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Nick Bjugstad will be back in the lineup Saturday when the St. Louis Blues continue their season-long road trip against the New York Islanders (2:30 p.m. CT, FanDuel Sports Network, 101 ESPN).

Blues Head Coach Jim Montgomery confirmed Bjugstad would be back in, replacing Oskar Sundqvist on the fourth line.

"We can't have guys sit on the sideline that long," Montgomery said of bringing Bjugstad back in after sitting out two games. "With Sunny, sometimes it is load management."

"We have three lines staying the same tonight, because we thought our offensive chemistry last game was probably the best we've seen it through the first three lines."

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards

Jake Neighbours - Robert Thomas - Jimmy Snuggerud
Brayden Schenn - Dalibor Dvorsky - Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway - Pius Suter - Jordan Kyrou
Alexey Toropchenko - Nick Bjugstad - Nathan Walker

Defense

Philip Broberg - Colton Parayko
Cam Fowler - Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker - Matthew Kessel

Goalie

Jordan Binnington

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