Flyers at Coyotes preview

FLYERS (26-19-9) at COYOTES (13-32-9)
8 p.m. ET; FS-A, NBCSP+, NHL.TV

They enter Saturday as the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Arizona is 1-4-0 in its past five games, and 4-5-4 in the 13 games it has played in the new year.
The Coyotes have allowed four goals or more in three of their past four games.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Jakub Voracek has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in a seven-game point streak. He has 17 points (three goals, 14 assists) in his past 15 games.
Coyotes defenseman Kevin Connauton has three goals in his past four games. He had one in his first 42 games this season.

They said it

"We can't look past anybody. We're in a situation where every single point is key and is critical for us. We have to go out and put a great game together." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol on playing the Coyotes, who are last in the NHL standings
"We have actually played better on the road. I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm not sure we have an identity at home." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet, whose team is a league-worst 6-16-3 at home, where it will play nine of its next 10 games, and 13 of its next 17

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Jakub Voracek -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Jordan Weal -- Scott Laughton -- Michael Raffl
Jori Lehtera -- Valtteri Filppula -- Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg -- Andrew MacDonald
Brandon Manning -- Radko Gudas
Brian Elliott
Michal Neuvirth
Scratched: Taylor Leier, Mark Alt
Injured: None

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Zac Rinaldo -- Max Domi -- Tobias Rieder
Richard Panik -- Christian Dvorak -- Christian Fischer
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Alex Goligoski
Antti Raanta
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Freddie Hamilton, Luke Schenn, Josh Archibald
Injured: None

Status report

Fischer (lower body) practiced Friday and Tocchet said he should be good to play. Fischer missed a 4-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday at Xcel Energy Center.

Stat pack

Konecny has 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in his past 10 games. … Gostisbehere has seven points (one goal, six assists) in a four-game point streak. … Elliott is 4-0-0 with a 1.71 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage in his past four starts. … Stepan has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past two games. … Raanta is 4-3-3 with a 2.23 goals against average and a .921 save percentage in his past 10 starts.