Flyers at Lightning preview

FLYERS (15-14-8) at LIGHTNING (27-7-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; TVA Sports, SUN, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Lightning, who lead the NHL with 56 points, last won nine straight at home from Jan. 2-Feb. 12, 2016. Their record is 10 straight victories at home, from Dec. 11, 2014, through Jan. 31, 2015.
Tampa Bay has won 10 of its past 11 games (10-1-0).
Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov had an assist in a 3-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday and leads the NHL with 52 points (24 goals, 28 assists). Center Steven Stamkos had two goals and is fourth with 47 points (15 goals, 32 assists).
Philadelphia is 1-3-1 in its past five games after a six-game winning streak and has scored two or fewer goals in six of its past seven.
Each team will play the second half of a back-to-back. The Flyers lost 3-2 against the Florida Panthers on Thursday.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Claude Giroux has nine assists during a six-game point streak.
Lightning forward Brayden Point has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in the past 11 games.

They said it

"We really didn't start playing until about halfway through this game. We spotted our opponent three goals and then we got to the intensity level of the game." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol after the 3-2 loss to the Panthers on Thursday
"The one big thing is you don't have to jump on a plane. So there's no bus to the airport, there's no plane ride, there is no delays or anything like that. You just get to go home and it's another game. If there is an advantage, you have to say that's about it." -- Lightning coach Jon Cooper on playing both games of a back-to-back at home

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Michael Raffl -- Nolan Patrick -- Jakub Voracek
Dale Weise -- Valtteri Filppula -- Wayne Simmonds
Taylor Leier -- Scott Laughton -- Jordan Weal
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg -- Andrew MacDonald
Travis Sanheim -- Radko Gudas
Michal Neuvirth
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Mark Alt, Jori Lehtera
Injured: Brandon Manning (upper body)

Lightning projected lineup

Vladislav Namestnikov -- Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point - Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn - Yanni Gourde -- Cory Conacher
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette -- JT Brown
Victor Hedman -- Jake Dotchin
Mikhail Sergachev -- Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn -- Andrej Sustr
Peter Budaj
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Slater Koekkoek
Injured:Ryan Callahan (upper body), Anton Stralman (lower body)

Status report

Neuvirth was activated from injured reserved Thursday and is expected to start for the first time since Nov. 28. He had been out because of a lower-body injury. ... Stralman participated in a light morning skate wearing a regular jersey and is day to day. ... Callahan continues to skate in a red non-contact jersey and will be re-evaluated in a week.

Stat pack

Johnson has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) during a 10-game point streak. ... Voracek is second in the NHL with 36 assists, one behind Josh Bailey of the New York Islanders.