Playing the front end of a home-and-home set, John Tortorella’s Philadelphia Flyers (1-3-1) play host on Tuesday to Spencer Carbery’s Washington Capitals (3-1-0). Game time at Wells Fargo Center is 6:00 p.m. EDT.
The game will be televised on ESPN. The radio broadcast is on 97.5 The Fanatic with an online simulcast on Flyers Radio 24/7.
This is the first of three meetings this season between the Flyers and Capitals. The teams will rematch on Wednesday at Capital One Arena in DC. The season series will resume on February 6 in Philadelphia before concluding in Washington on March 20.
Here are five things to watch in Tuesday’s game.
1. Ersson has kept games close
The Flyers enter this game coming off a 3-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks in the home opener on Saturday.
However, the play of goaltender Sam Ersson was a positive takeaway for Philadelphia. He faced 32 shots, stopping 29.
Throughout the first period, the ice was largely tilted territorially in Vancouver’s favor. Ersson kept…
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