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PITTSBURGH - Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said that when David Perron was ready to play, he would have a spot for him.
Well, Perron is ready to go after missing 24 games with an upper-body injury, and if pregame warm-ups is a good indicator (and it usually is), that spot is on the top line alongside Brayden Schenn and Ryan O'Reilly.

With Perron's return, it appears that Robert Thomas will move to the second line with Pat Maroon and Tyler Bozak.
Here is a projected lineup based on Saturday's pregame warm-ups.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Schenn - O'Reilly - Perron
Maroon - Bozak - Thomas
Schwartz - Sundqvist - Steen
MacEachern - Barbashev - Sanford
Defense
Dunn - Pietrangelo
Bouwmeester - Parayko
Del Zotto - Bortuzzo
Goalie
Binnington