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    Lou Korac
    Lou Korac
    Oct 31, 2024, 16:44

    Blues have lost two straight, outscored 13-3, including 8-1 loss to Senators; coaching staff shaking up lineup; Walker, Perunovich inserted in for Kapanen, P.O. Joseph

    Blues have lost two straight, outscored 13-3, including 8-1 loss to Senators; coaching staff shaking up lineup; Walker, Perunovich inserted in for Kapanen, P.O. Joseph

    Eric Hartline-Imagn Images - (10-31-24) St. Louis Blues-Philadelphia Flyers Gameday Lineup

    Outscored 13-3 the past two games, including an 8-1 pasting at the hands of the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, changes were only a matter of when, not if, for the St. Louis Blues (5-5-0), who conclude a four-game road trip today against the Philadelphia Flyers (3-6-1) at 6 p.m. (FDSMW, ESPN 101.1-FM).

    The Blues have taken their line combinations and really thrown them into a blender for this game, flipping Jake Neighbours and Jordan Kyrou, moving Dylan Holloway to play second-line center; Brayden Schenn on a wing with Radek Faksa to center the third line and Oskar Sundqvist back in the middle. Nathan Walker is back after being a healthy scratch the past three games, replacing the injured Kasperi Kapanen (upper body), who was injured on Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators.

    Also, defenseman Scott Perunovich, who was a healthy scratch Tuesday but played the previous two games, will come back in and play for P.O. Joseph, who will be scratched after playing the previous six games. Joseph was a minus-3 in the loss Tuesday.

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    * Jordan Binnington, who will get the start after relieving Joel Hofer on Tuesday, needs one win to tie Jake Allen for second on the Blues' all-time franchise list (148).

    * Philip Broberg, who has a point in eight of 10 games this season (two goals, six assists), has already matched his career-high in points (one goal, seven assists in 46 games in 2022-23 with the Edmonton Oilers).

    * The Blues have not allowed a power play goal against the Flyers in six straight matchups, going 14-for-14.

    * Holloway will play in his 100th NHL game tonight.

    * The Blues have won three of four in their past four visits to Wells Fargo Center.

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    Blues Projected Lineup:

    Alexandre Texier-Pavel Buchnevich-Jake Neighbours

    Brandon Saad-Dylan Holloway-Jordan Kyrou

    Brayden Schenn-Radek Faksa-Zack Bolduc

    Alexey Toropchenko-Oskar Sundqvist-Nathan Walker

    Ryan Suter-Colton Parayko

    Philip Broberg-Justin Faulk

    Scott Perunovich-Matthew Kessel

    Jordan Binnington will start in goal; Joel Hofer will be the backup.

    The healthy scratch includes P.O. Joseph. Robert Thomas (ankle), Nick Leddy (lower body), Mathieu Joseph (lower body) and Kasperi Kapanen (upper body) are out.

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    Flyers Projected Lineup:

    Travis Konecny-Sean Couturier-Matvei Michkov

    Owen Tippett-Morgan Frost-Tyson Foerster

    Joel Farabee-Scott Laughton-Bobby Brink

    Noah Cates-Ryan Poehling-Garnet Hathaway

    Travis Sanheim-Rasmus Ristolainen

    Nick Seeler-Jamie Drysdale

    Emil Andrae-Erik Johnson

    Samuel Ersson will start in goal; Aleksei Kolosov will be the backup.

    Healthy scratches include Nicolas Deslauriers, Egor Zamula and Ivan Fedotov. Cam York (upper body) is out.

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