Flyers at Devils preview

FLYERS (16-22-6) at DEVILS (16-20-7)
1 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG+, SN, NBCSP, NHL.TV

The Devils are 1-4-0 in their past five games after a 4-2 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Mackenzie Blackwood, who missed the past four games with a lower-body injury, will start.
The Flyers ended an eight-game losing streak with a 2-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday and look to win consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 18 and 20.
Rookie goalie Carter Hart, who has a 2.00 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in his past three games (1-1-1), will start.

Players to watch

Flyers center Sean Couturier has three assists in his past two games and is one point from 300 in the NHL (116 goals, 183 assists).
Devils center Nico Hischier has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past 10 games.

They said it

"[Hart] played unbelievable [against Dallas], but regardless of who's in net you have to play the same way and keep the same brand of hockey. That's how you get victories in this League, it's consistency." -- Flyers right wing Wayne Simmonds
"[Philadelphia] is a team we're familiar with. There's not a lot of love lost between the teams and the games are always competitive. Our focus is on our game and what we'll have to do to get pucks and bodies to the net." -- Devils forward Blake Coleman

Flyers projected lineup

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

Devils projected lineup

Marcus Johansson -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Miles Wood -- Travis Zajac -- Blake Coleman
Jesper Bratt-- Pavel Zacha -- Drew Stafford

Brian Boyle -- Brett Seney --
Blake Pietila
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Sami Vatanen -- Will Butcher
Mirco Mueller-- Ben Lovejoy
Mackenzie Blackwood
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched: , Kevin Rooney, Steven Santini, Stefan Noesen
Injured:Joey Anderson (ankle), Taylor Hall (lower body), Cory Schneider (abdominal strain)

Status report

Johansson returns after missing the past 10 games with an upper-body injury and will play on the top line. ... The Devils assigned defenseman Egor Yakovlev and goalie Cameron Johnson to Binghamton of the American Hockey League. ... Schneider participated in practice on Friday. ... There is no timetable on the return of Hall. ... MacDonald and Stolarz each participated in practice on Friday. ... The Flyers traded center Jordan Weal to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday for prospect defenseman Jacob Graves and a sixth round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft

Stat pack

Konecny has 99 points (46 goals, 53 assists) in 195 career NHL games. ... Voracek has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past seven games. ... Coleman has three goals in his past four games.