By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Where do you go after the way the Flyers last game ended?
It's hard to put into words what happened on Saturday to rob the Flyers of at least one if not a crucial two points in the standings. Even the one guaranteed point would have allowed the margin in the standings to remain the same. Now the Flyers are facing a six-point deficit in the standings with 15 games remaining, starting a brutal run to the finish against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The opening face-off is set for 7 p.m.
| Flyers Leaders | GP | G | A | P | Blue Jackets Leaders | GP | G | A | P |
| Jake Voracek | 67 | 17 | 37 | 54 | Cam Atkinson | 67 | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| Claude Giroux | 67 | 13 | 35 | 48 | Alex Wennberg | 67 | 12 | 41 | 53 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 67 | 28 | 18 | 46 | Nick Foligno | 65 | 24 | 23 | 47 |
| Brayden Schenn | 64 | 19 | 23 | 42 | Brandon Saad | 67 | 20 | 26 | 46 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 64 | 8 | 28 | 36 | Sam Gagner | 66 | 17 | 26 | 43 |
| Player to Watch | |
| 40 Jordan Weal | 13 Cam Atkinson |
| Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, +4 | Last 5 Games: 1 G, 3 A, 4 P, +2 |
| Goalie Matchup | |
| 35 Steve Mason | 72 Sergei Bobrovsky |
| 19-18-7, 2.74 GAA, .906 SV% | 36-13-4, 2.07 GAA, .930 SV% |
The Flyers heartbreaking loss on Saturday sure didn't fall on Steve Mason, who played another solid game giving the Flyers a chance to win. He's back in net for his fifth start in the last six games.
The Blue Jackets go to the red hot Sergei Bobrovsky in goal. Bobrovsky has won each of his last four starts, including three straight shutouts before Friday's 4-3 win in Buffalo.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Scratches: Dale Weise, Nick Cousins, Brandon Manning (upper-body injury, day-to-day), Michael Raffl (lower-body injury, out 6-8 weeks)
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 40 Jordan Weal | 28 Claude Giroux | 17 Wayne Simmonds |
| 11 Travis Konecny | 51 Valtteri Filppula | 93 Jake Voracek |
| 10 Brayden Schenn | 14 Sean Couturier | 24 Matt Read |
| 76 Chris VandeVelde | 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 13 Roman Lyubimov |
| Defense | ||
| 9 Ivan Provorov | 47 Andrew MacDonald | |
| 53 Shayne Gostisbehere | 55 Nick Schultz | |
| 15 Michael Del Zotto | 3 Radko Gudas | |
| Goalie | ||
| 35 Steve Mason |
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (T-10th, 12th at home), Blue Jackets (6th, 8th on road)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (22th, T-11th at home), Blue Jackets (10th, 17th on road)
- Recent History vs. Blue Jackets
- Jan. 8, 2017 - The Flyers suffered a 2-1 defeat in overtime to the Blue Jackets in Columbus. An early goal by the Flyers was disallowed, and the game proceeded scoreless until the third when David Savard scored at 7:08 to give Columbus the lead. The Flyers feverish worked to tie the game and did with 16.5 seconds left as Brayden Schenn scored to force overtime. In the overtime, Nick Foligno was the hero, as his goal on a 3-on-2 just past the halfway point of overtime ended the game.
- Flyers leaders vs. Blue Jackets
- Jake Voracek - 14 games, 4 goals, 10 assists, 14 points
- Claude Giroux - 18 games, 6 goals, 10 assists, 16 points
- Radko Gudas - 8 games, 2 goals, 4 assists, 6 points
- Steve Mason - 10 games, 3-3-4, 2.47 GAA, .919 Sv%
- Milestone Watch
- Matt Read needs two assists to reach 100 in his career.
Where to Watch
TV: CSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
