Flyers Look To Add To The Stars Late Season Misery

"Philadelphia Flyers 89 pts (38-15-13)
@
Dallas Stars 84 pts (38-30-8)
8:30 p.m. ET
American Airlines Center � Dallas, TX
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Radio: 97.5 FM The Fanatic

Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
12/16 DAL 1 @ PHI 2 OT Shayne Gostisbehere
3/27 PHI @ DAL

Team Leaders
Flyers Stars
Claude Giroux, 91 Points Tyler Seguin, 71
Sean Couturier, 31 Goals Tyler Seguin, 39
Claude Giroux, 65 Assists John Klingberg, 54

If the Flyers want to hold down a playoff spot, tonight's game in Dallas is one they must win. While the Stars are mathematically still alive for a wild card spot in the Western Conference, they have collapsed down the stretch and are as good as dead.
General manager and perennial offseason champion Jim Nill thought he had solved his goaltending problems by bringing in former Vezina Trophy finalist Ben Bishop. For much of the season this looked to be the case, but Bishop's injury problems have reared their ugly head again and he has only played five times during the month of March.
Bishop's absence has been a big factor in their late season choke job of a playoff spot as the Stars have gone 1-7-2 over their last 10 games including a 4-1 loss on home ice to the lowly Vancouver Canucks Sunday night.
Petr Mrazek will get the start in goal tonight after Alex Lyon started each of the last two games. Mrazek gave up two goals on 21 shots in relief of Lyon in the Flyers overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. He has been pulled in two of his last three starts.

Probable Flyers Lineup
FORWARDS
Claude Giroux � Sean Couturier � Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom � Nolan Patrick � Jakub Voracek
Jordan Weal � Valtteri Filppula � Wayne Simmonds
Jori Lehtera � Scott Laughton � Matt Read
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Ivan Provorov � Shayne Gostisbehere
Travis Sanheim � Andrew MacDonald
Brandon Manning � Radko Gudas
GOALTENDER
Petr Mrazek (13-12-5, 3.03 GAA, .901 save %, 4 SO)
INJURY REPORT
G-Brian Elliott (core muscle) out, G-Michal Neuvirth (lower-body) out, D-Johnny Oduya (lower-body) out, RW-Michael Raffl (upper-body) out

Probable Stars Lineup
FORWARDS
Jamie Benn � Tyler Seguin � Alexander Radulov
Antonie Roussel � Radek Faksa � Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark � Devin Shore � Brett Ritchie
Jason Dickinson � Jason Spezza � Remi Elie
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Esa Lindell � John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis � Greg Pateryn
Marc Methot � Stephen Johns
GOALTENDER
Kari Lehtonen (12-13-3, 2.56 GAA, .911 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
C-Martin Hanzal (back) out, G-Ben Bishop (lower-body) out"