National Hockey League
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, January 7, 2019
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 19021

Brayden Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron each scored one goal to lift the visiting St. Louis Blues past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Monday.

Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington was terrific in his first career start in the National Hockey League as he stopped all 25 shots. Binnington was recently recalled from the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL.

Ryan O'Reilly had two assists for St. Louis, which had dropped three of four heading into this game.

The reeling Flyers have lost a season-worst seven straight games. They dropped their final four games of a five-game road trip and came home to lose to the Nashville Predators and Calgary Flames before this latest defeat.

Rookie goaltender Carter Hart kept the Flyers close with 34 saves.

After a scoreless first period in which the Blues outshot Philadelphia 13-11, St. Louis struck first in the second. Schenn, a former member of the Flyers, scored just 41 seconds into the period for a 1-0 advantage. It was Schenn's ninth goal of the season, giving him six points in his past five road games.

Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds had a solid scoring chance with 2:59 left in the second but fired the shot wide of Binnington. Simmonds needs just one goal to reach 200 for his career. The Flyers managed only six total shots in the second period.

Carl Gunnarsson, who assisted on Schenn's goal, nearly scored less than three minutes into the third. He ripped a shot from point blank range, but was denied by a pad save from Hart.

Hart made another strong save with 15:27 remaining as Robert Thomas skated in and took a wrist shot.

Two minutes later, Binnington kept the Blues ahead by one goal with a solid save against Sean Couturier.

Tarasenko recorded his 12th goal of the season at 11:00 to give the Blues a 2-0 lead. It was Tarasenko's first career goal against the Flyers.

Hart was pulled for an extra skater with 3:01 left and the Blues capitalized with a late empty net goal by Perron.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
St. Louis   Philadelphia
Ryan O'Reilly 2 Points N/A
David Perron 1 Goals N/A
Ryan O'Reilly 2 Assists N/A
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jordan Binnington 1.000 Save Percentage Carter Hart .944
Jordan Binnington 25 Saves Carter Hart 34
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
St. Louis 37 3 0-2 1-1 2 23
Philadelphia 25 0 0-1 2-2 4 36
Upcoming Games
  • Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Flyers have a W/L % of .312 after a win and .385 after a loss.
  • St. Louis will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Blues have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .542 after a loss.