Flyers at Stars preview

FLYERS (38-25-13) at STARS (38-30-8)
8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW+, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Flyers have a chance to move past the Columbus Blue Jackets, who play at the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, and into third place in the division (each team has 89 points). Philadelphia leads the New Jersey Devils by three points for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
The Stars are on an eight-game losing streak (0-6-2), their longest since moving to Dallas in 1993, and six points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card into the playoffs from the West with six games to play. A ninth straight loss would match the second-longest skid in franchise history set by the Minnesota North Stars from Jan. 17 to Feb. 4, 1970. Minnesota lost a record 10 in a row from Feb. 1-20, 1976.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Claude Giroux has 65 assists, tied with Winnipeg Jets forward Blake Wheeler for the NHL lead.
Stars forward Tyler Seguin has 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in his past 16 games. He's two points from 500 in the League.

They said it

"Coming here in Dallas, they haven't been as successful lately as they've been all year. For us, it's just make sure we're ready. They're going to come out strong here at home." -- Flyers forward Claude Giroux
"You've got to coach through the tough times, and that's my job. Every day, I've got to come in here and give them hope." -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecky
Oskar Lindblom - Nolan Patrick -- Jakub Voracek
Jordan Weal -- Valtteri Filppula -- Wayne Simmonds
Jori Lehtera -- Scott Laughton -- Matt Read
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Travis Sanheim -- Andrew MacDonald
Brandon Manning -- Radko Gudas
Petr Mrazek
Alex Lyon
Scratched:Robert Hagg, Taylor Leier, Dale Weise
Injured:Brian Elliott (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Johnny Oduya (upper body), Michael Raffl (upper body)

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Antoine Roussel - Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick

Mattias Janmark - Devin Shore - Brett Ritchie
Curtis McKenzie -- Jason Dickinson -- Remi Elie

Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Marc Methot -- Stephen Johns
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Kari Lehtonen
Mike McKenna
Scratched:Dillon Heatherington, Julius Honka, Gemel Smith
Injured:Ben Bishop (knee), Martin Hanzal (back), Jason Spezza (back)

Status report

Spezza, who has missed the past three games, will be a game-time decision. … Neuvirth, out since Feb. 18, skated Tuesday.

Stat pack

The Flyers have killed 11 of 12 penalties in their past six games. ... The Stars have scored two goals or fewer in nine of their past 11 games.