Flyers look to Spoil another Opener

Flyers (1-0-0) at Blues (0-0-0), October 9th at 8pm.

This time the scene is St.Louis's season and home opener. The Flyers started their season by suprising all of Pittsbrugh and sucking the energy out of their new arena with a 3 to 2 win anchored by rookie Sergei Bobrovsky.

After starting Bobrovsky in a packed Consol Energy Center loaded with Flyers-hating fans, Bobs showed he could handle the pressure. Bobrovsky played all 60 minutes in the Flyers season opener letting only 2 goals in on 31 shots versus the Pens. Tonight Boucher will make the start and will be looking to keep the Flyers winning ways going versus the Blues. Boucher was 2-1-0 in the preseason.

Depth Chart
Carter Richards Carcillo...Carle Meszaros...Boucher Bobrovsky
Leino Briere Hartnell...Timonen Coburn
JvR Giroux Zherdev...O'Donnell Bartulis
Powe Betts Shelley

Scratches
Healthy - Nodl, Walker
Injured - Pronger, Laperriere, Leighton

Players to watch
Flyers
James vanRiemsdyk: led the Flyers with 4 shots in only 12 minutes. Look for the 2nd year winger to use his shot from everywhere and anywhere.
Nik Zherdev: critisized for fading away quickly and going silent too often, only saw 11 minutes and got 1 shot against Pittsburgh.
Andrej Meszaros: saw the second most Powerplay time of any defenseman behind Timonen. A defensive d-man by trade but in the preseason was involved in many rushes up ice.

Blues
Jaroslav Halak: 1st start with Blues, was excellent in the Playoffs with Montreal last year.
TJ Oshie: most think he is settled in for a breakout year, after finishing last season with 18 goals and 30 assists in 76 games.
David Perron: the Blues center scored 5 goals on 4 games this preseason, leading the team. At 6'0" 200lbs he plays a quick, speedy game.

On the Blues Side
At 6pm a statue of Hall of Fame Winger, Brett Hull, will be unveiled.
Jaroslav Halak will make his first start with the Blues tonight. He was acquired from the Habs during the offseason.
Former 1st round pick Alex Pietranglo will be in the line-up on defense, he was drafted 4th overall in 2008 and spent last season in Juniors.