PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers at St. Louis Blues
Enterprise Center
TV: NBCSP | Radio: 93.3 WMMR
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 76
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 76
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 76
Carter Hart lower body 3/28-present 4
Rasmus Ristolainen upper body 4/2-present 1
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 397
FLYERS VS. BLUES HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS BLUES
92-45-20 ALL-TIME RECORD 48-87-22
52-16-10 HOME 32-37-10
40-29-10 ROAD 16-50-12
3-2-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 2-2-1
5-5-0 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5-4-1
540 GOALS SCORED 401
34.0% POWER PLAY 29.6%
70.4% PENALTY KILL 66.0%
Konecny: 9 pts (4-5=9) in 10 GP
van Riemsdyk: 8 pts (4-4=8) in 18 GP
Two players tied at 7 pts
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Faulk: 21 pts (8-13=21) in 34 GP
Leddy: 20 pts (7-13=20) in 37 GP
Two players tied at 14 pts
Sandstrom: 1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .964 SV% in 1 GP
Ersson: Has not faced STL
TEAM GOALTENDERS Greiss: 8-5-2, 3.33 GAA, .898 SV% in 18 GP
Binnington: 3-1-1, 2.38 GAA, .908 SV%, 1 SO in 5 GP
2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
November 8 Wells Fargo Center PHI (5), STL (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
4/3 – Recalled D Ronnie Attard from Lehigh Valley (AHL)
4/1 – Recalled G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on emergency conditions; Activated F Travis Konecny from Injured Reserve
TEAM NOTES
QUICK STATS
- Philadelphia recorded a season-high seven-game point streak, 5-0-2, March 17-30.
- The Flyers notched two season-high four-game win streaks this season: March 21-28 & Dec. 29-Jan. 5.
- Philadelphia has six players with 40-plus points this season, the first campaign of five-plus players with 40-plus points since 2019-20 (6).
- Philadelphia tied its season-high six goals March 21 vs. FLA, including three second period goals in a span of 2:01.
Per NHL Stats, the last time Philadelphia scored as many goals in 121 seconds or fewer was Feb. 8, 2020 at WSH (105 seconds). - The Flyers rank third in the NHL with 1,309 blocked shots and fourth with 2,095 hits.
- Philadelphia has reached 2,000-plus hits in a season for the sixth time in franchise history and for the first since 2016-17. The franchise record is 2,511 hits set in 2014-15.
- The Flyers tallied 40 hits Feb. 11 vs. NSH for their sixth game of 40-plus hits this season. The six games of 40-plus hits are the most in a single season since recording 13 games during the 2014-15 season.
- Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- The Flyers’ 1,309 blocked shots this season are the tied for the second-most in franchise history. The franchise record is 1,317 set during the 2010-11 campaign.
- Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Feb. 12 at CGY for its fifth game of the season with 30-plus blocked shots – the most 30-plus blocked shot games in a Flyers season since 2005-06. The Flyers tallied a season-high 32 blocked shots Oct. 27 vs. FLA.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
4/3 – Recalled D Ronnie Attard from Lehigh Valley (AHL)
4/1 – Recalled G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on emergency conditions; Activated F Travis Konecny from
Injured Reserve
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
- The Flyers continue their four-game road trip Sunday – tied for the longest road trip of the season.
- Philadelphia will play four of its final six regular season games on the road, April 4-13.
- The Flyers are 8-9-2 in their last 19 road games, including a season-high five-game road win streak, Dec. 29-Jan. 14.
- The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 12 of their last 24 road games. Philadelphia is 9-3-5 on the road this season when scoring three-plus goals
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES
None
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 261
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
April
3 – Recalled goaltender Vadim Zherenko from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) under emergency conditions
2 – Recalled defenseman Matthew Kessel from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) under emergency conditions
BLUES vs. FLYERS
- This will be the 2nd and final matchup between the Blues and Flyers this season
- The Flyers won the first matchup of the season, 5-1 on Nov. 8 in Philadelphia
- The Blues went 1-1-0 against Philadelphia last season, with both teams winning on the road
- The Blues are 3-2-1 in their last 6 games against the Flyers
- In their last 10 games against Philadelphia, the Blues are 5-4-1
- The Blues are 2-2-1 in their last 5 games against the Flyers at Enterprise Center
- The Blues have not allowed a power play goal to Philadelphia in 5 of their last 6 matchups, going 13 for 14 (92.9%) on the penalty kill over those 6 games
- Sammy Blais is expected to dress in his 200th career NHL game
REMAINING 2022-23 SCHEDULE
4/6 – vs. NY Rangers
4/8 – at Minnesota
4/12 – vs Dallas
4/13 – at Dallas
A LOOK AHEAD
- The Blues will play 5 more games in April to finish out their season, including Tuesday vs. Philadelphia (3 home; 2 away)
- The Blues will play 3 more games against the Western Conference in April, all of which will come against the Central Division, and will also play 2 games against Eastern Conference opponents
BLUES GO MARCHING IN
- Since Mar. 9, the Blues are 8-4-2 (18 points)
- Their 8 wins since Mar. 9 share 6th in the NHL (1. Boston, 11), while their 18 points also share 6th in the NHL (1. Boston/NY Rangers, 22)
- The Blues have scored 58 goals since Mar. 9, which ranks 1st in the NHL
- Since Mar. 9, Jordan Kyrou shares 3rd in the NHL with 10 goals, while Jakub Vrana shares 8th in the NHL with 9 goals (1. Boldy, 13)
- Of those 6 goals for Vrana, 3 have come on the power play, which shares the 14th most power play goals in the NHL since Mar. 9 (1. Reinhart, 6)
