andrew macdonald won't play. his grandmother passed away. luke will return. flyers are eight points out of a play offspot. they have lost their last five trips to columbus. haven't won there in over nine years. >> obviously, coming here in columbus, i think we didn't have the success that we want -- that we want to have but we've been playing pretty good hockey latepy li. we're playing as a team. our chemistry is good. if we play like that we'll give ourselves a chance to win. >> nba all-star weekend begins tonight. michael carter-williams was supposed to play but he has a toe strain so his teammate robert covington will replace him. he'll be joined by noelle, and here is covington describing getting the phone call from his agent. >> he tells me you know congratulations, you're going to new york to the all-star weekend. i'm like what? huh? half asleep, not yet woke up. i was like can you run that by me again? he was like yeah, you're going to all-starr weekend. >> phillies pitchers and catchers arrive in clearwaterer in six days. ben revere has been training