Flyers projected lineup
James van Riemsdyk -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Claude Giroux -- Nolan Patrick -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Scott Laughton -- Joel Farabee
Michael Raffl -- Kevin Hayes -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Travis Sanheim -- Justin Braun
Robert Hagg -- Erik Gustafsson
Carter Hart
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Mark Friedman, Connor Bunnaman
Injured: Morgan Frost (shoulder), Philippe Myers (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Richard Panik -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Carr
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Philippe Maillet -- Daniel Sprong
Zdeno Chara -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Jonas Siegenthaler
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: None
Injured: Justin Schultz (upper body), Brian Pinho (undisclosed), Conor Sheary (lower body), T.J. Oshie (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Samsonov, Jakub Vrana
Status report
Couturier, who has missed 10 games with a rib injury, practiced Saturday and could play. … Hart, who missed a 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Friday because of back spasms, is expected to start. … Myers, a defenseman, practiced Saturday and is day to day. … The Capitals could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen after coach Peter Laviolette said Oshie, a forward, will not play. Carr was recalled from the taxi squad to take his place. ... Maillet, a center, was added from the taxi squad and is scheduled to make his NHL debut. ... Vrana, a forward, was placed in COVID-19 protocol Saturday. ... Kuznetsov, a forward, and Samsonov, a goalie, began working out Saturday. ... Eller practiced Saturday and could return after missing four games because of an upper-body injury. ... Capitals forward Michael Sgarbossa was assigned to the taxi squad.
