Flyers-Lightning: Game 65 Preview

Flyers Leaders	GP	G	A	P	Lightning Leaders	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	61	18	37	55	Nikita Kucherov	63	25	28	53
Jakub Voracek	60	10	38	48	Steven Stamkos	65	29	23	52
Wayne Simmonds	64	23	21	44	Victor Hedman	64	6	31	37
Brayden Schenn	62	21	22	43	Alex Killorn	64	13	21	34
Shayne Gostisbehere	46	12	23	35	Anton Stralman	65	9	22	31

 

Player to Watch
10 Brayden Schenn	91 Steven Stamkos
Last 5 Games: 3 G, 4 A, 7 P, E	Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, +4

 

None of the Flyers top line forward were key contributors on the scoresheet during Saturday's win. Brayden Schenn has still remained a driving force of the Flyers success of late. Schenn has nine goals and eight assists for 17 points in 17 games since Feb. 1.  

 

As Steven Stamkos has gone, so have the Lightning. On this nine-game winning streak, Stamkos scored a goal in the first six games and has seven goals and three assists during the winning streak. 

 

Goalie Matchup
35 Steve Mason	30 Ben Bishop
14-15-7, 2.62 GAA, .916 SV%	28-17-3, 2.06 GAA, .926 SV%

Steve Mason made his first start since Feb. 20 in Toronto on Saturday and returned with a shutout, stopping 19 shots. Mason made 29 saves in the Flyers overtime loss to the Lightning to open the season.

Ben Bishop enters Monday's game riding a personal six-game winning streak himself. He allowed three goals to Carolina in his last start but prior to that had allowed no more than two goals in a game since his last loss on Feb. 16 to San Jose. 

Flyers Projected Lineup

Scratches: Evgeny Medvedev, R.J. Umberger, Jordan Weal, Jake Voracek, Michael Del Zotto

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
10 Brayden Schenn	28 Claude Giroux	17 Wayne Simmonds
12 Michael Raffl	14 Sean Couturier	89 Sam Gagner
21 Scott Laughton	52 Nick Cousins	24 Matt Read
76 Chris VandeVelde	78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	25 Ryan White
Defense
47 Andrew MacDonald	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
55 Nick Schultz	32 Mark Streit
23 Brandon Manning	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
35 Steve Mason

The Flyers roll out the same lineup as Saturday night's win over the Blue Jackets to face the Lightning on Monday.

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (18th, 24th at home), Lightning (T-24th, 28th on road)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (21st, 21st at home), Lightning (7th, T-12th on road) 
• Recent History vs. Lightning
  • Oct. 8, 2015 – The Flyers suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Lightning in Tampa Bay. Goals from Matt Read and Brayden Schenn moved the Flyers to a 2-1 lead in the second before Ryan Callahan tied things up going to the third. A back-and-forth game and frantic overtime ended with Jason Garrison scoring his second goal of the game on a breakaway.
• Flyers leaders vs. Lightning
• Claude Giroux – 24 games, 3 goals, 20 assists, 23 points
• Sam Gagner – 9 games, 0 goals, 8 assists, 8 points
• Mark Streit – 31 games, 4 goals, 18 assists, 22 points
• Steve Mason – 6 games, 1-3-2, 2.98 GAA, .873 Sv%
• Milestone Watch
  • Mark Streit plays in his 700th NHL game tonight
  • Michael Raffl plays in his 200th NHL game tonight
  • Brayden Schenn needs 2 assists to reach 100 in the NHL and 3 assists to reach 100 as a Flyer

Where to Watch
TV: CSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

Kevin Durso is managing editor for Flyerdelphia. Follow him on Twitter @Kevin_Durso.