Washington’s stronger start meets a Philadelphia team looking to stop a two-game skid.
Washington enters with 12 points from 10 games and a power-index rank of 13, while Philadelphia has 10 points after 14 games and ranks 30th. The Capitals have won three of their last five, including a 4-3 victory over Buffalo, while the Flyers have lost two straight after three consecutive wins. Philadelphia’s Trevor Zegras leads its scoring with 12 points, followed by Matvei Michkov’s 10; Washington’s Alex Tuch and Dylan Strome have 9 apiece. In net, Joseph Woll has a .904 save percentage across 14 games for Philadelphia, compared with Logan Thompson’s .902 in nine games for Washington. Shot volume could decide it: the Flyers’ shots differential is minus-7 per game, compared with minus-0.9 for the Capitals.