Capitals at Flyers: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch

The Washington Capitals (32-26-7) begin a midweek set of road back-to-backs on Wednesday night. They will first visit the Philadelphia Flyers (29-23-11) at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The Capitals continue a busy week where they play four games in six nights. After Wednesday’s tilt in Philly, the team will head up to Buffalo to face the Sabres on Thursday.

This back-to-back is sandwiched between a set of home games. The Capitals took the first of those home games as they beat Calgary 7-3 on Monday.

The Capitals ended a three-game losing skid (0-3-0) in what turned out to be a thrilling victory. Washington led 3-0, then yielded three Calgary goals, only to finish strong with four of their own.

Two of those Flames tallies were shorthanded and came on a single Capitals power play in the middle frame. Thankfully, Washington’s man advantage came through in the third period when Connor McMichael scored his second goal.

In addition to McMichael’s two goals, Hendrix Lapierre, Tom Wilson, Justin Sourdif, Ethen Frank and Ryan Leonard also contributed. Washington’s seven-goal performance was its largest since they beat Anaheim 7-4 on Jan. 5.

Wednesday’s game will be the third meeting between the Capitals and Flyers this season. These two Metropolitan Division rivals split the first two games, both at home and by two goals.

Since their last meeting on Feb. 25, Philadelphia has won four of six (4-2-0) games. Three of those four victories came in either overtime or a shootout.

Expected Capitals Lines

Forwards

Alex Ovechkin – Justin Sourdif – Anthony Beauvillier

Connor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Ryan Leonard

Aliaksei Protas – Dylan Strome – Tom Wilson

Brandon Duhaime – Hendrix Lapierre – Ethen Frank

Defensemen

Rasmus Sandin – Matt Roy

Jakob Chychrun – Trevor van Riemsdyk

Martin Fehervary – Declan Chisholm

Goalies

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Expected Flyers Lines

Forwards

Alex Bump – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny

Denver Barkey – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov

Carl Grundstrom – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett

Nikita Grebenkin – Sean Couturier – Luke Glendening

Defensemen

Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen

Cam York – Jamie Drysdale

Nick Seeler – Noah Juulsen

Goalies

Dan Vladar

Samuel Ersson

How to Watch

TV: Monumental Sports Network, TNT, TruTV, HBO Max

Radio: 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio Network

By Harry Lichtman

Harry Lichtman is an award-winning journalist who covers the Washington Capitals for Sportsnaut. He also contributes to the sites ... More about Harry Lichtman