Stars at Flyers preview

STARS (18-14-1) at FLYERS (13-11-7)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, FS-SW+, NHL.TV

It would be the Flyers' longest winning streak since they won 10 in a row from Nov. 27 to Dec. 14, 2016. This streak started after they lost 10 straight games (0-5-5). They are the fifth team to win more than five in a row after going winless in 10 straight, the first since the San Jose Sharks lost 10 in a row (0-7-3) and then won six straight in 2005-06.
The Stars are playing for the second straight night; they lost 5-2 against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Friday. Coach Ken Hitchcock will try again for his 800th NHL win. He would be the third coach in League history with that many, joining Scotty Bowman (1,244) and Joel Quenneville (867). Hitchcock had 131 wins during four seasons with the Flyers (2002-03 to 2006-07).

Players to watch

Stars forward Tyler Seguin has gone six straight games without a goal, matching his longest drought of the season. But he has nine goals in 18 games against the Flyers.
Flyers forward Jakub Voracek has 11 assists in his past nine games. He is tied with Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the NHL lead with 31.

They said it

"We're going to bring all the good stuff and positive stuff into [Saturday]. That's going to be a hard game as well with some good pace. ... It's going to be a fun game, and we are sure excited to get back right away and play." -- Stars defenseman John Klingberg
"He very much believes in the foundations of what he wants out of his teams and how he believes the game should be played. But it also tells me he's been adaptable to continue to do that over the different number of years he's done that. Just make sure it doesn't happen tonight." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol on Stars coach Ken Hitchcock

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Devin Shore
Antoine Roussel -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza -- Alexander Radulov
Remi Elie -- Martin Hanzal -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Stephen Johns -- Julius Honka
Ben Bishop
Kari Lehtonen
Scratched:Jason Dickinson, Jamie Oleksiak, Gemel Smith
Injured:Marc Methot (knee)

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Wayne Simmonds
Michael Raffl -- Valtteri Filppula -- Jakub Voracek
Jordan Weal -- Nolan Patrick -- Dale Weise
Taylor Leier -- Scott Laughton -- Travis Konecny
Ivan Provorov -- Andrew MacDonald
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Robert Hagg
Travis Sanheim -- Radko Gudas
Brian Elliott
Alex Lyon
Scratched:Jori Lehtera, Mark Alt
Injured:Brandon Manning (upper body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

Status report

The Stars did not hold a morning skate. Bishop will play after Lehtonen made 21 saves Friday. It will be his first game since Dec. 9. … Elliott will start his seventh straight game.

Stat pack

Radulov has goals in back-to-back games. … Raffl has five points (three goals, two assists) during a five-game point streak