Flyers at Coyotes preview

FLYERS (6-7-1) at COYOTES (7-5-0)
9 p.m. EST; FS-A, NBCSP, NHL.TV

Arizona has not won six straight since Feb. 16-28, 2012.
The Coyotes are 4-0-0 on a current five-game homestand; they have won every game on a homestand of at least five games once in Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets history (5-0-0 from March 3-12, 2002).
Philadelphia is 2-0-1 on a four-game road trip.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Nolan Patrick has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past three games.
Coyotes forward Brad Richardson has five points (three goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak and leads the NHL with three shorthanded goals.

They said it

"We have to get better. If you look around the League the numbers are a little inflated right now and we'll see how things shake out. It's something we have to address on a daily basis for sure. ... We give up too many chances in high-value scoring areas." -- Flyers general manager Ron Hextall on the penalty kill, which has allowed an NHL-high 16 power-play goals
"Got to be careful. If you play the right way you give yourself opportunities. We've got to bounce back, even though we won the last game (4-3 in overtime against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday). We've got to bounce back with a little bit of effort." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet

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
Calvin Pickard
Alex Lyon
Scratched:Tyrell Goulbourne, Andrew MacDonald
Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Michael Raffl (upper body), James van Riemsdyk (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Brian Elliott (undisclosed)

Coyotes projected lineup

Richard Panik -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Clayton Keller
Nick Cousins -- Derek Stepan -- Christian Fischer
Michael Grabner -- Brad Richardson -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Lawson Crouse -- Dylan Strome -- Brendan Perlini
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Alex Goligoski -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Jordan Oesterle
Darcy Kuemper
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Josh Archibald, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured:Christian Dvorak (torn pectoral), Jakob Chychrun (lower body)

Status report

Connauton, who has missed the past two games because of an illness, will be a game-time decision. ... Chychrun has resumed skating and could return later this week. ... Neuvirth was placed on injured reserve and Lyon recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. ... The Coyotes and Flyers play again in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Stat pack

Philadelphia is 30th in the NHL on the penalty kill (68.8 percent), and has allowed at least one power-play goal in seven straight games. … Lindblom has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past three games. ... Arizona has scored at least one shorthanded goal in a Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets-record four straight games and leads the NHL with seven shorthanded goals. … Goligoski has seven points (one goal, six assists) during a four-game point streak. ... The Coyotes have allowed the fewest goals in the NHL (24) and have outscored opponents 24-7 during their winning streak.