The St. Louis Blues take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUES (15-16-3) at PANTHERS (20-11-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, SCRIPPS
Blues projected lineup
Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Alexey Toropchenko — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad — Dylan Holloway — Zack Bolduc
Alexandre Texier — Nathan Walker — Mathieu Joseph
Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Ryan Suter — Justin Faulk
Philip Broberg — Scott Perunovich
Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Oskar Sundqvist, Tyler Tucker
Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body), Radek Faksa (lower body)
Status report
The Blues did not have a morning skate following their 3-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. … Hofer could start after he replaced Binnington during the second period Thursday. He stopped all seven shots he faced in 24:21 of ice time.
More from THW:
- Ranking the Blues Record-Setting 9 Prospects at 2025 WJC
- Lightning’s Rookies Clutch in Win Over Blues
- Projected Lineups for Lightning vs Blues – 12/19/24
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues — Sam Bennett — Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Adam Boqvist
Injured: Jesper Boqvist (upper body)
Status report
Bennett will be a game-time decision after missing the morning skate Friday. He did not play in a 6-1 win at the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday because of an illness.
More from THW:
- Panthers Take Down Wild 6-1
- Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs Wild – 12/18/24
- Panthers Defeat Oilers 6-5 in Back-and-Forth Contest
