Flyers vs. Blue Jackets: Lineups, preview, game time, TV info and discussion thread

2013-14 NHL Season :: Game 35 of 82
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14-16-4, 32 points 7th in Metropolitan		15-15-4, 34 points 4th in Metropolitan
Thursday, December 19th, 2013 :: 7 p.m. ET
Wells Fargo Center :: South Philadelphia
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Starting Goaltenders

	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Philadelphia – Steve Mason	21	1220	10	9	46	2.26	648	602	.929	1
Columbus – Curtis McElhinney	12	583	4	4	22	2.26	299	277	.926	1

Projected Lineups
Foligno – Johansen – Umberger	1st Line	Raffl – Giroux – Voracek
Calvert – Dubinsky – Atkinson	2nd Line	Hartnell – Schenn – Simmonds
Jenner – Anisimov – Comeau	3rd Line	Read – Couturier – Downie
Letestu – MacKenzie – Tropp	4th Line	Rinaldo – Hall – VandeVelde

Johnson – Tyutin	1st D Pair	Timonen – Coburn
Savard – Murray	2nd D Pair	Grossmann – Streit
Nikitin – Prout	3rd D Pair	Schenn – Meszaros
Team Stats
2.53 (16th)	GF/G	2.35 (23rd)
2.76 (19th)	GA/G	2.65 (14th)
19.1% (11th)	PP%	17.8% (16th)
81.1% (19th)	PK%	82.9% (12th)
51.7% (9th)	Faceoff %	48.7% (22nd)
47.0% (24th)	Fenwick %*	48.4% (22nd)
7.5% (14th)	Shot %*	7.8% (11th)
7.5% (15th)	Save %*	8.0% (9th)
99.6 (17th)	PDO*	102.1 (6th)
*stats counted at 5v5 while score is close (why?)
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