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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (29-23-11) are home on Wednesday to host Spencer Carbery’s Washington Capitals (32-26-7) in a nationally televised game.The Flyers and Capitals are 1-1-0 against each other over their first two meetings of their four-game season series in 2025-26.
The Flyers have 19 games remaining in their schedule: nine at home and 10 on the road. On Monday, Philly suffered a 6-1 home loss at the hands of the New York Rangers. The lone highlight for the Flyers was a second period power play goal from Matvei Michkov (16th).
The Capitals enter this game coming off a 7-3 home win against the Calgary Flames. Washington saw a 3-0 lead slip away and coughed up back-to-back shorthanded goals in the second period. However, Washington recovered and went on to pull away to a comfortable win. Wednesday marks the start of a road back-to-back set. After playing the Flyers in Philadelphia, Carbery’s club heads to New York State to oppose the Buffalo Sabres.
For the Flyers, Wednesday’s match is the second of a three-game homestand. The team had an off day on Tuesday.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 7:30 p.m. EDT on TNT
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
RAV4 keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here
Leading scorers: Flyers (through 63 games)
Travis Konecny — 57 points (23g, 34a) in 59 games
Trevor Zegras — 52 points (21g, 31a)
Owen Tippett — 37 points (20g, 17a)
Christian Dvorak — 37 points (13g, 24a)
Matvei Michkov — 33 points (16g, 17a)
Noah Cates — 32 points (12g, 20a)
Sean Couturier — 29 points (7g, 22a)
Travis Sanheim — 26 points (6g, 20a)
Jamie Drysdale — 26 points (6g, 20a)
Cam York — 23 points (4g, 19a) in 56 games
Nikita Grebenkin — 14 points (4g, 10a) in 49 games
Goaltender stats
Dan Vladar — 39 GP, 20-11-6, 2.52 GAA, .903 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 26 GP, 9-10-5, 3.40 GAA, .859 SV%
Aleksei Kolosov — 4 GP, 0-2-0, 4.00 GAA, .830 SV%
Projected Flyers Lineup
Samuel Ersson will get the start on Wednesday after Dan Vladar had a rough outing against the Rangers. The other projected change is for Garnet Hathaway to re-enter the lineup. Luke Glendening is the apparent (semi) healthy scratch.
Alex Bump — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey — Noah Cates — Matvei Michkov
Carl Grundstrom — Trevor Zegras — Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin — Sean Couturier — Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drydale
Nick Seeler — Noah Juulsen
Samuel Ersson
[Dan Vladar]
Scratches: Emil Andrae (healthy), Luke Glendening (healthy).
Flyers Daily: March 11
Brian Smith, subbing for Jason Myrtetus, previews Wednesday’s tilt with Washington. It is potentially Alex Ovechkin’s final game in Philadelphia.
