Projected Lineup: Game 3 vs. San Jose
by Chris Pinkert / St. Louis Blues
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues do not look to be making any lineup changes for Game 3 vs. San Jose, which begins Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Enterprise Center (NBCSN, NBC Sports App, Y98 FM).
The best-of-seven series is tied, 1-1.
Robert Thomas did not participate in the morning skate Wednesday. Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said he needed a maintenance day but will be fine.
During Game 2, the Blues shuffled the defense pairs, putting Jay Bouwmeester with Alex Pietrangelo, Vince Dunn with Colton Parayko and Joel Edmundson with Robert Bortuzzo, but at Wednesday's practice, the defense pairs were switched back.
In addition, it looks like the Blues will make some personnel changes on the power play, which could include Parayko moving to the top unit.
"We're not getting enough sustained pressure and momentum from (the power play) right now," Berube said.
Here is a projected lineup for Game 3:
PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko
Blais - O'Reilly - Perron
Maroon - Bozak - Thomas
Barbashev - Sundqvist - Steen
Defense
Edmundson - Pietrangelo
Bouwmeester - Parayko
Dunn - Bortuzzo
Goalie
Binnington