A quick note on Saturday's game first: It appears as is the Flyers will split up Daniel Briere and Simon Gagne, at least temporarily. The two have really been struggling together. Joffrey Lupul will apparently be back in the lineup ahead of schedule.
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I did some numbers crunching of the Flyers leaders in various primary and secondary statistical categories over the past 10 games (dating from the Jan. 16 win against the Panthers to last night's loss to the Capitals). The scoring balance has been amazing.
PRIMARY STATS
Goals:
Mike Knuble 7
Scott Hartnell 6
Daniel Briere 3
Eight players with 2 (Gagne, Richards, Downie, Umberger, Upshall, Kapanen, Coburn, Jones)
Three players with 1 (Carter, Timonen, Vandermeer)
Assists:
Mike Richards 10
Daniel Briere, Braydon Coburn 6
Simon Gagne, R.J. Umberger 5
Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell, Kimmo Timonen, Scottie Upshall 4
Mike Knuble, Randy Jones, Jim Vandermeer 3
Steve Downie, Derian Hatcher 2
Jason Smith, Riley Cote, Jim Dowd 1
Points: Every player has at least one point
Mike Richards 12
Mike Knuble, Scott Hartnell 10
Daniel Briere 9
Braydon Coburn 8
Simon Gagne, R.J. Umberger 7
Scottie Upshall 6
Jeff Carter, Kimmo Timonen, Randy Jones 5
Steve Downie, Jim Vandermeer 4
Sami Kapanen, Derian Hatcher 2
Jim Dowd, Riley Cote, Jason Smith 1
Powerplay goals: 16 in the last 10 games
Scott Hartnell 4
Mike Knuble 3
Daniel Briere, Simon Gagne 2
Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Randy Jones, Scottie Upshall, Jim Vandermeer 1
Game winning goals
Hartnell 4
Knuble 2
Downie 1
SECONDARY STATS
Credited hits
Hatcher 27
Vandermeer 24
Smith 22
Richards 15
Hartnell, Downie 11
Coburn, Cote 9
Umberger, Upshall 8
Carter 7
Kapanen, Jones, Timonen 5
Knuble 4
Briere, Dowd 3
Gagne 0
Blocked shots
Smith 20
Timonen 16
Hatcher 15
Jones 11
Vandermeer 10
Coburn 9
Richards, Umberger 8
Kapanen 7
Carter 6
Knuble 4
Gagne, Hartnell 3
Briere, Downie 2
Dowd, Cote 1
Upshall 0
Charged Giveaways
Richards 13
Jones 12
Hatcher, Gagne 11
Timonen, Briere, Carter 10
Knuble 8
Umberger 7
Coburn 6
Smith, Hartnell, Upshall 5
Vandermeer, Downie 4
Kapanen, Dowd 1
Cote 0
Credited Takeaways
Umberger 13
Carter 11
Richards, Coburn 8
Kapanen, Downie 7
Briere, Gagne, Hartnell, Knuble 6
Jones 5
Hatcher 4
Upshall, Dowd 3
Vandermeer, Smith, Cote 2
Timonen 1
Plus-minus
Carter +4
Knuble, Upshall +3
Coburn, Umberger, Smith +2
Cote +1
Jones, Kapanen E
Hatcher, Richards -1
Hartnell, Downie, Dowd -2
Vandermeer -3
Timonen -4
Briere, Gagne -7
Notes:
*Simon Gagne has taken a team-high 35 shots over the last 10 games. Linemate Daniel Briere has taken 15.
* Randy Jones has put 13 shot attempts on goal (with a pair of goals), has been blocked 11 times and missed the net 8 other times. Also, six of his 12 giveaways came in a single game (the last time the Flyers played the Rangers).
* Jason Smith has averaged 14:35 of ice time per game over the last 10 games, sixth among the Flyers defensemen.
* In his last 10 games, Jim Vandermeer is an all-purpose minus-four. He has been out for nine even strength goals against (three in the last Rangers game), three powerplay goals against, and one shorthanded goal against. He's also been out for seven even strength goals for and two powerplay goals for (one his own, the other a goal on which he drew an assist).
* Mike Richards has only gone three consecutive games without a point once this season.
* The Flyers have a 23-11-3 record with Derian Hatcher in the lineup, 7-7-2 without him.
On the flip side, Hatcher has nine giveways in the last seven games and has been out for 11 goals against in that span: 3 PPGA vs. Devils, 1 ESGA and 1 PPGA vs. Penguins, 1 ESGA vs. Kings, no GA vs. Rangers, no GA (plus-two) vs. Ducks, 2 ESGA (1 ESGF) vs. Thrashers, 3 ESGA vs. Capitals.
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