Blues at Flyers preview

BLUES (26-15-2) at FLYERS (17-15-8)
1 p.m. ET; SN, NBCSP, FS-MW, NHL.TV

It will be Brayden Schenn's first game at Philadelphia against the Flyers since they traded him to the Blues on June 23. The forward had two shots on goal and was minus-1 in a 2-0 loss to the Flyers at St. Louis on Nov. 2.
Philadelphia will try to win consecutive games for the first time since winning six in a row Dec. 4-16. They defeated the New York Islanders 6-4 on Thursday.

Players to watch

Goaltender Jake Allen is expected to start for the Blues after Carter Hutton started the previous two. Allen is 1-6-0 with a 2.68 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in his past seven games.
Flyers forward Jakub Voracek leads the NHL with 40 assists and has 17 in his past 14 games.

They said it

"I'm glad it's a 1 o'clock game. You get up, you get ready and you go play. You don't really worry about the whole pregame skate and everything like that. It's going to be a little bit weird, but I'm looking forward to it." -- Blues forward Brayden Schenn
"This is what I've been working for. I'm excited and proud of myself to be here. There's a lot of people that helped me out this year. And a lot of guys that could be here instead of me, so I'm really thankful and really happy to be here." -- Flyers forward Tyrell Goulbourne, who is expected to make his NHL debut

Blues projected lineup

Vladimir Sobotka -- Paul Stastny -- Tage Thompson
Dmitrij Jaskin -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Patrik Berglund -- Kyle Brodziak -- Alexander Steen
Scottie Upshall -- Ivan Barbashev -- Magnus Paajarvi
Jay Bouwmeester -- Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Carl Gunnarsson -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jake Allen
Carter Hutton
Scratched: Chris Thorburn, Oskar Sundqvist, Jake Walman
Injured: Jaden Schwartz (ankle), Zach Sanford (shoulder), Vince Dunn (illness)

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Michael Raffl -- Valtteri Filppula -- Jakub Voracek
Jordan Weal -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Jori Lehtera -- Scott Laughton --
Tyrell Goulbourne
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg -- Andrew MacDonald
Brandon Manning -- Radko Gudas
Brian Elliott
Michal Neuvirth
Scratched: Dale Weise, Taylor Leier, Travis Sanheim
Injured: none

Status report

Dunn was placed on injured reserve Saturday, and Walman, a defenseman, was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League. ... Hutton is expected to start against the Washington Capitals on Sunday. … Weather prevented Goulbourne from making his NHL debut Thursday. He was in Toronto for a game with Lehigh Valley of the AHL but had four flights to Philadelphia canceled. He ended up flying to Baltimore on Thursday and driving to Philadelphia. … Elliott will make his 16th straight start, but that streak likely will end Sunday, when Neuvirth is expected to play against the Buffalo Sabres.

Stat pack

Stastny scored for the first time in 10 games in a 2-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. … Giroux has 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in his past 13 games.