Flyers at Blues preview

FLYERS (37-35-8) at BLUES (43-28-9)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW+, NBCSP+, NHL.TV

The Blues, who gained a point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday, are one point behind the Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators for first place in the division. Each team has two games remaining.
Blues goalie Jordan Binnington, who is expected to start, can set a St. Louis rookie record for most wins in a season. His 22 victories are tied with Jake Allen, who won 22 in 2014-15.
The Flyers, who have been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff, have lost three in a row and five of their past six games (1-5-0).

Players to watch

Flyers forward Claude Giroux, who has 21 points (four goals, 17 assists) the past 19 games, has eight points (three goals, five assists) his past seven games against the Blues.
Binnington is 18-4-0 with a 1.81 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage and four shutouts in his past 22 games. He shut out the Flyers 3-0 on Jan. 7, in his first NHL start.

They said it

"One of the things about him is he's playing with a lot of confidence and he's seeing the puck really well. When he's off, he's not off by much. The fact that he's been able to come up and do what he's done is pretty impressive." -- Flyers coach Scott Gordon on Blues goalie Jordan Binnington
"We're one point behind Winnipeg to lead the division. We get a little bit of help, we've got a chance to get home ice and to maybe win the division." -- Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
James van Riemsdyk -- Scott Laughton -- Jakub Voracek
Oskar Lindblom -- Corban Knight -- Ryan Hartman
Michael Raffl -- Phil Varone
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Philippe Myers
Robert Hagg -- Radko Gudas
Samuel Morin
Brian Elliott
Carter Hart
Scratched:Cam Talbot, Andrew MacDonald, Justin Bailey
Injured:Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Nolan Patrick (undisclosed)

Blues projected lineup

Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz -- Oskar Sundqvist -- David Perron
Pat Maroon -- Tyler Bozak -- Robert Thomas
Zach Sanford -- Ivan Barbashev -- Alexander Steen
Vince Dunn -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Carl Gunnarsson -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Mackenzie MacEachern
Injured: Joel Edmundson (lower body), Sammy Blais (lower body)

Status report

Patrick will be a game-time decision. If he's out the Flyers could play with seven defensemen. ... Knight cleared waivers Thursday. ... The Blues did not hold a morning skate.

Stat pack

Van Riemsdyk has two assists in his past six games after he had nine points (seven goals, two assists) in his previous seven games. ... Tarasenko has six points (four goals, two assists) the past six games.