850 for No. 3 on the all-time list and 50 games shy of becoming the 10th player in league history with 1,600.
Jagr has seven goals and seven assists in his last 11 games against Philadelphia dating back to 2008. He has 45 goals and 71 assists in 93 games against the Flyers in his career.
"Jagr is one of the greatest athletes of all-time," Panthers general manager Dale Tallon said.
Florida did not have anyone among the league's top 45 goal scorers last season. Nick Bjugstad scored a team-high 24 and Brandon Pirri had 22 but only two assists. That duo as well as Huberdeau, who led the team with 45 points, and Barkov are all under 25 years old.
They'll try to solve Philadelphia goalie Steve Mason, whose 1.48 GAA in 10 games against Florida is his second-best against any opponent. He's 7-2-1 in those games with a .953 save percentage.
Mason had a career-best .928 save percentage in 51 games last season and made 29 saves in the opener but allowed three goals.
Philadelphia has lost 20 of its last 24 road games.
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| | Last Updated: 4/24/2024 2:13:30 PM EST. |
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