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UPDATE (8:20 p.m.) - The projected lineup listed below has been updated to reflect the lines used during pregame warm-ups.
The St. Louis Blues will not have Justin Faulk or Robert Bortuzzo in the lineup for Game 3 on Friday night (8:30 p.m. CT, BSMW, USA, 101 ESPN).
Both players left Wednesday's Game 2 with upper-body injuries and did not return.

Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said Faulk was "doing OK" after a blindside hit from Colorado's Nazem Kadri in the third period Wednesday. Kadri has an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Friday.
Berube said there was a chance that both Faulk and Bortuzzo could return at some point in the series.
Without those two players for Game 3, though, the Blues' defense is uncertain for now.

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      Blues ahead of Game 3

      Vince Dunn, who has missed 13 games with an upper-body injury, will be a game-time decision. Dunn hasn't played since April 24 against the Avalanche.
      Berube's other options on defense include Steven Santini and Mitch Reinke. Both players skated with the team on Friday morning.
      Here is a projected lineup for Game 3, although we are unable to project defense pairings at this point.

      PROJECTED LINEUP

      Forwards
      Barbashev - O'Reilly - Kyrou
      Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko
      Hoffman - Bozak - Thomas
      Clifford - Sanford - Blais
      Defense
      Krug - Scandella
      Mikkola Parayko
      Reinke - Santini
      Goalie
      Binnington