Preview: Flyers at Hurricanes

FLYERS (3-5-1) at HURRICANES (2-3-2)
5 p.m. ET; TCN-PH, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Flyers team scope

Goalie Michal Neuvirth will start for the Philadelphia Flyers. Neuvirth relieved starter Steve Mason at the start of the second period after the Penguins scored three goals in a 55-second span late in the first of a 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, when the Flyers could not hold a two-goal lead. "Fifty-plus minutes where you'd say it's a blueprint of how you want our team to play," coach Dave Hakstol said. "We don't have to change anything. We have to tighten up a couple of things." Forward Jakub Voracek scored twice, including a second-period penalty shot that tied the game 4-4. Claude Giroux scored his first goal of the season to go along with nine assists. The Flyers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 in Philadelphia on Oct. 22.

Hurricanes team scope

Goalie Cam Ward will make his third straight for the Hurricanes, who are coming off a 3-2 home win against the New York Rangers on Friday. Forward Jeff Skinner had two goals and assisted on Bryan Bickell's game-winner. Skinner has 21 career multi-goal games. He is the youngest active player in the NHL with 20 or more such games, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Skinner, 24, and 23-year-old linemate Victor Rask are tied for the Hurricanes lead in points with nine. "[Rask] is very responsible defensively so you can play him against anybody in the League, and his skill is starting to show," coach Bill Peters said Saturday. "He's a young player doing what young players are supposed to do: get more comfortable as he goes along."

Flyers projected lineup

Brayden Schenn -- Claude Giroux -- Wayne Simmonds
Travis Konecny -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Matt Read -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Roman Lyubimov
Chris VandeVelde -- Boyd Gordon -- Dale Weise
Nick Schultz -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Ivan Provorov -- Mark Streit
Brandon Manning -- Radko Gudas
Michal Neuvirth
Steve Mason
Scratched:Nick Cousins, Andrew MacDonald
Injured:Michael Del Zotto (lower body), Scott Laughton (lower body), Michael Raffl (upper body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jeff Skinner - Victor Rask - Lee Stempniak
Joakim Nordstrom - Jordan Staal - Sebastian Aho
Teuvo Teravainen - Elias Lindholm - Phillip Di Giuseppe
Bryan Bickell - Jay McClement - Viktor Stalberg
Ron Hainsey - Justin Faulk
Jaccob Slavin - Brett Pesce
Klas Dahlbeck - Noah Hanifin
Cam Ward
Eddie Lack
Scratched:Jakub Nakladal, Andrej Nestrasil, Martin Frk
Injured:Ryan Murphy (lower body)

Status report

The Hurricanes will stay with the same lineup they used against the Rangers. ... Hakstol hinted at lineup changes but did not reveal them.

Who's hot

Giroux has an eight-game point streak (1-9-10). ... Rask, who had two assists against the Rangers, has a seven-game scoring streak to begin the season. … Hanifin has six assists in seven games. ... Carolina's power play is 7-for-25 (28 percent), third in the League.