No. 7 Buffalo Sabres at No. 2 Philadelphia Flyers
Game 6, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals — Sabres lead series, 3-2
3:00 p.m. today at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York
Catch the action on NBC, TSN and 94WYSP
[Game Preview] – [SBNation.com Coverage] – [Buffalo Perspective]
Today’s goaltenders:
who freakin’ knows anymore
After the jump, full lineups, questions to answer and our in-game discussion.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Hartnell – Briere – Leino
JVR – Giroux – Powe
Zherdev – Richards – Versteeg
Carcillo – Betts – Holmstrom/Rinaldo/Wellwood
Timonen – Coburn
Carle – Syvret/Pronger
Meszaros – SOD
Scratches/Injuries: Andreas Nodl (upper body), Jody Shelley (healthy), Nick Boynton (healthy), Chris Pronger (hand) or Danny Syvret (healthy), Oskars Bartulis (shoulder), Sergei Bobrovsky (healthy), Jeff Carter (knee)
Black Aces: Johan Backlund, Matt Walker, Erik Gustafsson, Kevin Marshall, Zac Rinaldo, Michael Ryan, Mike Testwuide, Eric Wellwood
Buffalo Projected Lineup (lines could change with Pominville’s absence)
Gerbe – Connolly – Stafford
Ennis – Niedermayer – Mancari/Ellis?
Vanek – Gaustad – Kaleta
McCormick – Boyes – Grier
Leopold – Gragnani
Butler – Myers
Weber – Montador
Scratches/Injuries: Jason Pominville (ankle),Mark Mancari? (healthy), Patrick Lalime (healthy), Jochen Hecht (upper body), Derek Roy (leg), Shoane Morrisonn (concussion), Andrej Sekera (some injury I think)
Questions to Answer (These are the same questions as the Flyers’ first elimination game a year ago in Game 4 vs Boston, tinkered only very slightly. They don’t make much sense, but I’m superstitious.)
- How does [that winger on Richards’ line] look?
- Whats the emotion like off of the start?
- The Flyers were strong in the offensive end for [most] of Game [5], but couldn’t beat [Miller] or the [Sabres] defense. How do they make adjustments?
- Can [Tyler Ennis] not score tonight, please?
- Is this the Flyers’ last game of the season?
NBC, YSP, here. Let’s do this, Flyers.
