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A lot of question face the St. Louis Blues as they get set to host the Minnesota Wild for Game 4 of their best-of-7 series on Sunday (3:30 p.m., BSMW, TBS, 101 ESPN).
Will any of the team's injured defensemen be available to play?
Who is available if they aren't?
Will the team consider a different look between the pipes?

Blues Head Coach Craig Berube did not hold a morning skate due to Sunday's 3:30 p.m. start time, so many of those lineup questions won't fully be answered until his pregame media availability or closer to warm-ups.
Here's what we know right now:

Could Nick Leddy and Robert Bortuzzo play in Game 4?

Both players have been dealing with upper-body injuries but they did join the team on the ice after the main portion of practice was over on Saturday.
"It's good (they're skating)," Berube told reporters after practice. "But I can't answer [whether they can play in Game 4] right now. We'll see how they do after the skate here."

What about Torey Krug?

Berube confirmed that
Krug sustained a lower-body injury in the first period in Game 3
and said the Blues' defenseman would be out "for some time."
With plenty of uncertainties facing the Blues in Game 4 - Krug's absence is perhaps the most certain thing we know.

Who might be available if all those defensemen are out?

Berube surprised reporters Saturday by suggesting that Scott Perunovich might be available if needed for Game 4.
The rookie defenseman has been out of the lineup since Jan. 15 and underwent surgery on his wrist in March.
"He's a possibility," Berube said of Perunovich. "He hasn't played games in a long time, and it was good he could run that power play with Krug out right now, so we'll see how that goes. He needed some reps. It was one of the reasons we wanted to (practice) today, too. It's good to see him, he's back, he's ready to go if we need him, so we'll see."
The team also has Steven Santini available. Santini was recalled under emergency conditions Thursday and was ready to play, but Marco Scandella's return from a lower-body injury in Game 3 kept him out of the lineup.
Santini has 119 games of NHL experience with the Blues, Nashville Predators and New Jersey Devils.

Who will start between the pipes?

Ville Husso made his playoff debut with a shutout - becoming the first goalie in Blues history to accomplish that feat. But the Wild found the back of the net much more often in Games 2 and 3, which is no doubt a product of the Blues losing half of their defensemen to injury in this series.
"He's done a pretty good job for us," Berube said of Husso. "We allowed (Minnesota) to have some odd-man rushes last night in the game. That's tough, we've gotta do a better job there. We can't give up odd-man rushes in a game."
Berube was asked whether he would consider starting Jordan Binnington in Game 4.
"We'll decide that (Sunday)," he said. "(Starting Binnington) is always in our thoughts, yeah."