Game Preview: Flyers at St. Louis Blues

By Vani Hanamirian

The Philadelphia Flyers travel to Missouri tonight to take on the St. Louis Blues.

The Flyers are coming off an overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers. This season, the team has a record of 8-5-3.

The Blues, on the other hand, are 6-8-3 and are coming off a win over Calgary.

The lineups are subject to change, but are looking like:

Flyers projected lineup:

Matvei Michkov -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett -- Christian Dvorak -- Trevor Zegras

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Rodrigo Abols -- Garnet Hathaway

Cam York -- Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale

Emil Andrae -- Noah Juulsen

Samuel Ersson

Dan Vladar

Scratched: Nikita Grebenkin, Adam Ginning, Egor Zamula

Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps)

Blues projected lineup:

Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Dylan Holloway -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Jordan Kyrou

Brayden Schenn -- Pius Suter -- Mathieu Joseph

Alexey Toropchenko -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Nathan Walker

Philip Broberg -- Colton Parayko

Cam Fowler -- Justin Faulk

Matthew Kessel -- Hunter Skinner

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Nick Bjugstad, Alexandre Texier, Tyler Tucker

Injured: Jake Neighbours (leg)

Key points:

• Ersson will start in the net for the Flyers.

• Binnington will start in the net for the Blues. Binnington recently went viral for trying to pocket Ovechkin's 900th goal.

• Deslauriers will replace Grebenkin for the Flyers.

• The top lines will be adjusted as  Michkov and Zegras will flip spots.

• Skinner will make his NHL debut for the Blyes.

• Bjugstad and Tucker are both healthy scratches.

  
  

Last season, the Flyers went 2-0-0 against the St. Louis Blues.

Who to Watch:

Trevor Zegras has quickly led the Flyers in scoring with 16 points in 16 games since joining from Anaheim.  

Travis Konecny enters tonight on an eight-game point streak and has 14 points this season.

Since the last Flyers game, rumors have been circulating about tension between second-year player Matvei Michkov and Captain Sean Couturier, stemming from media reports and social media speculation.

Couturier’s comments after the team's loss to X went viral as speculation around their relationship began.

For the full analysis:

This is the first meeting of the two teams this season. They will meet again on November 20th in Philadelphia.

The puck will drop at 7 PM as the Flyers aim to rebound and make a statement in Missouri tonight.