Flyers at Rangers preview

FLYERS (20-15-8) at RANGERS (22-17-5)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TVA Sports, MSG, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Flyers have scored at least four goals in five of their past six games, including five or more goals four times.
The Rangers have lost three consecutive games and have been outscored 14-5, including 5-2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. It's their longest losing streak since they lost five straight from Oct. 10-19.

Players to watch

Flyers center Sean Couturier has seven goals in his past four games, including two in each of his past three.
Rangers center Mika Zibanejad has three goals in his past five games.

They said it

"If you want to be in the race, in the upper half, you can't let yourself have too many losses in a short period of time here. We've got to come together and do whatever we can. Start with one and then we start building momentum from there." -- Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist
"For us, it's continuing the level of play that we've had. I've said it all the way along, our focus on a daily basis has to be to win games and look for ways to improve ourselves." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol

Flyers projected lineup

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

Rangers projected lineup

Rick Nash -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Mats Zuccarello -- J.T. Miller -- Vinni Lettieri
Jimmy Vesey -- David Desharnais -- Paul Carey
Michael Grabner -- Peter Holland -- Jesper Fast
Ryan McDonagh -- Nick Holden
Brady Skjei -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Marc Staal -- Brendan Smith
Henrik Lundqvist
Ondrej Pavelec
Scratched:Steven Kampfer
Injured:Chris Kreider (rib resection surgery), Kevin Hayes (contusion)

Status report

McDonagh, who didn't play Sunday because of back spasms, said he is good to go against the Flyers. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault did not say which defenseman will be scratched. … Holland will make his Rangers debut after being recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Gostisbehere returns after missing one game because of an illness. ... Hayes will miss his second straight game.

Stat pack

Shattenkirk has one assist in his past 11 games and hasn't scored in 28 games. ... Giroux has a four-game point streak (goal, seven assists). ... The Flyers have allowed a power-play goal in five of their past six games. ... New York has won six of its past seven games against Philadelphia (6-1-0). … The Rangers have allowed 30 or more shots on goal in 15 consecutive games, including 40 or more in four of those games.