Flyers Game 56, Hosting the Metro’s Best; Lines, Notes, and How to Watch vs. Capitals

The Philadelphia Flyers (23-25-7) will host the Washington Capitals (35-11-7) on Thursday night.

Philadelphia will look to bounce back after a tough overtime loss in Utah Tuesday night, while the Capitals are fresh off a 6-3 win over the Atlantic’s top team, the Flordia Panthers.

The Flyers have dropped four straight games and are 4-5-1 in their last 10. The Capitals are 7-1-2 in the same stretch.

The puck drops at 7 P.M. EST. at the Wells Fargo Center.

Projected Lines

Forwards

Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink

Scott Laughton – Rodrigo Abols – Travis Konecny

Anthony Richard – Sean Couturier – Matvei Michkov

Nicolas Deslauriers – Jacob Gaucher – Garnet Hathaway

Defensemen

Cam York – Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale

Emil Andrae – Erik Johnson

Goaltender

Ivan Fedotov

Power Play Units

PP1: Travis Koncney – Matvei Michkov – Bobby Brink – Scott Laughton– Jamie Drysdale

PP2: Anthony Richard – Noah Cates – Tyson Foerster – Sean Couturier – Travis Sanheim

Penalty Kill Units

PK1: Scott Laughton – Travis Konecny – Travis Sanheim – Cam York

PK2: Noah Cates – Garnet Hathaway – Nick Seeler – Erik Johnson

The Beast of the East

The Flyers play host to the best team in the Eastern Conference on Thursday against the Capitals.

Washington (77 points) has a nine-point lead on the Metropolitan (Carolina is second with 68). Florida is at the top of the Atlantic with 67 points. The Capitals have been on an absolute tear this season, two points behind the Winnipeg Jets (79)  for the most in all of the NHL.

The Flyers will have a challenging task trying to avoid a five-game losing streak with one of the league’s best in town.

Still No New Guys

The Flyers will still be without newcomers Jakob Pelletier and Andrei Kuzmenko for Thursday’s game.

While meeting with the media before Thursday’s morning skate, head coach John Tortorella updated the situation and said Kuzmenko had completed his paperwork and that Pelletier was almost done. However, the two players had a flight scheduled from Toronto to Philadelphia, but their flight was canceled, making them unavailable on Thursday.

Tortorella left the door open for their Flyers debut on Saturday. He also mentioned the injury situation, saying that Rasmus Ristolianen may be the only injured Flyer with a chance to play before the break. Owen Tippett, Ryan Poehling, and Egor Zamula are all out with injuries.

Previous Matchup

The Capitals are up 2-0 against the Flyers in the season series, winning both games by three goals.

Philadelphia is 3-6-1 against Washington in the last 10 meetings between the two teams.

How to Watch

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, ESPN+

Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

Puck drop is at 7 P.M. EST. at the Wells Fargo Center.