Flyers at Capitals

FLYERS (17-18-7) at CAPITALS (23-15-6)

Flyers projected lineup
James van Riemsdyk -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Joel Farabee -- Noah Cates -- Travis Konecny
Kevin Hayes -- Scott Laughton -- Wade Allison
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Patrick Brown -- Zack MacEwen
Ivan Provorov -- Cam York
Travis Sanheim -- Tony DeAngelo
Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Carter Hart
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Justin Braun, Kieffer Bellows
Injured: Sean Couturier (back), Tanner Laczynski (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nic Dowd -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Dylan Strome, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), John Carlson (face)
Status report
The Flyers did not conduct a morning skate Saturday; Philadelphia will dress the same 18 skaters it used in a 5-3 win against the Capitals on Wednesday. ... The Capitals held an optional morning skate Saturday. … Mantha returns after being a healthy scratch the previous two games. … Strome, a center, could be a healthy scratch for the first time this season. … Dowd moves up to the third line with Eller dropping to the fourth line. ... Kuemper will make his seventh start in nine games.