Flyers at Blue Jackets preview

FLYERS (12-7-5) at BLUE JACKETS (10-9-4)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NBCSP+, NHL.TV

He has nine points (three goals, six assists) in a seven-game streak, tying Bryan Berard (Oct. 24-Nov. 4, 2005) and Jaroslav Spacek (Jan. 10-22, 2003).
The Blue Jackets are 4-0-1 in their past five games and have won four in a row at home.
The Flyers are 2-0-1 in their past three games following a four-game winless streak (0-2-2). They have at least one point in 11 of 13 games in November (7-2-4).

Players to watch

Flyers forward Jakub Voracek has a goal in two straight games after a 12-game drought.
Blue Jackets forward Oliver Bjorkstrand has seven points (two goals, five assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"Obviously, to have a little more breathing room would be OK, but at the end of the day the important thing is to win." -- Flyers coach Alain Vigneault on 10 of 13 games in November being one-goal games
"It will be a great chance for us to climb back into it and put ourselves where we expect to be." -- Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno on playing three of the next four and 10 of 15 against the Metropolitan Division

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Morgan Frost -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Kevin Hayes -- Joel Farabee
James van Riemsdyk -- Michael Raffl -- Tyler Pitlick
Ivan Provorov -- Matt Niskanen
Travis Sanheim -- Justin Braun
Robert Hagg -- Philippe Myers
Carter Hart
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Chris Stewart, Shayne Gostisbehere
Injured:Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Alexandre Texier -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Gustav Nyquist -- Boone Jenner -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eric Robinson -- Alex Wennberg -- Josh Anderson
Sonny Milano -- Nick Foligno -- Emil Bemstrom
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Ryan Murray -- David Savard
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Dean Kukan
Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched:Scott Harrington, Riley Nash
Injured: Brandon Dubinsky (wrist), Markus Nutivaara (upper body), Kole Sherwood (oblique)

Status report

The Flyers did not hold a morning skate. … Merzlikins was recalled from Cleveland of the American Hockey League and goalie Matiss Kivlenieks sent down on Wednesday.

Stat pack

Couturier has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in his past 14 games. … Van Riemsdyk will play his 700th NHL game. … The Flyers have averaged 2.30 goals per game in their past 10 games, scoring two or fewer goals in regulation in eight of those games. … The Blue Jackets are 13-0-1 in their past 14 home games against the Flyers. Philadelphia has not won in regulation in Columbus since Dec. 13, 2005 (1-6-7). … Jenner has four points (two goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak. … Werenski is one assist from 100 in the NHL.