Flyers-Capitals: Preseason Game 6 Preview

The Flyers return to the ice on Friday night for one final tune-up ahead of the regular season. The preseason will come to an end with the sixth and final game, as the Flyers take on the Washington Capitals.

This will very much be a regular-season preview, as both team should be icing close to the opening night roster.

Game time is 7 p.m.

The Flyers lineup on Friday night will consist of the following:

Forwards
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee	19 Derick Brassard	89 Cam Atkinson
23 Oskar Lindblom	21 Scott Laughton	25 James van Riemsdyk
47 Garrett Wilson	44 Nate Thompson	62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defensemen
9 Ivan Provorov	94 Ryan Ellis
6 Travis Sanheim	70 Rasmus Ristolainen
3 Keith Yandle	61 Justin Braun
Goalies
35 Martin Jones	32 Felix Sandstrom

Most of this lineup has been seen before, particularly last Saturday when the Flyers previously faced the Capitals. The Flyers will not have Carter Hart on Friday. Hart did not practice on Thursday with a maintenance day and therefore will not play on Friday, though Alain Vigneault was not concerned about the goalie's status for the season opener next week. Martin Jones will play Friday's game.

Garrett Wilson will play on the fourth line. Scott Laughton also gets his first game of the preseason back in the center position on the third line. Jackson Cates will not play as the Flyers are only carrying 12 forwards for the game. Cam York is traveling with the team, but is not expected to play. Nick Seeler also remains on the roster and, like Cates, will not be with the team for the game.

The Capitals roster for Friday's game includes:

Forwards: Alex Ovechkin, Daniel Sprong, Lars Eller, Garnet Hathaway, Connor McMichael, Nic Dowd, Hendrix Lapierre, Anthony Mantha, Garrett Pilon, Tom Wilson, Beck Malenstyn, Carl Hagelin, Conor Sheary, T.J. Oshie, Evgeny Kuznetsov

Defensemen: Justin Schultz, Nick Jensen, Michal Kempny, Dmitry Orlov, Martin Fehervary, Matt Irwin, Trevor van Riemsdyk, John Carlson

Goalies: Ilya Samsonov, Vitek Vanecek, Zach Fucale

The Flyers are expected to make their final cuts over the weekend with the final roster being submitted by Monday, according to Alain Vigneault. Following this game, the Flyers will still have a week's worth of practice time before they take the ice again for the season opener.

Where to Watch
Live Stream: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Radio: Flyers Radio Network

Kevin Durso is Flyers insider for 97.3 ESPN and Flyers editor for SportsTalkPhilly.com. Follow him on Twitter @Kevin_Durso.