| 2015-16 NHL Season :: Game 51 of 82 | ||
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| Sunday, February 7, 2016 :: 12:00 p.m. ET | ||
| Verizon Center :: Washington, D.C., USA | ||
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| Projected Lineups | ||
| Voracek – Giroux – Simmonds | 1st Line | Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie |
| Gagner – Cousins – B. Schenn | 2nd Line | Burakovsky – Kuznetsov – Williams |
| VandeVelde – Bellemare – White | 3rd Line | Chimera – Richards – Wilson |
| Raffl – Laughton – Read | 4th Line | Laich – Carey – Latta |
| Del Zotto – Gostisbehere | 1st D Pair | Alzner – Niskanen |
| Streit – Schultz | 2nd D Pair | Schmidt – Carlson |
| Medvedev – Gudas | 3rd D Pair | Orlov – Chorney |
| Mason / Stolarz | Goalies | Holtby / Grubauer |
| Couturier, Manning, Umberger, Weal | Notable Scratches | Beagle, Orpik, Johansson |
Questions to Answer:
- Both of these teams played in shootout games yesterday afternoon — with fatigue possibly being a factor, does this one end up getting a bit sluggish?
- The last time these teams played, Claude Giroux’s line was hard-matched to the Ovechkin/Backstrom unit, and Evgeny Kuznetsov’s line ran amok on everyone else. Assuming the top lines face off again, how do the other lines fare against Kuznetsov?
- Either we get Mason on a back-to-back or Stolarz in his NHL debut in net. Tough ask against the NHL’s top offense. How does the Flyers’ netminder, whoever he may be, fare today?
- Yesterday’s Flyers game got heated pretty quickly, and the Caps and Flyers have had their share of tussles in recent years. Does today’s game turn into an angry one?
- If the Flyers get a lead at some point, can they actually hold it?
Go Flyers.
