Flyers at Sharks preview

FLYERS (6-7-0) at SHARKS (6-4-3)
10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, NBCSP+, NHL.TV

Pickard will make his first start since allowing six goals on 28 shots in a 6-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Oct.18. He's 2-1-0 with a 4.75 goals-against average and .833 save percentage.
The Flyers have won the first two of their four-game Western trip, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday and the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Thursday.
Martin Jones will start for the Sharks, who have lost back to back games, both at home. Jones is 4-0-1 with a 2.36 GAA in his past five starts.
Sharks center Logan Couture has five goals and eights assists in an eight-game point streak, tying a career high.
The Sharks defeated Philadelphia 8-2 on Oct. 9 at Wells Fargo Center.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Claude Giroux has 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in 16 career games against San Jose.
Sharks defenseman Brent Burns has 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) in his past 10 games.

They said it

"I think we've done a lot of good things the last couple games. Now the job is to continue doing those good things the rest of the year. It's a start." -- Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds
"Today's a big game for us. We don't want to be a team that gets into ruts and can't get ourselves out of them." -- Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson

Flyers projected lineup

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

Sharks projected lineup

Evander Kane -- Joe Thornton -- Joe Pavelski
Tomas Hertl -- Logan Couture -- Timo Meier
Joonas Donskoi -- Rourke Chartier -- Kevin Labanc
Marcus Sorensen -- Barclay Goodrow -- Melker Karlsson
Joakim Ryan -- Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Justin Braun
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratched:Radim Simek, Tim Heed, Antti Suomela
Injured: None

Status report

Neuvirth will return to Philadelphia to be evaluated by team doctors. ... Suomela will be scratched for the first time this season and be replaced by Chartier. ... Kane will move to the top line with Thornton and Pavelski, and Meier will return to the second line with Couture and Hertl.

Stat pack

Provorov scored a goal in each of his past two games. ... Meier has 13 points (eight goals, five assists) in his past 10 games.