The Flyers are 16-5-1 since ending a 10-game losing streak (0-5-5) on Dec. 4, including a 5-3 win against the Lightning at Amalie Arena on Dec. 29. The Lightning have won back-to-back games following a three-game losing streak (0-3-0).
Players to watch
Lightning center Steven Stamkos needs one assist for 300 in the NHL. He has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 13 games. Forward Travis Konecny has scored in overtime two straight games, each time 27 seconds into the extra period. He's the first Flyers player with overtime goals in back-to-back games since Sami Kapanen on Dec. 28-29, 2005. Konecny has five goals in his past nine games, four of them game-winners.
They said it
"We got rocked by the injury bug a little. Not sure if we were feeling sorry for ourselves a little bit. We had more in us. The guys know that. They reacted accordingly." -- Lightning coach Jon Cooper "The strength of our team, get pucks deep and try to go to work on the cycle, stuff like that, that worked pretty well against them. We're going to try to do the same thing." -- Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds
Sergachev will be scratched for the second straight game. … Elliott is day to day. The Flyers recalled Lyon from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League to back up Neuvirth. Raffl will play after sustaining a lower-body injury during the second period of the Flyers' 3-2 overtime win at the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.
Stat pack
Johnson has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past eight games and is two points from 250 in the League. Kunitz has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past two games after he had one in his previous 18. … Couturier has 19 points (11 goals, eight assists) in his past 15 games. Provorov has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his past nine games.
