Flyers in DC Dec 31

The Flyers play the Capitals today at 1pm in Washington DC, the last game for each team of 2005. The Flyers are coming off a 4-3 OT win against the Hurricanes on Thursday. The Capitals are coming off a 7-2 loss to the Devils on Wednesday. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. The Flyers won the first, 8-1 on November 3 in Philadelphia.

Injuries for the Flyers include Robert Esche, Joni Pitkanen, Eric Desjardins, Keith Primeau and Turner Stevenson.
Injuries for the Capitals include Jeff Friesen and Brent Johnson.

Antero Niittymaki and Olaf Kolzig will be the goalies for the game.

Jon Sim has been a healthy scratch for the Flyers the last two games.
A win by the Flyers will extend their winning streak to 6 games, tying their longest streak of the season.

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