The St. Louis Blues take on the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
WILD (11-3-3) at BLUES (8-10-1)
8 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Marco Rossi — Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno — Frederick Gaudreau — Yakov Trenin
Jakub Lauko — Marat Khusnutdinov — Ben Jones
Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm – Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Jon Merrill, Devin Shore
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower body)
Status report
- Eriksson Ek will return after missing one game with a lower-body injury; Brodin will play after missing the past two with an upper-body injury.
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Blues projected lineup
Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad — Brayden Schenn — Jake Neighbours
Zack Bolduc — Dylan Holloway — Alexandre Texier
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker
Ryan Suter — Colton Parayko
Scott Perunovich — Justin Faulk
Corey Schueneman — Matthew Kessel
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Oskar Sundqvist, Mathieu Joseph
Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body), Philip Broberg (knee), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (lower body)
Status report
- Thomas returns after missing the past 12 games with a fractured right ankle.
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph, a defenseman, skated Tuesday but remains day to day.
- Sundqvist and Mathieu Joseph, each a forward, will be healthy scratches for the first time this season.
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