(10-31-24) St. Louis Blues-Philadelphia Flyers Gameday Lineup

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

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.