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WATCH LIVE: Flyers visit Capitals on NBCSN

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The best of the best go head to head in the 2019 NHL All-Star Game from January 25-26, only on NBC and NBCSN.

NBCSN’s coverage of the 2018-19 NHL season continues with Tuesday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals with coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here.

The defending Stanley Cup champions are off to another great start to their season – with 54 points through the first half of the regular season, the Capitals sit first in the Metropolitan Division. The Flyers, meanwhile, are the bottom-dwellers of the division and the in-season coaching change has not helped as Philadelphia has dropped seven straight after losing to St. Louis last night, 3-0. Blues’ goalie Jordan Binnington pitched a shutout in his first NHL start as the Flyers were booed off the ice after the game.

Washington is coming off a 3-2 win at Detroit on Sunday in which Michal Kempny scored the game-winning goal with 3:52 remaining in regulation. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak, which was the Capitals’ longest winless stretch of the season. Dating back to Dec. 6, Washington has won 10 of its last 14 games (10-3-1). The Caps will now return to D.C. after a three-game road trip and boast a 12-6-2 home record this season.

Since firing head coach Dave Hakstol last month, Philadelphia is 3-6-2 under interim coach Scott Gordon. The Flyers won their first two games under Gordon but are now in the midst of their worst slump this season, having not won a game since before Christmas (last win: Dec. 23 at New York Rangers). Scoring has especially been a struggle of late, with Philadelphia putting up no more than two goals in five of their last six games (seven goals total in span).

The Flyers have used an NHL-high sx goalies this season, and that does not include recently claimed Mike McKenna. Philly claimed the 35-year-old off waivers from Vancouver last week as he backed up 20-year-old Carter Hart last night, who stopped 34 of 36 shots against the Blues. McKenna could lucky No. 7 on Tuesday night. [WATCH LIVE – COVERAGE BEGINS AT 6:30 P.M. ET – NBCSN]

What: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals Where: Capital One Center When: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 6:30 p.m. ET TV: NBCSN Live stream: You can watch the Flyers-Capitals stream on NBC Sports’ live stream page and the NBC Sports app.

PROJECTED LINEUPS

FLYERS Claude Giroux - Sean Couturier - Travis Konecny Oskar Lindblom - Nolan Patrick - Jakub Voracek James van Riemsdyk - Jordan Weal - Wayne Simmonds Michael Raffl - Scott Laughton - Dale Weise

Ivan Provorov - Travis Sanheim Shayne Gostisbehere - Radko Gudas Robert Hagg - Christian Folin

Starting goalie: Mike McKenna

CAPITALS Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Tom Wilson Jakub Vrana - Lars Eller - T.J. Oshie Andre Burakovsky - Travis Boyd - Brett Connolly Chandler Stephenson - Nic Dowd - Devante Smith-Pelly (*Nicklas Backstrom is a game-time decision)

Michal Kempny - John Carlson Dmitry Orlov - Matt Niskanen Brooks Orpik - Jonas Siegenthaler

Starting goalie: Pheonix Copley

Chris Cuthbert (play-by-play) and Brian Boucher (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will call Flyers-Capitals from Capital One Arena. Paul Burmeister, Keith Jones and Anson Carter will handle studio coverage.

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