Flyers at Rangers preview

FLYERS (14-16-4) at RANGERS (15-14-5)
7 p.m. ET; NHL Network, MSG, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Rangers, who lost 5-3 at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, are 2-0-3 in their previous five home games and 9-1-3 at home since Oct. 23. Henrik Lundqvist is expected to start in goal for the Rangers after Alexander Georgiev started against Toronto.
The Flyers, who lost 4-3 against the Columbus Blue Jackets despite outshooting them 37-19 on Saturday, will likely use Michal Neuvirth as the starting goalie.
Rookie goalie Carter Hart started the past three games for the Flyers, the first three under coach Scott Gordon, who replaced Dave Hakstol on Monday. Hart won the first two before allowing four goals on 19 shots against Columbus.

Players to watch

Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk has four points (two goals, two assists) in the three games since the coaching change.
Rangers center Kevin Hayes has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) during a six-game point streak.

They said it

"I think we've had a level of consistency in the three games to know that we're starting to build some momentum as to how we want to play." -- Flyers coach Scott Gordon
"Regardless of the outcome, our process and our game is continuing to improve. I've seen the young guys take tremendous strides every single night. There's less thinking, more reacting. Guys are trusting their instincts, tilting the ice a lot more than we have been, especially against some pretty good teams." -- Rangers forward Chris Kreider

Flyers projected lineup

James van Riemsdyk -- Claude Giroux -- Travis Konecny
Wayne Simmonds -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Nolan Patrick -- Michael Raffl
Oskar Lindblom -- Phil Varone -- Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Andrew MacDonald -- Radko Gudas
Robert Hagg - Shayne Gostisbehere
Michal Neuvirth
Carter Hart
Scratched: Christian Folin, Jori Lehtera, Jordan Weal
Injured: Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Corban Knight (collarbone)

Rangers projected lineup

Filip Chytil -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Chris Kreider -- Kevin Hayes -- Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey -- Brett Howden -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Boo Nieves -- Lias Andersson -- Ryan Strome
Marc Staal -- Neal Pionk
Brady Skjei -- Adam McQuaid
Fredrik Claesson -- Brendan Smith
Henrik Lundqvist
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Tony DeAngelo
Injured: Cody McLeod (fractured left hand), Kevin Shattenkirk (separated shoulder), Jesper Fast (upper body)

Status report

Buchnevich and Zuccarello are switching lines because coach David Quinn thinks he might get more chemistry. … Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

The Flyers are 8-for-8 on the penalty kill in the past two games and 35-for-40 (87.5 percent) in 13 games since Nov. 23, when they beat the Rangers 4-0 at Wells Fargo Center. They were 50-for-73 (68.5 percent) on the PK in their first 21 games.