5 THINGS: Flyers vs. Stars

QUICK STATS
Season Series: 1-0-0
All-Time Record: 32 gp (12-11-9-0)
Leading Scorers: PHI: 32pts, Voracek (11g-21a) | DAL: 31pts, Seguin (10g-21a)
Power Play: (PHI: 28-for-119, 23.5%, 2nd) (DAL: 20-for-120, 16.7%, 18th)
Penalty Kill: (PHI: 79-of-96, 82.3%, T-13th) (DAL: 88-for-114, 77.2%, 27th)
1. CAUSE & EFFECT
Currently riding a 10-game win streak for the first time in 31 years, the Flyers are looking to make it 11 in-a-row for just the third time in franchise history… The winning streak has led to the Flyers going from 13th place in the Eastern Conference to now tied for fifth in the Conference… It has also led to three Flyers being in the Top 10 of NHL scoring: Jakub Voracek was T-27th in the NHL and is now T-3rd, Claude Giroux was T-22nd and is now T-8th, while Wayne Simmonds was T-13th and is now T-10th… Steve Mason was 5-8-3 with a 3.04 GAA and .892 save percentage and has gone 8-0-0 to go 13-8-3 with a 2.79 GAA and .905 save percentage.
2. LONE STAR STATE OF MIND
While the Flyers have won 10 straight, the Stars have dropped seven of their last 10 games, going 3-6-1… Dallas is in the midst of a five-game homestand, splitting their first two games and were shut out in their last game, 2-0, by Rangers, which also continues to make them winless against Eastern Conference opponents this season, going 0-5-2… The Stars have won just one game when their opponent scores first, going 1-9-2 this season… Despite the loss, the Stars have eight of their 12 wins this season when playing at home (8-5-2).

3. DIDN'T WE JUST DO THIS
The Flyers will wrap up the season series against the Stars having just played them at home seven days ago… The Flyers took a 4-2 victory off of a four-point performance from Jakub Voracek (1g-3a) and a three power-play goal hat trick from Brayden Schenn… The Flyers are looking for their first season series sweep of more than one game against Dallas since the 2010-11 season and just third time in 12 tries since the team moved to Dallas in 1993.
4. THIS, THAT & THE OTHER
THIS: The Flyers penalty kill has gone perfect over the last three games (12-for-12) and has operated over 90 percent in their last seven games (19-for-21).
THAT: Stars netminder Antti Niemi has a three-game win streak over the Flyers, while also posting a 4-1-0 career record with a .947 sv pct. and 1.48 GAA.
THE OTHER: Stars' Tyler Seguin has nine points (3g-6a) playing at home in Dallas against the Flyers, including two four-point games, while Claude Giroux has seven points (2g-5a) in six games playing at Dallas, including one four-point game.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH:
FLYERS (LW: #10 - Brayden Schenn)
For the second straight game Brayden Schenn is the one to keep an eye on… He has five goals in his last three games, including three consecutive game-winning goals… Since coming over to the Flyers in 2011-12, he is tied for the team lead with 24 game-winning goals… His 24 game-winners also make up over 25 percent of his 93 total goals scored as a Flyer… The Flyers are 6-1-0 when Schenn scores a goal.
STARS (C: #14 - Jamie Benn)
The Stars captain is heating up, recording seven points in his last seven games (2g-5a)… Benn also leads the Stars on home ice, recording 15 points (5g-9a) in 14 games… He has recorded six points (2g-4a) in his last three played at home and has recorded at least a point in five of his last seven home games… Against the Flyers he averages nearly a point per-game with 10 points (5g-5a) in 11 contests.
TODAY AT 50
On December 17, 1995… The Flyers come back late in the third period to beat the Penguins, 6-5, in a game that saw 87 total shots (Flyers: 49, Penguins: 38)… Rod Brind'Amour then netted the game-winner with 2:12 left on the clock, while Chris Therien scored twice to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead, sandwiched around Eric Lindros' 21st goal of the season. Joel Otto scored in the second period for the Flyers with Garth Snow earning the win in net.