Outscored 13-3 the past two games, including an 8-1 pasting at the hands of the Ottawa Senators on Thursday [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/latest-news/blues-were-horrendous-embarrassing-all-around-in-8-1-loss-against-senators], 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 [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/philadelphia-flyers/] (3-6-1) at 6 p.m. (FDSMW, ESPN 101.1-FM). Blues looking to finish trip at .500, lost past two by combined 13-3; changes to lines inevitable after loss against Ottawa 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. --- * 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. --- 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. --- 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. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjA5MjcwNjk1MDQ0MDY0NDYy/subscribe2024-front-banner.jpg]
