The Flyers and Capitals play on Tuesday, which means Russian rookie Matvei Michkov will face Alex Ovechkin for the first time.

Tuesday night is the first game of a traditional home-and-home for the Flyers. Although the team will be focused on building chemistry, shoring up their defense, and winning their second game of a young season,

Matvei Michkov is like countless other hockey fans who grew up in Russia idolizing Alex Ovechkin. Michkov, the Philadelphia Flyers rookie forward, will get his first opportunity to see Ovechkin in action in person when the Flyers (1-3-1) host the Washington Capitals (3-1-0) on Tuesday (6 p.

Tippett started the season with back-to-back games of two shots on goal with just three total attempts in the opener. Since then, he’s racked up 13 SOG in the last three games while taking nine, 16, and nine total shot attempts, respectively.

While the Capitals have won three of their first four games, the Flyers stumbled through a 1-2-1 road trip and then played a stinker and lost in their home opener to Vancouver on Saturday.