Tonight’s game begins at 5:00 p.m. ET and can be:
- Seen on TV locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App)
- Heard via radio locally on 97.5 The Fanatic
- Seen on TV in Washington via NBC Sports Washington
- Seen or heard elsewhere via NHL Network and Sirius XM. No NHL.tv for you as this is a national game./
The Caps’ lineup is something of a guess at this time, based on a projection from NHL.com’s preview. Evgeny Kuznetsov’s injury on Friday throws the Caps’ lineup for a bit of a loop, and we’ll see how they choose to go about replacing him. They also have not confirmed their starting goalie as of this writing.
For the Flyers, Robert Hagg is back in the lineup, a bit ahead of schedule. He’ll be replacing … Brandon Manning! Did not see that one coming.
Flyers coach Dave Hakstol says Petr Mrazek in goal, defenseman Robert Hagg in, Brandon Manning out
— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) March 18, 2018
Also, Petr Mrazek is in net after Alex Lyon played yesterday.
Projected Flyers lineup:
Forwards
Giroux – Couturier – Raffl
Lindblom – Patrick – Voracek
Konecny – Filppula – Simmonds
Weal – Laughton – Read
Defensemen
Provorov – Gostisbehere
MacDonald – Sanheim
Manning – Gudas
Goalies
Mrazek
(Lyon)
Projected Capitals lineup (via):
Forwards
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Burakovsky – Eller – Oshie
Connolly – Beagle – Vrana
Smith-Pelly – Stephenson – Chiasson
Defensemen
Orlov – Niskanen
Kempny – Carlson
Orpik – Jerabek
Goalies
Grubauer
(Holtby)
