Flyers at Panthers preview

FLYERS (34-20-11) at PANTHERS (31-25-6)
3 p.m. ET; TVAS, FS-F, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Panthers are one point behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
The Flyers are playing for the second straight day; they lost 7-6 in a shootout at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and are 0-1-1 in their past two games. Philadelphia trails the Washington Capitals by two points for first place in the Metropolitan Division and leads the Pittsburgh Penguins by one for second.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist against the Lightning on Saturday, giving him 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists) in his past 12 games.
Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov has 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in his past 14 games.

They said it

" That wasn't us the other night (4-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday). We knew that coming in here, especially as we go through this road trip and start this next stretch. We've got to raise our level quite a bit from where we were the other night. Just wanted to get back to it and thought our guys did that. They got back to it." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol on his team's play in the loss at Tampa Bay
" I don't know how many games we've won in the third period lately but the belief is strong. We believe in each other and the system." -- Panthers forward Micheal Haley

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Nolan Patrick -- Jakub Voracek
Taylor Leier -- Scott Laughton -- Michael Raffl
Jordan Weal -- Valtteri Filppula -- Jori Lehtera
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg -- Johnny Oduya
Brandon Manning -- Radko Gudas
Alex Lyon
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Matt Read](https://www.nhl.com/player/matt-read-8476177), Dale Weise
Injured:Brian Elliott (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Wayne Simmonds (upper body), Andrew MacDonald (upper body)

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jamie McGinn
Connor Brickley -- Jared McCann -- Maxim Mamin
Micheal Haley -- Derek MacKenzie -- Colton Sceviour
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Mike Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
MacKenzie Weegar -- Alexander Petrovic
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched: Radim Vrbata, Ian McCoshen
Injured: Denis Malgin (lower body), Frank Vatrano (lower body)

Status report

Oduya is expected to make his Flyers debut with MacDonald day to day. ... Lyon could start after Mrazek made 29 saves against the Lightning. … The Panthers had a full day off Saturday after sweeping a back-to-back set against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday (3-2) and Buffalo Sabres on Friday (4-1).

Stat pack

Patrick has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past eight games. … Yandle has 13 points (one goal, 12 assists) in his past 14 games.