Penguins at Flyers preview

PENGUINS (28-20-7) at FLYERS (25-23-7)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS, NBCSP, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV

The 20-year-old is going for his ninth straight win, which would set the record for the longest streak by a goalie before his 21st birthday. Hart won his eighth straight game against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday to match Jocelyn Thibault, who went 8-0-0 with the Quebec Nordiques from March 6-26, 1995. He has a 2.35 goals-against average and .934 save percentage during his streak.
The Penguins, who have lost four straight games (0-3-1), could have center Evgeni Malkin in the lineup. Malkin is a game-time decision after missing five games with an upper-body injury.
This is the teams' final game against each other before they play the 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Feb. 23.

Players to watch

Penguins forward Jake Guentzel has 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in his past 16 games.
Flyers center Sean Couturier has scored a goal in four straight games and has nine points (four goals, five assists) during a six-game point streak.

They said it

"I think we're right there. You look at those games (four straight losses), we could have easily won every single one of them. That's just the kind of hockey it is at this time of year, it's tight, you need that big play. We need to find a way to get that." -- Penguins center Sidney Crosby
"We've got to treat this like a playoff game." -- Flyers coach Scott Gordon

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Phil Kessel -- Evgeni Malkin -- Nick Bjugstad
Tanner Pearson -- Jared McCann -- Dominik Simon
Garrett Wilson -- Matt Cullen -- Patric Hornqvist
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin -- Jack Johnson
Olli Maatta -- Juuso Riikola
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Chad Ruhwedel, Teddy Blueger
Injured: Zach Aston-Reese (upper body), Justin Schultz (fractured leg)

Flyers projected lineup

James van Riemsdyk -- Claude Giroux -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Michael Raffl -- Mikhail Vorobyev --
Phil Varone
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Andrew MacDonald
Robert Hagg -- Radko Gudas
Carter Hart
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched:Philippe Myers, Justin Bailey, Mike McKenna](https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-mckenna-8470093)
Injured: Brian Elliott (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

Status report

Schultz and Aston-Reese were full participants at the morning skate but will not play. ... Bailey was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Sunday but will not play. … The Flyers sent forward Corban Knight to the AHL on Sunday after he cleared waivers.

Stat pack

Letang has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past six games. He needs one goal to pass Paul Coffey (108) for most by a Penguins defenseman. … Kessel needs two points for 800 in the NHL. ... Voracek has eight points (two goals, six assists) during a six-game point streak. … Giroux has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past five games.