The St. Louis Blues take on the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre for Game 7 of their first-round series tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUES (WC2) at JETS (1C)
Western Conference First Round, Game 7
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TBS, MAX, FDSNMW
Best-of-7 series tied 3-3
Blues projected lineup
Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jordan Kyrou
Jake Neighbours — Brayden Schenn — Jimmy Snuggerud
Mathieu Joseph — Oskar Sundqvist — Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Nick Leddy
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Nikita Alexandrov, Matthew Kessel
Injured: Dylan Holloway (lower body), Tyler Tucker (lower body)
Status report
The Blues had a full practice Saturday and an optional Sunday. Kyrou and Snuggerud swapped spots on the first and second lines Saturday; Montgomery said it was “just getting a different look.”
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Vladislav Namestnikov — Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers — Adam Lowry — Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter — Morgan Barron — Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev — Dominic Toninato — Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: David Gustafsson, Logan Stanley, Ville Heinola, Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Injured: Mark Scheifele (undisclosed), Rasmus Kupari (concussion)
Status report
Scheifele, a center, skated on his own Saturday but will not play after initially being labeled a game-time decision. He also missed a 5-2 loss in Game 6 on Friday.
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