Game 51 Preview: Flyers vs. Blues

Interim head coach Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (15-25-10) will host Craig Berube's St. Louis Blues (29-14-6) at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday evening. Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7:00 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic).

This is the first of two meetings this season between the inter-conference clubs. The scene will shift to the Enterprise Center in St. Louis on March 24.

The Flyers, who are winless in five games (0-3-2) since the NHL All-Star break, are coming off a 4-3 overtime home loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday (see the Postgame 5 on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com for a full recap, analysis and highlight clips). The Blues are coming off a 6-3 road win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

Carter Hart missed Monday's game due to an eye infection. The Flyers were optimistic of having Hart back in net against the Blues; however, that was not a certainty as of Monday afternoon. If he's unable to go, Martin Jones will get the start.

The Blues expect to have leading scorer Vladimir Tarasenko back in the lineup for this game. He missed Saturday's game with an undisclosed issue.

The Flyers will not have a morning skate on Tuesday. Projected lineups are based on Monday's game. Yeo will speak to the media mid-afternoon. If there are lineup changes, they'll be noted in a blog update.

PROJECTED LINEUPS (subject to change)

FLYERS

76 Isaac Ratcliffe - 28 Claude Giroux - 89 Cam Atkinson
23 Oskar Lindblom - 21 Scott Laughton - 11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk - 48 Morgan Frost - 20 Gerry Mayhew
71 Max Willman - 39 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen

9 Ivan Provorov - 61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim - 70 Rasmus Ristolainen
3 Keith Yandle - 24 Nick Seeler

35 Martin Jones
[67 Kirill Ustimenko]

PP1: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Atkinson, Konecny, Yandle
PP2: Laughton, Mayhew, Lindblom, Ratcliffe, Provorov


BLUES

49 Ivan Barbashev - 10 Brayden Schenn - 25 Jordan Kyrou
89 Pavel Buchnevich - 18 Robert Thomas - 91 Vladimir Tarasenko
20 Brandon Saad - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 57 David Perron
37 Klim Kostin - 21Tyler Bozak - 70 Oskar Sundqvist

47 Torey Krug - 72 Justin Faulk
77 Niko Mikkola - 55 Colton Parayko
46 Jake Walman - 41 Robert Bortuzzo

50 Jordan Binnington
[35 Ville Husso]

PP1: Buchnevich, Thomas, Barbashev, Tarasenko, Krug
PP2: Saad, O'Reilly, Kyrou, Perron, Faulk

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