Flyers vs Golden Knights | 4th Oct 2018

[teylward]

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https://www.nhl.com/news/philadelphi...ew/c-300634466

by Danny Webster / NHL.com Correspondent

FLYERS (0-0-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (0-0-0)

10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, SN360, SN1, TVAS, NBCSP, NHL.TV


The Game
Max Pacioretty will play his first game for the Vegas Golden Knights when they face the Philadelphia Flyers at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday in the season opener for each team.

The forward was acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Sept. 9 and signed a four-year, $28 million contract extension (average annual value $7 million) the next day. Pacioretty played the first 10 seasons of his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens.

The Golden Knights, beginning their second NHL season, will play for the first time since losing the Stanley Cup Final in five games to the Washington Capitals.

Forward James van Riemsdyk will play his first game with the Flyers since 2011-12. Van Riemsdyk, the No. 2 pick by Philadelphia in the 2007 NHL Draft, signed a five-year, $35 million contract (AAV $7 million) with the Flyers on July 1 after playing the past six seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs.



Players to watch
Flyers center Sean Couturier scored an NHL career-high 76 points (31 goals, 45 assists) last season and was a finalist for the Selke Trophy as the top defensive forward in the NHL.

Golden Knights center Paul Stastny also will make his Vegas debut. He signed a three-year, $19.5 million contract (AAV $6.5 million) on July 1 after playing with the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets last season.



They said it
"We know what kind of a team they are. They work, they play fast, they play tenacious, they play hard so you have to respect that out of your opponent, but at the same time it's all about us." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol

"It's a different year. We'll see what happens. We hope to get off to a great start. That was real key last year. We felt we were consistent all year long." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant



Flyers projected lineup
Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Oskar Lindblom -- Nolan Patrick -- Jakub Voracek

James van Riemsdyk -- Mikhail Vorobyev -- Wayne Simmonds

Scott Laughton -- Jori Lehtera -- Michael Raffl

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Ivan Provorov

Andrew MacDonald -- Robert Hagg

Travis Sanheim -- Radko Gudas

Brian Elliott

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Christian Folin, Jordan Weal, Dale Weise, Calvin Pickard

Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Samuel Morin (knee), Alex Lyon (lower body), Corban Knight (upper body), Pascal Laberge (hip)



Golden Knights projected lineup
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith

Max Pacioretty -- Paul Stastny -- Erik Haula

Tomas Nosek -- Oscar Lindberg -- Ryan Carpenter

William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves

Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland

Colin Miller -- Brayden McNabb

Nick Holden -- Jon Merrill

Marc-Andre Fleury

Malcolm Subban

Scratched: Brad Hunt, Jake Bischoff, Nate Schmidt (suspension)

Injured: Alex Tuch (lower body), Cody Eakin (lower body)



Status report
Pickard was claimed off waivers by Philadelphia from Toronto on Tuesday. … Tuch and Eakin each is week to week.



Stat pack
Philadelphia has won its past two season openers, each against a Pacific Division team (Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks). … Voracek needs two assists for 400 in the NHL. … Fleury can tie an NHL record with his 10th win in a season opener (Martin Brodeur and Curtis Joseph).

[teylward]

Great start to the season with a win over in the West against the Golden Knights.

A few milestones on the night.
400 total assists for Voracek
Giroux moved into 3rd spot for most assists in Flyers history
Vorobvey got his first point of his career

The lines looked good. Elliott was also playing sharp.
JVR has a great pass to assist on Haggs goal.
Hagg played awesome with plenty of hits, an assist and a goal.

Good win, hopefully this is what the season has on offer.