Saturday, 19 January 2013

PHI-PIT-OTT-WPG-CHI-LAK; lineups & scratches


Pens vs Flyers  
    After some late season nastiness between the Flyers & Penguins in mid 2013; Flyers coach Peter Lavliolette is taking a liberal approach for todays game. It appears Tom Sestito & Jody Shelley; both know for their size and toughness will be healthy scratches headed into the opener. Same can be said for defenseman Bruno Gervais. The Penguins plan on sitting out center Dustin Jeffrey & Ben Lovejoy.
    Sorry for you non-lovers of violence; but there is so much hatred here; it`s only a matter not if but when something happens. One would have assumed Laviolette be prepare for that type of game and inserting Shelley or Sestito.
 
Forward line Combos
Hartnell – Giroux – B. Schenn             Dupuis-Crobsy-Kunitz
Voracek- Couturier - Talbot -             Neal – Malkin – Tangradi
Read – Laughton – Simmonds           Cooke – Sutter – Kennedy
Fedotenko – Wellwood – Rinaldo      Glass – Vitale – Adams
 
Sens vs Jets
    Both of these two Canadian teams seek to get off to a quick start. No matter what the experts say; these two teams will go neck & neck; so these head to head match ups are large.
    Expect no surprises in the Ottawa lineup; at this time Kaspars Daugavins & Mark Boroweicki will be the healthy scratches; with Ben Bishop also being avl. as the third goalie.
    The Jets lineup is almost set; Nik Antropov is probable, if he`s not good to go look for Anthony Peluso to make his NHL debut. Zack Redmond & James Wright will be out as healthy scratches.
Forward line Combos
Ladd- Little- Wheeler                            Michalek – Spezza - Sifverberg
Kane- Jokinen- Wellwood                     Latendresse – Turris – Alferdson
Ponikarovsky – Antropov- Burmistrov   Greening – Smith – Neil
Thorburn - Slater – Scheifele                Regin – O`Brien – Condra

Hawks vs Kings
    Jonathan Toews is a question mark because of the Flu; the Hawks captain did not skate Friday. The Kings will be without Anze Kopitar & Willie Mitchell both with knee injuries. Healthy scratches for LA will be Anthony Stewart, Brad Richarson & Jake Muzzin. The Hawks line-up is not known at this time; but it is safe to assume Sheldon Brookbank will be the 7th de-man & a scratch for the Hawks.
Forward line Combos
Penner – Carter – Williams
Gagne – Richards – Brown
King – Stoll – Lewis
Clifford – Fraser – Nolan

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