Capitals at Flyers

CAPITALS (28-12-4) at FLYERS (20-17-6)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured:Michael Raffl (upper body)
Flyers projected lineup
Jakub Voracek -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee -- Claude Giroux -- Wade Allison
Oskar Lindblom -- Kevin Hayes -- James van Riemsdyk
Carsen Twarynski -- Scott Laughton -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Ivan Provorov -- Justin Braun
Travis Sanheim -- Philippe Myers
Samuel Morin -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Alex Lyon
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Robert Hagg
Injured: Morgan Frost (shoulder), Tanner Laczynski (lower body), Carter Hart (lower body), Nolan Patrick (undisclosed)
Status report
Samsonov will start after he missed a 5-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday because of an upper-body injury. ... The Capitals assigned goalie Craig Anderson to the taxi squad Friday. ... Morin will play after being scratched from a 2-1 shootout win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. ... Lyon will start after Hart was a late scratch Saturday. ... Patrick will not play. He left 3:14 into the third period Thursday after being hit in the head by a puck. ... Twarynski was recalled from the taxi squad Saturday and will replace Laczynski, a forward.