Flyers at Ducks preview

FLYERS (4-7-0) at DUCKS (5-5-2)
10 p.m. ET; SN1, SNE, SNO, SNP, FS-W, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Flyers, who are starting a four-game road trip, have lost their past three games (0-3-0), and have been outscored 13-2. They last lost four straight games in regulation from Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2015.
Anaheim has lost five consecutive games (0-4-1). The Ducks last lost six straight during an 0-6-1 stretch from Nov. 13-27, 2011.

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Players to watch

Flyers forward Nolan Patrick got his first NHL point against the Ducks at Honda Center on Oct. 7, 2017, assisting on a goal by Ivan Provorov in a 3-2 overtime win. Patrick likely will play on the top power-play unit after practicing there Monday.
Ducks forward Pontus Aberg scored two goals in a 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. Aberg was playing his sixth game for Anaheim since being claimed off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers on Oct. 1.

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They said it

"If we get back to the basics, keep things simple, we'll be fine." -- Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere
"For us it's about taking the next step. Right now we're a hockey club that has to try to create an identity." -- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle

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Flyers projected lineup

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

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Ducks projected lineup

Adam Henrique -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Rickard Rakell
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler --
Kiefer Sherwood
Pontus Aberg -- Sam Steel -- Jakob Silfverberg
Joseph Blandisi -- Isac Lundestrom -- Brian Gibbons
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Montour
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson -- Andy Welinski
Ryan Miller
John Gibson
Scratched:Ben Street, Luke Schenn
Injured: Patrick Eaves (shoulder), Max Comtois (lower body), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Nick Ritchie (upper body), Carter Rowney (upper body), Corey Perry (knee surgery)

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Status report

Aube-Kubel, who was called up from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Sunday, will make his NHL debut. He had seven points (three goals, four assists) in eight AHL games. … Miller is expected to start after Gibson faced 127 shots in three games last week.

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Stat pack

The Flyers have allowed six power-play goals in their past four games and are 31st in the NHL in penalty kill percentage at 67.5. … The Ducks are 12-0-3 in their past 15 games against the Flyers.