Flyers at Hurricanes preview

FLYERS (24-19-9) at HURRICANES (24-21-8)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Elliott, who has not played since making 19 saves in a 3-2 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Jan. 23, will try to help Philadelphia end a four-game losing streak (0-3-1) after going 8-1-0 in their previous nine games.
The Flyers are one point behind the New York Islanders for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference, and lead the Hurricanes by one point. Philadelphia has played one fewer game than Carolina.
Goaltender Cam Ward will start for the Hurricanes, who have lost two straight following a three-game winning streak. Carolina has scored two goals or fewer in six of their past seven games.

Players to watch

Flyers center Sean Couturier has 15 points (nine goals and six assists) in his past 13 games.
Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has scored goals in his past two games and has 17 points (12 goals, five assists) in his past 15 games.

They said it

"I think [the Hurricanes] are going to [make] one of their best pushes through the 60 minutes that they give all year. We've talked about that. But more important, we talk about our own game and the importance of the two points for ourselves." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol
"I think both teams understand where we are in relationship to each other and the importance of the game. They're a dangerous team. They've got a lot of production out of their top six right now. They're a good team, obviously." -- Hurricanes coach Bill Peters

Flyers projected lineup

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

Hurricanes projected lineup

Sebastian Aho -- Jordan Staal -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Victor Rask -- Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner -- Elias Lindholm -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Joakim Nordstrom -- Derek Ryan -- Lee Stempniak
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Klas Dahlbeck -- Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Scratched:Josh Jooris, Marcus Kruger, Haydn Fleury
Injured: None

Status report

The Flyers assigned goaltender Alex Lyon to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Leier and Raffl will swap roles on Philadelphia's third and fourth lines. ... Kruger will not be in the lineup for the first time in 17 games.

Stat pack

Simmonds has 21 points (11 goals, 10 assists) in 25 games against Carolina. … Konecny has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past eight games. … Teravainen has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past five games. … The Hurricanes are 20-7-3 when scoring first this season.