Philadelphia Flyers

Flyers at Blues: Lineups, Notes, Starting Goalies, How to Watch

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1 year ago

April 4, 2023

St. Louis' Brayden Schenn (left) and the Flyers' Nick Seeler got into a scrap earlier this season. Photo: AP.

The Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues, two teams that are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, will move a game closer to ending their seasons when they meet Tuesday night at the Enterprise Center.

The Flyers (29-34-13) are used to missing the playoffs. This is the third straight season they haven’t reached the post-season.

St. Louis (35-35-7), on the other hand, won’t be a playoff participant for the first time since 2017-18. The Blues had qualified in 10 of the last 11 seasons, and won the Stanley Cup in 2019.

Craig Berube’s Blues have received poor goaltending from Jordan Binnington (3.39 GAA, .891 SP) and Thomas Greiss (3.64, .896), and they are 28th in the NHL with a 3.68 GAA.

The Flyers never recovered from injuries that sidelined Sean Couturier, Cam Atkinson, and Ryan Ellis for the entire season.

St. Louis has five games remaining, while the Flyers have six.

As it currently stands, the Flyers (71 points) have the NHL’s seventh-worst record, while the Blues and Washington each have 77 points and are tied for the ninth-worst mark.

The Flyers are expected to have defenseman Ronnie Attard in their lineup for the first time this season.

Before the game, the Blues will not wear Pride-themed jerseys during warmups on Pride Night. Minnesota, the Rangers and Chicago also did not wear them on their Pride Nights. Some individual players, including the Flyers’ Ivan Provorov, did not participate in Pride Night warmups in which their teammates wore the themed jerseys.

Flyers’ expected lineup

Farabee-Frost-Tippett

Laughton-Cates-Konecny

JVR-Hayes-Allison

Deslauriers-Lemieux-Bellows

Defense

Provorov-York

Sanheim-Attard

Seeler-DeAngelo

(Ristolainen, who has been injured, will be a game-time decision.)

Goalie

Ersson (6-2, 3.07 GAA, .899 SP)

Blues expected lineup

Saad-Schenn-Vrana

Blais-Kapanen-Kyrou

Neighbors-Brown-Leivo

Toropchenko-Walker-Pitlick

Defense

Leddy-Parayko

Krug-Faulk

Rosen-Kessel

Goalie

Binnington (25-25-6, 3.39, .891)

Breakaways

Blues goalie Vadim Zherenko, 22, was recalled Monday from Springfield, where he had a 2.96 GAA and .918 save percentage for the AHL team. … Jordan Kyrou has five goals in the last five games. He leads St. Louis with 36 goals, but is a defensive liability. … Former Flyer Brayden Schenn has 62 points (21-41) in 77 games. … Travis Konecny leads the Flyers with 29 goals, including one in each of the two games he has played since returning from an injury. … In the teams’ only other meeting this season, the Flyers whipped the Blues, 5-1, on Nov. 8. Felix Sandstrom made 27 saves and collected his first NHL victory.

Morgan Frost has a four-game point streak (4-2), equaling the longest of his career. … Konecny has nine points (4-5) in 10 career games. vs. the Blues. … St. Louis is 8-4-2 since March 9. Philly is 5-2-2 in its last nine games. … Berube has a 191-115-43 record since being named the Blues’ coach in 2018. He has coached 349 games for St. Louis and and 161 for Philly. … In franchise history, the Flyers are 92-45-20 against St. Louis. Long-time fans will recall that the Blues infuriated Flyers co-founder Ed Snider with their physical play in Philadelphia’s early days, inspiring the formation of the Broad Street Bullies.