Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Flyers - 10/22/24 - The Hockey Writers - Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals take on the Philadelphia Flyers tonight (Oct. 22) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (3-1-0) at FLYERS (1-3-1)

6 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ESPN, SNW, SNO, SNE, SN1

Capitals projected lineup

Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Hendrix Lapierre — Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Dylan McIlrath

Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson

Scratched: Sonny Milano, Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Matt Roy (lower body)

Status report

Lindgren will start Tuesday and Thompson will start when the teams play in Washington on Wednesday, Capitals coach Spencer Carberry said.

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Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster — Morgan Frost — Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett — Ryan Poehling — Matvei Michkov
Joel Farabee — Sean Couturier — Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers — Noah Cates — Garnet Hathaway

Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula — Rasmus Ristolainen

Scratched: Scott Laughton, Jett Luchanko, Erik Johnson

Injured: None

Status report

Seeler is expected to make his season debut after sustaining a nerve injury in his right leg during a preseason game Oct. 1.
The Flyers sent defenseman Emil Andrae to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Monday.
Laughton did not practice Monday; the forward is questionable because of the pending birth of his child. If Laughton is unavailable, Deslauriers could make his season debut.
Cates, who has been scratched the previous three games, could play in place of Luchanko, a forward.