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With three games remaining in their season, the St. Louis Blues will look to keep rolling on Saturday night when they visit the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center (7 p.m., BSMW, 101 ESPN).
They will also get a boost in adding Robert Thomas to the lineup, who will return after missing five games due to an upper-body injury.

Thomas said he expects to be skating with Sammy Blais and Jakub Vrana in the game, and that would likely mean Kasperi Kapanen shifts to Vrana's spot on a line with Jake Neighbours and Pavel Buchnevich.
Josh Leivo is expected to sit out.
No changes are expected on defense, and Jordan Binnington appears to be making his 60th start of the season, besting his previous career-high by 10 games.
The Wild, who sit third in the Central Division with 98 points, are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games. The Blues, meanwhile, have won two straight and are 6-2-2 in their last 10.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Saad - Schenn - Kyrou
Neighbours - Buchnevich - Kapanen
Blais - Thomas - Vrana
Toropchenko - Walker - Pitlick
Defense
Leddy - Parayko
Krug - Faulk
Samorukov - Rosen
Goalie
Binnington