Flames at Flyers preview

FLAMES (25-13-4) at FLYERS (15-20-5)
1 p.m. ET; NHLN, NBCSP, SNW, NHL.TV

Mike McKenna was claimed off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks on Friday, and if he plays, the Flyers would equal the mark held by the 1989-90 Quebec Nordiques, the 2002-03 St. Louis Blues and the 2007-08 Los Angeles Kings.
The Flyers have lost five straight games (0-4-1).
Flames goalie David Rittich, who has missed the past two games with a lower-body injury, practiced Friday and could start.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in three consecutive multipoint games.
Flyers forward Claude Giroux has 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) in his past 17 games.

They said it

"Thought we played well at home against San Jose (8-5 win on Monday). We haven't really gotten going on this (four-game) road trip. I know we can be a lot better."-- Flames forward Mikael Backlund
"Everybody controls their own situation and you can't worry about what's going on with another position, another player. You have a job to do, you go out and do your job and focus on that ... as we go on here it doesn't matter who's in net. We have to make sure that we put ourselves in the best situation to defend and score, whoever is in net." -- Flyers coach Scott Gordon

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Michael Frolik -- Mark Jankowski -- James Neal
Garnet Hathaway -- Derek Ryan -- Austin Czarnik

Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith

Scratched:Jon Gillies, Dalton Prout, Dillon Dube
Injured: Michael Stone (blood clot), Juuso Valimaki (lower body)

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Scott Laughton -- Jakub Voracek
James van Riemsdyk -- Jordan Weal -- Wayne Simmonds
Michael Raffl --
Phil Varone
-- Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Robert Hagg -- Christian Folin
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Radko Gudas
Carter Hart
Mike McKenna
Scratched: Jori Lehtera
Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Nolan Patrick (upper body), Andrew MacDonald (undisclosed), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

Status report

If Rittich can't play, it's likely Smith will start and Gillies will be the backup. ... Patrick practiced Friday in a non-contact jersey but coach Scott Gordon said there's a chance he could play. ... Neuvirth is day to day; the Flyers hope to have an update after the weekend.

Stat pack

Monahan has eight points (one goal, seven assists) during a three-game point streak. ... Voracek has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past eight games.