Blues go for season sweep of Oilers

Tuesday, 03.26.2013 / 1:47 PM | Louie Korac  - NHL.com Correspondent

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues will go for a season sweep of the Edmonton Oilers when the teams meet Tuesday at Scottrade Center.

It's the third meeting of the month between the teams, following Blues wins March 1 in St. Louis and March 23 in Edmonton.

Here are the probable lineups for both teams:

OILERS

Magnus Paajarvi - Sam Gagner - Jordan Eberle

Taylor Hall - Shawn Horcoff - Ales Hemsky

Ryan Jones - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Nail Yakupov

Lennart Petrell - Ryan Smyth - Mike Brown

Ladislav Smid - Jeff Petry

Nick Schultz - Justin Schultz

Ryan Whitney - Corey Potter

Nikolai Khabibulin

Devan Dubnyk

Scratched: Mark Fistric, Theo Peckham

Injured: Eric Belanger (groin)

Notes: A groin injury that had sidelined Belanger for five games earlier in the season returned in the Oilers' 3-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Monday. The team is expected to recall a player from their American Hockey League affiliate in Oklahoma City sometime after Tuesday's game.

BLUES

Alexander Steen - David Backes - Chris Stewart

Andy McDonald - Patrik Berglund - T.J. Oshie

David Perron - Vladimir Sobotka - Vladimir Tarasenko

Jaden Schwartz - Scott Nichol - Chris Porter

Barret Jackman - Alex Pietrangelo

Wade Redden - Kevin Shattenkirk

Kris Russell - Roman Polak

Jake Allen

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Ian Cole, Brian Elliott, Ryan Reaves

Injured: Jamie Langenbrunner (hip)

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