Projected Lineups for Capitals vs Flyers - 2/6/25 - The Hockey Writers - Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals take on the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (35-11-7) at FLYERS (23-25-7)

7 p.m. ET; MNMT, NBCSP, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Connor McMichael
Taylor Raddysh — Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Andrew Mangiapane

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

The Capitals held an optional morning skate. … Washington coach Spencer Carbery said the only lineup change would be Lindgren starting after Thompson had started the previous two.

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Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Anthony Richard — Sean Couturier — Matvei Michkov
Scott Laughton — Rodrigo Abols — Travis Konecny
Nicolas Deslauriers — Jacob Gaucher — Garnet Hathaway

Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae — Erik Johnson
Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale

Ivan Fedotov
Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, Aleksei Kolosov

Injured: Ryan Poehling (upper body), Egor Zamula (upper body), Owen Tippett (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)

Status report

Kuzmenko and Pelletier are in Toronto waiting for their immigration paperwork to be finalized. Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said there is hope the forwards could play against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. … Tippett will not play until after the break for 4 Nations Face-Off. The forward already has missed three games. … Ristolainen did not take part in the morning skate but Tortorella said the defenseman has a chance to play.