Panthers at Flyers preview

PANTHERS (0-2-1) at FLYERS (2-3-0)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, FS-F, NHL.TV

Forward Nick Bjugstad will be a game-time decision because of an upper-body injury he sustained in the Panthers' 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. He didn't practice Monday but did get on the ice after his teammates had finished.
Brian Elliott, who made 20 saves in a 1-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, will start for the Flyers.

Players to watch

Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau has nine points (six goals, three assists) in 14 career games against Philadelphia, including a goal in each of the past two.
Flyers forward Claude Giroux has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past three games against Florida.

They said it

"To play three games in one week [is big]. It's been a long time. I think that's affected us a bit. We've had a ton of practice. We've got to get back into game mode, not thinking so much and just playing. The last week or two has been a challenge that way." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner
"I think we played our best game of the season on Saturday. It's hard when you walk away and you don't get the result you want, but everything else in that hockey game adds up to a good performance. That's a lot closer to who we want to be and what we want to be." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Mike Hoffman
Frank Vatrano -- Jared McCann -- Denis Malgin
Maxim Mamin -- Juho Lammikko -- Troy Brouwer
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Mark Pysyk -- Alexander Petrovic
Bogdan Kiselevich -- MacKenzie Weegar
Michael Hutchinson
James Reimer
Scratched:Colton Sceviour
Injured:Roberto Luongo (knee), Derek MacKenzie (upper body), Jamie McGinn (back)
Suspended:Mike Matheson

Flyers projected lineup

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

Status report

Weegar will make his season debut and replace Matheson after being scratched the first three games. … The Panthers did not have a morning skate, but if Bjugstad can't play, Malgin could take his spot on the top line and Vatrano could enter the lineup. ... Knight was activated from the non-roster injury list and could replace Weise. … Patrick took part in the optional morning skate, but Hakstol had no update on his health or change in his timetable. He was expected to miss 7-10 days after sustaining an upper-body injury against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 10.

Stat pack

Yandle has an assist in each of the past two games and leads the Panthers with 12 shots on goal. ... Voracek has six points (two goals, four assists) in the past three games.