Former Flyers captain Mike Richards downplayed facing his ex-team Wednesday at the Verizon Center.
It will be the first time Richards has played against the Flyers since he signed a free-agent contract with Washington earlier this month.
Richards spent six seasons with the Flyers before being dealt to Los Angeles in 2011.
"It was a long time ago," Richards, Washington's fourth-line center, told reporters after the Capitals' practice Tuesday in Arlington, Va. "Four, five years ago now. There might be one player left on the team that I played with, so it really doesn't make much of a difference to me anymore.