Carter Hart will start Sunday when the Flyers visit the Washington Capitals (Noon ET; NBC, SN, TVAS).
The goalie practiced Saturday after he did not play in a 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Friday because of back spasms.
"I'm definitely feeling a lot better today," Hart said. "Just kind of tightened up yesterday and I was just erring on the side of caution. I know we have a busy week coming up so I was just being a little more careful. It wasn't my start anyway, but I'm just taking it day by day."
Sean Couturier returned to practice Saturday and could play Sunday. The center sustained a rib injury Jan. 15 and was expected to miss at least two weeks.
"There's no doubt that he's getting closer," coach Alain Vigneault said. "If that will be tomorrow, Tuesday or a day or two after that, I'm not quite sure yet. Today was the first time he's had a practice with the team, but he has been skating since the beginning whether it's the taxi squad or on his own. So I'm not concerned at all about his conditioning or his timing because he's been able to skate and push through this. So it's just a matter of him feeling healthy and our doctors and our medical staff saying he's good to go."
