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ST. LOUIS - Blues Head Coach Craig Berube is expected to make some changes to the lineup for Monday's Home Opener against the San Jose Sharks (7 p.m., FSMW, 101 ESPN).
Sunday's practice - along with Monday's morning skate - featured some shuffling on the first three forwards lines.

Zach Sanford was back on the first line with Ryan O'Reilly and David Perron - a spot he got very familiar with last season. Jaden Schwartz and Brayden Schenn have been reunited on a line with Jordan Kyrou, while newcomer Mike Hoffman has joined a line with Robert Thomas and Tyler Bozak.
"A little more balanced, I'm still tinkering with getting chemistry going," Berube said. "We like to use four lines, we like them to all be producing and doing good things. That's all. There might be tinkering for a bit, who knows."
"We started moving things around a little bit in the third (period on Friday), and that's the decision, it doesn't matter for us," added David Perron. "We just come here and we work and we're a team. We're going to play with a lot of guys throughout the year."
With Robert Bortuzzo on injured reserve after taking a high hit on Friday, Carl Gunnarsson is expected to make his season debut on Monday night.
In practice, Gunnarsson was skating with Vince Dunn.
"There's been good depth on our blue line for awhile now," Gunnarsson said. "There's going to be injuries, there's going to be rotations, guys are going to be fatigued and tired. Especially now with so many games, it's a tight schedule. It's nice to have that depth.
"It's tough to be on the outside, but I'm just happy to be back."

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Sanford - O'Reilly - Perron
Schwartz - Schenn - Kyrou
Hoffman - Thomas - Bozak
Clifford - Barbashev - Sundqvist
Defense
Parayko - Krug
Scandella - Faulk
Dunn - Gunnarsson
Goalie
Binnington