The Flyers dropped a 2-1 shootout decision to the Blues on Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
After Jake Neighbours scored in the skills competition for St. Louis, Morgan Frost answered on the Flyers’ third attempt.
But Pavel Buchnevich won it for the Blues on their fourth attempt.
The Flyers nearly won the game in OT. Cam York had a shot go off of Jordan Binnington and then the crossbar with just over a minute remaining in the bonus session. Travis Sanheim was also denied with 12 seconds left.
Sean Couturier, Tyson Foerster and Owen Tippett came up empty in the shootout.
The Flyers (32-23-8) have lost six of their last nine games (3-4-2).
They’re still in third place of the Metropolitan Division, a spot they’ve held since the end of January. The Islanders, six points back and with three games in hand, are the closest on the Flyers’ tail.
John Tortorella’s club entered Monday with …