The Capitals are coming off of a 4-3 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres. In that game, Alex Tuch scored twice against his former team, including the game-winning overtime goal. The Capitals are currently 5th in their division with a 6-4-0 record, and tonight they look to get their 7th win against a divisional rival, the Philadelphia Flyers.
Here are the projected lines for the Capitals tonight:
Alex Tuch -- Dylan Strome -- Jordan Kyrou
Alaiksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Alex Ovechkin -- Ilya Protas -- Anthony Beauvillier
Boone Jenner -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Jakob Chychrun -- Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary -- Timothy Liljegren
Cole Hutson -- Jack St. Ivany
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Here are the projected lines for the Flyers tonight:
Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Cole Knuble
Porter Martone -- Noah Cates -- Matvei Michkov
Alex Bump -- Denver Barkey -- Tyson Foerster
Michael Bunting -- Sean Couturier -- Noel Acciari
Travis Sanheim -- Oliver Bonk
Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale
Hunter McDonald -- Nick Seeler
Joseph Woll
Dan Vladar
The Capitals will be without Rasmus Sandin (knee) and Vincent Desharnais (appendectomy), and they've scratched Ethen Frank, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Dylan McIlrath, and Mitchell Gibson for tonight's game as well. The Flyers will be without Nikita Grebenkin (back), Travis Konecny (lower body), Owen Tippett (upper body), and Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body), and they have elected to scratch Simon Benoit, David Jiricek, and Jacob Gaucher.
The goaltending matchup tonight will likely be Logan Thompson for the Capitals and Joseph Woll for the Flyers. Woll is coming off a 21-save loss in which he allowed 5 goals. Logan Thompson is also coming off a loss in which he made 21 saves and allowed 4 goals.
The Flyers take on the Capitals tonight at 7:30 PM ET.
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