Flyers at Flames preview

FLYERS (12-13-3) at FLAMES (19-10-2)
8:30 p.m. ET; SN, NBCSP, NHL.TV

Couturier, who has 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in 26 games this season, has missed the past two games with a lower-body injury. He will play on a line with Michael Raffl and Jakub Voracek and not with Claude Giroux, with whom he has skated on a line with the past season and a half.
The Flyers, 3-6-2 in their past 11 games, have allowed at least four goals against in six of their past nine games.
The Flames, 5-1-0 in their past six games and 9-2-1 in their past 12, have allowed two goals or fewer in seven of their past nine games. Calgary is in first place in the Pacific Division, three points ahead of the San Jose Sharks.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Jakub Voracek has six points (three goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in his past 12 games.

They said it

"I think we do a good job of coming back after a loss and get a big win, and the next game it looks like we can't find our game. It's definitely frustrating right now. We know we can be in a better position right now." -- Flyers forward Claude Giroux on Philadelphia alternating losses and wins for the past five games
"For us, we know we're playing good here. After a loss we've done a good job of bouncing back and playing good again after that. I expect us to play good tonight."-- Flames forward Elias Lindholm on Calgary coming off a 1-0 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday

Flyers projected lineup

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

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Derek Ryan -- Sam Bennett
Andrew Mangiapane
-- Mark Jankowski -- James Neal
Austin Czarnik --
Alan Quine
-- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Dalton Prout
Injured: Juuso Valimaki (lower body), Michael Stone (blood clot), Michael Frolik (lower body), Mikael Backlund (concussion)
Suspended:Ryan Lomberg

Status report

Giordano will return from a two-game suspension for kneeing Minnesota Wild forward Mikko Koivu in a 2-0 win on Thursday.

Stat pack

Giroux has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in his past nine games. … Couturier has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in his past 12 games. … Monahan has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past six games. … Lindholm has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past seven games.