Flyers at Predators: Live stream, storylines, game time and more

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Updated: 7:40 p.m.

The Flyers are hoping a new year brings new fortunes for their 2018-19 campaign.

For a second straight season, the club is in last place entering New Year's Day.

To ring in 2019, the Flyers (15-18-5) visit Nashville Tuesday night for a matchup with the Predators (23-15-2).

Let's look at the essentials:

When: 8:30 p.m. ET with Flyers Pregame Live at 8 p.m.
Where: Bridgestone Arena
Broadcast: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Live stream: NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com and the NBC Sports MyTeams app

• The Flyers are looking to avoid their third four-game losing streak of the season.

Meanwhile, their season-long win streak is three games, which they've done just once.

All of which typifies the inconsistency that has plagued the Flyers, who have yet to find any rhythm to go on a run.

At this point last season, the Flyers had already won six straight games before going 8-4-0 in January.

In 2018-19, they're going to need a bigger turnaround.

• A few surprising stats:

Travis Konecny has gone scoreless in five straight games, tying his longest stretch of the season.

Claude Giroux has gone scoreless in two straight games for the first time since mid-November.

The Flyers have not received enough secondary scoring this season, so when Konecny and Giroux are quiet, the team's struggles hit hard, which has been the case recently.

• With Tuesday's game being the second of a back-to-back situation, the Flyers are turning to Michal Neuvirth, who played well in relief during Monday's 3-1 loss after Carter Hart allowed three goals on 10 shots (see observations).

Neuvirth has discovered some confidence with 86 saves over his last three games (two starts). He also has superb career numbers against the Predators with a 3-1-1 record, 1.36 goals-against average and .955 save percentage in five lifetime matchups.

• Nashville had lost six straight games before beating the Capitals, 6-3, on New Year's Eve.

Despite the skid coupled with injuries, the Predators still allow the NHL's fewest goals per game at 2.58 and are 17-2-0 when they score first. Nashville is also 14-7-0 at home and surrenders just 2.19 goals per game at Bridgestone Arena.

Projected lineup

Forwards
James van Riemsdyk-Claude Giroux-Travis Konecny
Michael Raffl-Sean Couturier-Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton-Jordan Weal-Wayne Simmonds
Oskar Lindblom-Phil Varone-Dale Weise

Defensemen
Ivan Provorov-Travis Sanheim
Andrew MacDonald-Radko Gudas
Robert Hagg-Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalies
Michal Neuvirth
Carter Hart

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