The Washington Capitals host the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night time for the lone time in the course of the common season and second of three conferences total in 2023-24 (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports activities Community regionally, NHL Community nationally). Philadelphia has received the final three head-to-head conferences, together with a 4-3 shootout victory on Broad Avenue on December 14.
Schedule
Philadelphia: heads on the street for the lone time in 4 video games and second in a span of six (1-2-0), begins set of back-to-back because the Ottawa Senators will await them within the Metropolis of Brotherly Love
Washington: open two-game homestand, proceed stretch the place they host 4 of six (1-1-0) earlier than heading on a five-game Western Canadian street journey
How Every Workforce Is Doing
Philadelphia: has dropped 4 of their earlier 5 (1-3-1) earlier than a 6-2 win over Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday
Washington: had five-game point-streak (4-0-1) spanned in an 8-3 loss to Detroit Pink Wings on Tuesday however has factors in six of their final eight (4-2-2) since ending six-game winless streak (0-5-1)
Standings
Philadelphia: 31-22-7 (.575 factors share — third in Metropolitan Division, seventh in Jap Convention); trails Carolina Hurricanes (who’ve a recreation in hand) by seven factors for second in division, leads New Jersey Devils (one) by 5, Washington (two) by six, and each the Pittsburgh Penguins (4) and New York Islanders (two) by seven
Washington: 27-22-9 (.543 factors share — fifth in Metropolitan Division, tenth in Jap Convention); six factors behind Tampa Bay (with three video games in hand) for second wild-card spot
Workforce Leaders
Neither workforce has a participant ranked among the many top-20 league-wide in targets, top-35 in factors, nor the top-55 in assists. With Konecny out, right-wing Owen Tippet (21) has essentially the most targets amongst Flyers anticipated to play whereas left-wing Joel Farabee (44) has essentially the most factors.
Workforce Statistics
Each groups are among the many bottom-12 in targets whereas Philadelphia’s energy play is the worst. Nevertheless, their penalty kill is simply .2% behind the Los Angeles Kings for the NHL lead. Philadelphia additionally ranks fourth in pictures and third in shots-against.
Accidents/Sicknesses/Suspensions
Philadelphia
D Rasmus Ristolainen (upper-body)
D Jamie Drysdale (upper-body)
Konecny (upper-body)
G Carter Hart (private depart)
Washington
C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
RW T.J. Oshie (upper-body)
C Evgeny Kuznetsov (NHL/NHLPA Participant Help Program)
C Nic Dowd (upper-body)
D Martin Fehervary (lower-body)
RW Tom Wilson (private)
Anticipated Goalie Matchup
The next graph exhibits Friday’s anticipated matchup within the crease. Charlie Lindgren is coming off of his worst recreation of the season, the place he allowed eight targets on 31 pictures (.742) at Little Caesar’s Enviornment.
Projected Traces
Philadelphia
Tippett – Scott Laughton – Tyson FoeresterFarabee – Morgan Frost – Bobby BrinkNoah Cates – Ryan Poehling — Garnet HathawayNicolas Deslauriers – Sean Couturier – Olle Lycksell
Cam York – SanheimNick Seeler – Sean WalkerEgor Zamula – Marc Staal
ErssonFelix Sandstrom
Scratched: RW Cam Atkinson, D Ronnie Attard
Washington
Ovechkin – Hendrix Lapierre – Ivan MiroschnichenkoMax Pacioretty – Strome – Sonny MilanoAliaksei Protas – Connor McMichael — Anthony ManthaBeck Malenstyn – Michael Sgarbossa – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Sandin – CarlsonJoel Edmundson – Nick JensenAlexander Alexeyev – Trevor Van Riemsdyk
LindgrenDarcy Kuemper
Scratched: D Ethan Bear, RW Pierrick Dube
Betting Odds (BetMGM)
Philadelphia: -120, Washington: +100
Over-under: 6 (-110 each over/below)
By Harrison Brown
