Flyers lineup tonight: Philadelphia's projected lineup for game against Washington Capitals | Oct. 23, 2024

The Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals play each other for the second straight day on Wednesday. The Capitals defeated the Flyers 4-1 on the road on Tuesday.

Philadelphia will now go on the road to play Washington on Wednesday. Ahead of the game, here is what the Flyers' projected lines look like.

Predicted Flyers lineup

Forwards

• Scott Laughton - Morgan Frost - Travis Konecny
• Owen Tippett - Ryan Poehling - Matvei Michkov
• Joel Farabee - Sean Couturier - Bobby Brink
• Nicolas Deslauriers - Noah Cates - Garnet Hathaway

Philadelphia is expected to use the same lineup on Wednesday despite the disappointing loss on Tuesday.

Defensemen

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

The Flyers blue line is much-improved and has been playing well this season.

Goalies

• Ivan Fedotov
• Samuel Ersson

The Flyers goaltending has been an issue this season. Philadelphia will start Fedotov on Wednesday after Ersson made 25 saves on 29 shots on Tuesday.

Flyers vs Capitals: Preview

Philadelphia is a +120 underdog, while Washington is a -142 favorite with the over/under set at 6 goals.

The Flyers are coming off a disappointing loss at home to Washington as Philadelphia allowed two short-handed goals to begin the game, which was frustrating for the team.

"I think that the biggest key is there's a frustration level," Flyers coach John Tortorella said, via NHL.com. "They want to play well. They want to win a hockey game. They want to score a goal in the home building. You can't let the frustration turn into cheating. You can't forget about your structure as we're going through this.

“It's kind of doubled up because it's the start of the year and we're in this jam, so there's even more pressure. We just have to play the way we're supposed to play within our structure."

The Flyers are off to a slow 1-4-1 start and Philadelphia should come out aggressive here. However, the Flyers' goaltending has been an issue and Washington should be able to get out to another early lead and hang onto it to get a much-needed win.

Prediction: Capitals 3, Flyers 2.

Flyers October NHL schedule

The remaining schedule for the Flyers' first month of the NHL season is as follows:

• @ Washington, Oct. 23
• vs Minnesota, Oct. 26
• vs Montreal, Oct. 27
• @ Boston, Oct. 29
• vs St. Louis, Oct. 31