St. Louis Blues (29-14-6, third in the Central) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (15-25-10, seventh in the Metropolitan)
Philadelphia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
LINE: Flyers +173, Blues -212; over/under is 6
BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia aims to stop its five-game skid when the Flyers play St. Louis.
The Flyers are 8-12-5 at home. Philadelphia averages 8.7 penalty minutes per game, the 10th-most in the Eastern Conference. Zack MacEwen leads the team serving 56 total minutes.
The Blues are 11-8-4 on the road. St. Louis is third in the Western Conference with 31.0 shots per game and is averaging 3.5 goals.
The teams square off Tuesday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Cam Atkinson leads the Flyers with 17 goals and has 37 points. Scott Laughton has 8 points over the last 10 games for Philadelphia.
Robert Thomas leads the Blues with 32 total assists and has 39 points. Brayden Schenn has 11 points over the last 10 games for St. Louis.
LAST 10 GAMES: Flyers: 2-6-2, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.8 assists, 3.2 penalties and seven penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game with an .881 save percentage.
Blues: 6-3-1, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.4 assists, 4.3 penalties and 8.6 penalty minutes while allowing 2.6 goals per game with a .912 save percentage.
INJURIES: Flyers: Carter Hart: day to day (eye).
Blues: Marco Scandella: out (lower-body), Vladimir Tarasenko: day to day (undisclosed).
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