Sabres at Flyers preview

SABRES (8-17-6) at FLYERS (12-11-7)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, MSG-B, NHL.TV

Philadelphia's last winning streak of at least five games was its 10-game winning streak from Nov. 27-Dec. 14, 2016.
The Sabres will try for a point in their fifth straight game (2-0-2). It would be their longest streak since they had points in nine straight games from March 10-27, 2012 (8-0-1).

Players to watch

Sabres forward Evander Kane has five points (two goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak.
Flyers forward Michael Raffl, who will play in his 300th NHL game, has five points (three goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"More and more we're getting comfortable with the system, and you can see we're getting back to just playing hockey, doing things the right way and [we] keep playing. You can see it, how things unfold. We're getting bounces because we're going out there and we trust our system, we trust ourselves. We've become more of a team." -- Sabres center Ryan O'Reilly
"Coming into tonight we have to play the same way we have been for the last four or five games. Come into our home building and push the pace. It's a good hockey team over there. We've got to continue to push and continue to get better. We've got to push the pace right from the beginning of the game and we've got to get on their [defensemen] and put pucks behind them." -- Flyers center Scott Laughton, on playing against the Sabres

Sabres projected lineup

Benoit Pouliot -- Jack Eichel -- Jason Pominville
Zemgus Girgensons -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Kyle Okposo
Evander Kane -- Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Reinhart
Scott Wilson -- Johan Larsson -- Jordan Nolan
Marco Scandella -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Jake McCabe -- Zach Bogosian
Josh Gorges -- Justin Falk
Robin Lehner
Chad Johnson
Scratched:Hudson Fasching, Victor Antipin
Injured: Nathan Beaulieu (illness), Jacob Josefson (ankle), Taylor Fedun (lower body)

Flyers projected lineup

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

Status report

Beaulieu will miss his fifth straight game. He took part in the morning skate but needs to continue to build strength coach Phil Housley said.

Stat pack

Eichel has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past five games. … Simmonds has five points (three goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak. Giroux has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in his past 12 games. Elliott will make his sixth straight start; he has won his past four, allowing seven goals.