ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues will keep their Game 1 lineup intact for Thursday night. The Los Angeles Kings will make one change at forward with a few tweaks elsewhere for Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, as Colin Fraser will replace Brad Richardson.
Here are the projected lineups for the Blues and Kings:
KINGS
Dustin Brown - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams
Dwight King - Mike Richards - Jeff Carter
Dustin Penner - Jarret Stoll - Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford - Colin Fraser - Jordan Nolan
Scratched: Brad Richardson, Alec Martinez, Tyler Toffoli
Injured: Willie Mitchell (knee, IR), Matt Greene (undisclosed)
BLUES
Jaden Schwartz - David Backes - Alexander Steen
Andy McDonald - Vladimir Sobotka - Chris Stewart
David Perron - Patrik Berglund - T.J. Oshie
Adam Cracknell - Chris Porter - Ryan Reaves
Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo
Jordan Leopold - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratched: Kris Russell, Ian Cole, Scott Nichol, Andrew Murray, Dmitrij Jaskin, Jeff Woywitka, Jani Hakanpaa, Taylor Chorney, Evgeny Grachev, Jake Allen
Injured: Jamie Langenbrunner (hip, IR) -- is skating