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Flyers-Blues: Game 42 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published07 Jan 2019

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

The Flyers are still searching for their first win of 2019. Their loss to the Flames in overtime was the team's sixth straight, dating back to Dec. 27.

The Flyers opponent on Monday is another team that has had a disappointing season. The St. Louis Blues are tied with the Flyers at 36 points, but with two fewer games played this season, sit one position ahead of the Flyers in the league standings. Both teams are just one point out of the NHL's basement.

Game time is at 7 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	St. Louis Blues	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	41	13	33	46	Ryan O'Reilly	39	16	22	38
Jake Voracek	41	10	22	32	David Perron	38	13	15	28
Sean Couturier	39	15	14	29	Vladimir Tarasenko	38	11	12	23
Travis Konecny	41	10	13	23	Brayden Schenn	35	8	15	23
Wayne Simmonds	41	12	6	18	Tyler Bozak	39	6	12	18

Player to Watch
11 Travis Konecny	90 Ryan O'Reilly
Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -2	Last 5 Games: 3 G, 3 A, 6 P, +5

Travis Konecny got on the board in Saturday's game and brought an energy level that is certainly needed. Perhaps scoring a goal can get his offense going.

Ryan O'Reilly is the Blues All-Star this season and for good reason. He has far and away been the Blues best player this season and is a good all-around player with scoring ability, good vision and defensive talent.

Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	50 Jordan Binnington
6 GP, 2-3-1, 2.80 GAA, .901 SV%	2 GP, 0-0-0, 3.53 GAA, .840 SV%

Carter Hart delivered a much better performance on Saturday, but still came out on the losing end in the end. Still, that was a good response to his first real poor game in his NHL career. He gets another chance in goal on Monday.

Jordan Binnington makes his first career start in the NHL. The 25-year-old has appeared in two games this season, posting a 3.53 GAA.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth, Andrew MacDonald, Brian Elliott, Anthony Stolarz, Corban Knight

Scratches: Jori Lehtera, Phil Varone

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom	19 Nolan Patrick	93 Jake Voracek
25 James van Riemsdyk	40 Jordan Weal	17 Wayne Simmonds
12 Michael Raffl	21 Scott Laughton	22 Dale Weise
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	3 Radko Gudas
8 Robert Hagg	26 Christian Folin
Goalie
79 Carter Hart

Lineup Notes

The Flyers are expected to use the same lines from Saturday's game for Monday's game after making several changes and getting Nolan Patrick back from injury.

Blues Projected Lineup

Injuries: Tyler Bozak

Scratches: Patrick Maroon, Jordan Schmaltz

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
20 Alex Steen	90 Ryan O'Reilly	57 David Perron
17 Jaden Schwartz	10 Brayden Schenn	18 Robert Thomas
12 Zach Sanford	49 Ivan Barbashev	91 Vladimir Tarasenko
15 Robby Fabbri		70 Oskar Sundqvist
Defense
4 Carl Gunnarsson	27 Alex Pietrangelo
19 Jay Bouwmeester	55 Colton Parayko
29 Vince Dunn	41 Robert Bortuzzo	6 Joel Edmundson
Goalie
50 Jordan Binnington

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (29th, 24th at home), Blues (T-15th, 6th on road)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-28th, 23rd at home), Blues (17th, 4th on road)
Recent History vs. Blues
- Nov. 2, 2017 – Flyers 2, Blues 0 (at STL)
- Jan. 6, 2018 – Flyers 6, Blues 3 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Blues
- Claude Giroux – 14 GP, 3 G, 8 A, 11 P
- Shayne Gostisbehere – 4 GP, 0 G, 4 A, 4 P
- Travis Konecny – 4 GP, 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
Milestone Watch
- Wayne Simmonds needs one goal to reach 200 as a Flyer.
- Travis Konecny needs two points to reach 100 for his career.
- Claude Giroux needs four assists to reach 500 for his career.