Philadelphia @ Detroit preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 29, 2019 ) Detroit 1, Philadelphia 6

The Philadelphia Flyers are coming off one of their better offensive performances of the season while the reeling Detroit Red Wings were shut out for the fifth time in 2019-20. The Flyers aim to keep forging ahead on Monday when they visit the Red Wings, who are mired in their third winless streak of at least eight games this season.

Philadelphia rookie Joel Farabee has answered being a healthy scratch against St. Louis on Jan. 15 by piecing together a career-best five-game point streak (four goals, two assists). "Just a reset button for me. Feeling good right now. Obviously playing with two really good linemates (Sean Couturier and Jakub Voracek), that tends to help," the 19-year-old Farabee told reporters after tallying twice in Saturday's 6-3 victory over Colorado. While the Flyers have scored 26 goals during a 5-1-1 stretch, the Red Wings are being outscored 34-12 during their eight-game winless skid (0-7-1) and have seen their goals per game average dip to a league-worst 2.08. Detroit also dropped eight in a row (0-7-1) from Oct. 12-27 and 12 straight (0-10-2) from Nov. 14-Dec. 10, including a 6-1 setback in Philadelphia on Nov. 29.

TIME: 7:30 p.m. ET. TV: NBC Sports Network, NBCS Philadelphia Plus, Sportsnet

ABOUT THE FLYERS (28-17-7): Couturier recorded his third three-point performance since New Year's Day by setting up three goals against the Avalanche, and his latest effort caused coach Alain Vigneault to toss him a verbal bouquet. "Sean Couturier is one of the best two-way centers I've seen in this game," Vigneault said of the 27-year-old, who has boosted his team-leading totals in assists (33) and points (46) with 13 and 16, respectively, in his last dozen games. Couturier scored and set up a goal in Philadelphia's previous win over Detroit, lifting his career point total to 18 (seven goals, 11 assists) in 20 career encounters.

ABOUT THE RED WINGS (12-37-4): Speedy Andreas Athanasiou was a full participant in practice and could be in line to return to the top line in place of Filip Zadina, who is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks with a lower-body injury. "That's what I did today is I slid him on that line, slid him in that same power-play spot," Detroit coach Jeff Blashill told reporters. "It's unfortunate because you think you're kind of adding another offensive player to kind of make yourself deeper but it is fortunate in the sense that we had just lost Zadina, you're losing firepower, so now you get firepower back obviously with Andreas. That part's good." Blashill said center Frans Nielsen will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury on Monday.

OVERTIME

1. Philadelphia D Matt Niskanen, who had two assists in the previous encounter versus Detroit, has recorded multi-point performances in each of his last two contests.

2. Red Wings C Dylan Larkin has collected nine assists and 13 points in his last 13 games to boost his team-leading totals in both categories to 24 and 37, respectively.

3. Philadelphia C Scott Laughton has scored a goal in consecutive contests after mustering just one point in his previous 10.

PREDICTION: Flyers 4, Red Wings 1