Blues at Flyers preview

BLUES (16-19-4) at FLYERS (15-20-6)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN1, SNE, SNP, NBCSP, FS-MW, NHL.TV

Binnington has played two games this season, each coming in relief of starter Jake Allen. The 25-year-old rookie has an .840 save percentage in 68 minutes of ice time.
St. Louis has lost three of its last four games.
The Flyers have lost six straight games (0-4-2), during which they've scored 12 goals. It's their longest losing streak since they went 10 consecutive games without a win (0-5-5) from Nov. 11-Dec. 2, 2017.

Players to watch

Blues forward David Perron has nine points (two goals, seven assists) during a six-game point streak.
Flyers forward Claude Giroux has 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) in his past 18 games.

They said it

"It's a big game but I'm just going to try to take it all in and play my game and hopefully give the team a chance to win." -- Blues goalie Jordan Binnington
"There have been some things that have been positive, but at the end of the day everyone wants wins; players, coaches, we're all the same in that regard." -- Flyers coach Scott Gordon

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Alexander Steen -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Zach Sanford -- Robert Thomas -- Patrick Maroon
Ivan Barbashev -- Oskar Sundqvist

Carl Gunnarsson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Robert Bortuzzo
Joel Edmundson
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Sammy Blais
Injured: Tyler Bozak (upper body)

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Nolan Patrick -- Jakub Voracek
James van Riemsdyk -- Jordan Weal -- Wayne Simmonds
Michael Raffl -- Scott Laughton -- Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Robert Hagg -- Christian Folin
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Radko Gudas
Carter Hart
Mike McKenna
Scratched: Jori Lehtera, Phil Varone
Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Andrew MacDonald (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

Status report

Bozak is day to day, according to Blues coach Craig Berube. … Maroon and Edmundson, who were scratched from a 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday, will return to the lineup and Blues will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Blais, a forward, was recalled from San Antonio of the American Hockey League and will join the team in St. Louis on Tuesday. Defenseman Jordan Schmaltz was sent to the AHL. ... The Flyers held an optional morning skate.

Stat pack

O'Reilly has six points (three goals, three assists) during a five-game point streak ... The Flyers are 3-for-9 on the power play in their past two games after going 3-for-45 in their previous 19.