The St. Louis Blues take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUES (14-15-8) at LIGHTNING (19-13-3)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNMW, TVAS
Blues projected lineup
Jonatan Berggren — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Jake Neighbours — Brayden Schenn — Otto Stenberg
Pius Suter — Dailbor Dvorsky — Robby Fabbri
Alexey Toropchenko — Oskar Sundqvist — Mathieu Joseph
Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler — Logan Mailloux
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Matthew Kessel
Injured: Jordan Kyrou (lower body), Dylan Holloway (high ankle sprain), Jimmy Snuggerud (wrist), Nathan Walker (upper body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Status report
The Blues are expected to dress the same 18 skaters from their 6-2 win at the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
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Lightning projected lineup
Brayden Point — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel — Nick Paul — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Pontus Holmberg — Yanni Gourde — Zemgus Girgensons
Gage Goncalves — Jack Finley — Dominic James
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Declan Carlile — Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Curtis Douglas
Injured: Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Brandon Hagel (upper body)
Status report:
Hagel participated in an optional morning skate wearing a regular jersey, but the forward is not expected to return until after the holiday break.
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