Flyers at Blue Jackets preview

FLYERS (28-19-10) at BLUE JACKETS (29-24-4)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, FS-O, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Flyers have lost 11 straight (0-5-6) in Columbus since a 3-1 win on Dec. 13, 2005. In their past seven games at Nationwide Arena, six have gone past regulation and the other was a one-goal loss in regulation.
Philadelphia (66 points), which is in third place in the Metropolitan Division, had a four-game winning streak end with a 5-4 shootout loss to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
The Blue Jackets (62 points) are 2-5-1 in their past eight games and are tied with the New York Islanders, one point behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Players to watch
Flyers forward Claude Giroux has a four-game point streak (four goals, four assists) and has scored a goal in each.
Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno had two goals and an assist in a 6-3 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. It was his first three-point game since Dec. 29, 2016, against the Winnipeg Jets.

They said it

"We've been playing very good hockey after a loss. This point of the year you can't let one loss get you down." -- Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds
"We've done a pretty good job away from the puck too. That's what's helped our offense." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on not sacrificing defensive responsibilities to take more shots on goal

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
Michal Neuvirth
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Taylor Leier, Mark Alt
Injured: Brian Elliott (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Josh Anderson
Matt Calvert -- Lukas Sedlak -- Jussi Jokinen
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- Markus Nutivaara
Dean Kukan -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Markus Hannikainen, Scott Harrington
Injured:Ryan Murray (back)

Status report

Neuvirth will make his third straight start. ... Columbus activated forward Sonny Milano off injured reserve (oblique) and assigned him to Cleveland of the American Hockey League.

Stat pack

Giroux needs one goal for 200 in his NHL career … Bjorkstrand has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past three games. Columbus has taken 50 or more shots in three straight games, tying the NHL record set by the Chicago Blackhawks in October 1955.