Flyers at Capitals

FLYERS (5-2-2) at CAPITALS (5-1-4)

Flyers projected lineup
Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee -- Derick Brassard -- Cam Atkinson
Oskar Lindblom -- Scott Laughton -- James van Riemsdyk
Nate Thompson -- Patrick Brown -- Zack MacEwen
Ivan Provorov -- Justin Braun
Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Keith Yandle -- Nick Seeler
Martin Jones
Carter Hart
Scratched: Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Kevin Hayes (abdominal), Ryan Ellis (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Hendrix Lapierre -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Conor Sheary -- Connor McMichael -- Brett Leason
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (lower body), Anthony Mantha (shoulder)
Status report
Hayes, a center who is eligible to be activated from long-term injured reserve when the Flyers host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, skated with the extra players during the morning skate. … Mantha, a forward who left after a hit against Florida Panthers forward Anthony Duclair in the second period of a 5-4 overtime loss Thursday, had shoulder surgery Friday and is out indefinitely. … Lapierre will replace Mantha on the Capitals' second power-play unit. … The Capitals assigned forward Aliaksei Protas to Hershey of the American Hockey League. He had been recalled from the AHL on Friday.