PensBurgh - Gameday 17: Pens 'welcome' the FlyersPittsburgh Penguins blog for the five time, five time, five time, FIVE TIME Stanley Cup Championshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/29974/pensburgh_fave.png2013-02-20T19:15:03-05:00http://www.pensburgh.com/rss/stream/37736212013-02-20T19:15:03-05:002013-02-20T19:15:03-05:00Gamethread 17: Flyers at Pens
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<p>The Philadelphia Flyers visit Pittsburgh for a game against the Penguins.</p> <p>The Philadelphia Flyers are in town to renew the rivalry with the Penguins.</p>
<p>So far things haven't gone so well for the Flyers this season, especially away from home where they have just a 3-8-0 record.</p>
<p>That alone won't do the Penguins a lot of good, it's going to take a great effort tonight. It may be a Wednesday night in February, but you just know some fireworks are going to go off tonight.</p>
<p>Let's go Pens.</p>
https://www.pensburgh.com/2013/2/20/4010598/gamethread-17-flyers-at-pensHooks Orpik2013-02-20T13:54:29-05:002013-02-20T13:54:29-05:00Vokoun gets the start for Pittsburgh
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<p>From the Pens twitter account:</p>
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<blockquote>Bylsma: Vokoun in net. No injuries, healthy 23-man roster. Lineup will be game-time decision</blockquote>
<p>Very interesting that Tomas Vokoun gets the start, just his second since February 4th. The team claimed at the beginning of the year that they'd use him a lot, but Marc-Andre Fleury has been hot lately, stopping 177 of his last 191 shots (.927 save percentage) and running up a 6-1-0 record in his last seven starts.</p>
<p>That aside, Matt Cooke took the morning skate on the second line with Evgeni Malkin and James Neal and the other lines remained the same as well, with Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis joining Sidney Crosby on the top line. The third line saw Beau Bennett and Tyler Kennedy with Brandon Sutter and the 4th line was Tanner Glass and Craig Adams with center Joe Vitale.</p>
<p>The defensive lineup will be an interesting choice- the top five are in but Simon Despres and Robert Bortuzzo will seek the 6th spot in the lineup. Last game Bylsma said he wanted Bortuzzo in for "toughness", so maybe he'll get the call again? Even though, with no offense intended, these aren't really the Flyers of old. They do have some players with snarl like Brayden Schenn, Luke Schenn and Wayne Simmonds, but aside from Zac Rinaldo they don't have much "toughness" in the traditional sense.</p>
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<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins and their arch-rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers, meet tonight in Pittsburgh.</p> <p>It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh tonight as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.broadstreethockey.com/">Philadelphia Flyers</a> (7-9-1). The Flyers currently find themselves out of the playoff bubble at press time, but find themselves playing better hockey of late, including a 7-0 shellacking of the lowly <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">New York Islanders</a> in their last game.</p>
<p>At 11-5-0, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pensburgh.com/">Penguins</a> are tied for first in the Atlantic Division and look to extend that lead over their in-state arch-rival tonight.</p>
<p>The player to watch tonight for the Flyers may be winger <span>Jakub Voracek</span>, who is also Philly's leading scorer so far this season. Broad Street Hockey <a href="http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2013/2/19/4000076/jakub-voracek-stats-flyers-thank-you-howson" target="new">has stumped for more time</a> for Voracek, saying:</p>
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<blockquote>So the solution here, since he's performing very well at both ends of the ice, seems to be to play him more. And yesterday's game -- which found him on the top line with Giroux and Read -- was an encouraging sign that he'll get more playing time going forward</blockquote>
https://www.pensburgh.com/2013/2/20/4009568/game-preview-pens-flyersHooks Orpik