ST. LOUIS -- Here are the probable lineups for the Central Division clash between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues from Scottrade Center:
BLACKHAWKS
Brandon Saad - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa
Patrick Sharp - Marcus Kruger - Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell - Andrew Shaw - Viktor Stalberg
Daniel Carcillo - Michael Frolik - Brandon Bollig
Niklas Hjalmarsson - Johnny Oduya
ST. LOUIS -- The probable lineups for a Central Division matchup Saturday night between the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues from Scottrade Center:
BLUE JACKETS
R.J. Umberger - Derick Brassard - Cam Atkinson
Vinny Prospal - Mark Letestu - Derek Dorsett
Matt Calvert - Sean Collins - Nick Foligno
Colton Gillies - Derek MacKenzie - Jared Boll
Scratches: John Moore, Nick Drazenovic.
Injuries: Artem Anisimov (head), Brandon Dubinsky (knee).
ST. LOUIS -- The probable lineups for a game Tuesday night between the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center:
SHARKS
Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski
Ryane Clowe - Logan Couture - Martin Havlat
Tommy Wingels - Michal Handzus - Tim Kennedy
Matt Pelech - Andrew Desjardins - Adam Burish
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Brent Burns
Scratches: Scott Gomez, TJ Galiardi, Jason Demers.
Injuries: James Sheppard (lower-body).
Note: The Sharks hadn't announced it officially as of Tuesday morning but Desjardins (undisclosed) was expected to be removed from injured reserve and inserted into the lineup after missing four games.
BLUES
David Perron - David Backes - T.J. Oshie
Andy McDonald - Alex Steen - Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Sobotka - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart
Jaden Schwartz - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves
Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Kris Russell/Wade Redden - Roman Polak
Scratches: Brian Elliott, Matt D'Agostini, Redden or Russell.
Injuries: Jamie Langenbrunner (hip) is out for the season.
DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings did it for goalie Petr Mrazek a week ago in St. Louis. Now the St. Louis Blues will turn around and give Jake Allen his first NHL start.
Allen, 22, will get the call when the Blues face the Red Wings on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN2).
Allen was recalled Tuesday from the American Hockey League's Peoria Rivermen for the second time in a week after Jaroslav Halak aggravated the groin strain that sidelined him for four-plus games during warm-ups prior to Monday's game vs. the Los Angeles Kings.
Allen, the 34th pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, is 12-16-2, with a 2.94 goals-against average and .903 save percentage for the Rivermen this season.
"It's a great feeling," Allen said. "It's something you work for your whole life. You want to make the most of it. I know I'm definitely going to enjoy it. I'll remember it for a while.
"It's another game. I'm excited. ... It's hopefully another step in my career. It's more experience under my belt and I'm looking forward to the challenge tonight."
DETROIT -- Probable lineups for Wednesday night's Central Division battle between the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings from Joe Louis Arena [7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN].
BLUES
David Perron - David Backes - T.J. Oshie
Andy McDonald - Alex Steen - Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart
Vladimir Sobotka - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves
Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratches: Matt D'Agostini, Wade Redden
Injuries: Jaroslav Halak (groin strain), Jamie Langenbrunner (hip)
RED WINGS
Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Damien Brunner
Joakim Andersson - Pavel Datsyuk - Daniel Cleary
Patrick Eaves - Justin Abdelkader - Tomas Tatar
Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Jordin Tootoo
Niklas Kronwall - Brian Lashoff
Scratches: Kent Huskins, Jan Mursak
Injuries: Johan Franzen (hip flexor), Todd Bertuzzi (back), Darren Helm (back), Mikael Samuelsson (groin), Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder), Brendan Smith (shoulder), Jonas Gustavsson (groin)
Note: Franzen was a late scratch from the Wings lineup and was replaced by Eaves, who has been out the previous four games.
"It's day-to-day and has progressively gotten worse,'' Detroit general manager Ken Holland told MLive.com regarding Franzen's status. "We're going to give him a day off and see how he feels tomorrow."
ST. LOUIS -- Probable lineups for Monday night's game between the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues from Scottrade Center:
KINGS
Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Dustin Brown
Kyle Clifford - Jeff Carter - Justin Williams
Dwight King - Mike Richards - Jordan Nolan
Dustin Penner - Trevor Lewis - Jarret Stoll
Alec Martinez - Davis Drewiske
Scratches: Colin Fraser, Brad Richardson, Jake Muzzin
Injuries: Willie Mitchell (knee), Matt Greene (back)
Note: Kings coach Darryl Sutter would not comment on who the starting goalie will be or any other lineup changes, although Bernier was the only netminder on the ice for Monday's morning skate and Quick was working extensively with scratches late after regular skaters left. It comes on the heels of Quick giving up a goal to Detroit's Jonathan Ericsson with 4.5 seconds remaining of a 3-2 Red Wings victory Sunday afternoon, and the Kings are playing their first back-to-back set of the season.
"You are allowed to ask," Sutter said jokingly about his starting goaltender for the game. "... Injury [to Quick's] a non-issue. That's a long time ago. That's a player that got hurt last year playing this year. That's not a factor. The factor that we have now is performance. It's simple. We're giving up three goals a game and you'll win one in three, which is kind of what we're doing. We need better goaltending; it doesn't matter who our goalie is, to tell you the truth."
BLUES
Andy McDonald - David Backes - T.J. Oshie
David Perron - Alex Steen - Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Sobotka - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart
Matt D'Agostini - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves
Wade Redden - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratches: Kris Russell, Jaden Schwartz
Injuries: Jamie Langenbrunner (hip)
Note: The Blues get Halak (groin strain) back tonight after he missed the previous three-plus games. He was injured in the first period of a 5-3 loss at Detroit on Dec. 1. Elliott was 0-3-1 in Halak's absence and his numbers have dipped to 3-4-1 with a 3.51 goals-against average and .853 save percentage after leading the National Hockey League in both categories a season ago while tying with nine shutouts.
"The goalie gets the focus when things aren't going well," Hitchcock said. "Sometimes it's warranted and sometimes it's not. I think this is a combination. If you're talking about telling the truth, this is a combination where we needed Ells to play better, but we needed to play better in front of him."
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues' 6-1-0 start seems like a distant memory.
So in order for the Blues (6-4-0) to break a three-game losing streak Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks (7-2-1), coach Ken Hitchcock will try and spice things up by juggling his lineup.
"The twosomes [on defense] aren't changing, but just looking at trying to add," Hitchcock said. "I think we've gone pretty close to three games without scoring 5-on-5. Our power play's been terrific all year, but if you don't score 5-on-5, you're not gonna win a lot of hockey games."
ST. LOUIS -- These are the probable lineups for the Central Division battle Thursday night between the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues from Scottrade Center.
RED WINGS
Johan Franzen - Henrik Zetterberg - Damien Brunner
Valtteri Filppula - Pavel Datsyuk - Todd Bertuzzi
Daniel Cleary - Justin Abdelkader - Tomas Tatar
Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Jordin Tootoo
Niklas Kronwall - Brian Lashoff
Kyle Quincey - Jonathan Ericsson
Scratches: Patrick Eaves, Kent Huskins
Injuries: Jan Mursak (shoulder), Darren Helm (back), Mikael Samuelsson (groin), Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder), Brendan Smith (shoulder), Joey MacDonald (back), Jonas Gustavsson (groin)
Note: Bertuzzi will play in his 1,100th career game tonight.
BLUES
David Perron - David Backes - T.J. Oshie
Andy McDonald - Alex Steen - Chris Stewart
Jaden Schwartz - Patrik Berglund - Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Sobotka - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves
Wade Redden - Alex Pietrangelo
Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratches: Matt D'Agostini, Jamie Langenbrunner, Ian Cole
Injuries: Jaroslav Halak (groin strain)
ST. LOUIS -- Coaches Barry Trotz of the Nashville Predators and Ken Hitchcock of the St. Louis Blues were not 100 percent forthcoming with what lineups they will use Tuesday night at Scottrade Center in the third matchup of the season of the two squads.
The Predators, on the last leg of a seven-game trip, will get Martin Erat back in the lineup. Erat missed Saturday's 2-1 shootout win at the San Jose Sharks with a foot injury, suffered at practice Friday.
"I'm good to go," said Erat, who has four points in seven games. "It was too swollen to play [Saturday], but right now it feels good. I've got no worries about it."
ST. LOUIS -- There will be 20 No. 6 jerseys on the Scottrade Center ice Sunday night when the St. Louis Blues head out for pre-game warmups prior to facing the Minnesota Wild.
No, Wade Redden was not cloned. The Blues will honor the memory of Stan "The Man" Musial, the St. Louis Cardinals legend who passed away at the age of 92 last week.
Each player will wear the No. 6 and Musial on the back, with their regular jersey numbers on the right crest. The Blues will auction off the jerseys to benefit raise money for the Blues 14 Fund and Cardinals Care.
"I only watched him play baseball, but I know what Tony La Russa said," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said of Musial. "One of the reasons the Cardinals have such a strong following here is because guys like [Musial] led the charge and stayed in the city connecting with the fans, making sure that the fans were taken care of. I think the healthy respect that the Cardinals have is a lot because of him and a lot of other players. I think a lot of people followed his lead and I think the current players understand commitment to the community because of stuff Stan did. Tony felt very strongly about that, that that's the reason that the players make a connection to the community led by a guy like him."
Here are the probable lineups for the contest:
WILD
Zach Parise - Mikko Koivu - Dany Heatley
Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Mikael Granlund - Devin Setoguchi
Matt Cullen - Kyle Brodziak - Cal Clutterbuck
Darroll Powe/Matt Kassian - Zenon Konopka - Torrey Mitchell
Jonas Brodin - Marco Scandella
Scratches: Nate Prosser and either Kassian or Powe.
Injuries: Jared Spurgeon (foot).
BLUES
David Perron - David Backes - T.J. Oshie
Andy McDonald - Alex Steen - Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart
Vladimir Sobotka - Scott Nichol-Ryan Reaves/Jamie Langenbrunner
Wade Redden - Alex Pietrangelo
Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratches: either Nichol or Reaves, Matt D'Agostini and Ian Cole.
Injured: None
Note: If Nichol is scratched, Sobotka will slide into the middle between Langenbrunner on the left and Reaves on the right.
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