Flyers at Capitals

FLYERS (23-23-7) at CAPITALS (34-14-5)

Flyers projected lineup
Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee -- Kevin Hayes -- Jakub Voracek
James van Riemsdyk -- Nolan Patrick -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Oskar Lindblom -- Scott Laughton -- Wade Allison
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Cam York -- Justin Braun
Samuel Morin -- Philippe Myers
Brian Elliott
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Jackson Cates, Robert Hagg
Injured: Morgan Frost (shoulder)
Suspended: Shayne Gostisbehere
Capitals projected lineup
Daniel Sprong -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Anthony Mantha
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Daniel Carr
-- Michael Raffl -- Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Nick Jensen -- Zdeno Chara
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: None
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Justin Schultz (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Evgeny Kuznetsov
Status report
Gostisbehere, a defenseman, will serve the first of a two-game suspension for boarding Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman during a 7-3 loss Tuesday. … York is expected to make his NHL debut. … Ovechkin will not play for the sixth time in seven games; the forward played one 39-second shift in the first period of a 6-3 win at the New York Rangers on Monday. ... Goalie Ilya Samsonov, who is on the taxi squad, entered COVID-19 protocol Friday, Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. ... Wilson will play after leaving a 4-2 win at the Rangers on Wednesday with an upper-body injury.