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ST. LOUIS - The Blues are getting one of their injured players back on Friday night when they host the Nashville Predators at 7 p.m. at Enterprise Center (FSMW, KMOX).
Pat Maroon, who missed four games with an upper-body injury, will join David Perron and Tyler Bozak on the team's third line tonight.

"Just got a little rehab, worked on it and I feel pretty good now. I'm excited to get back," Maroon said of returning from the injury. "It's been a frustrating start to the season for myself, and I owe a lot more to this team and I can bring a lot more to this team. I'm excited to get back in, it's like a restart button for me. I feel energized, I feel fresh and I'm ready to go."
"He's a big-body guy, and he's been good on the power play for us this year," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube added of Maroon. "We need some bigger bodies to get to the net offensively, get some dirty goals and stuff around there."

Maroon comments on return to lineup

The Blues will still be without Alexander Steen, Carl Gunnarsson and Jaden Schwartz, who are nursing upper-body injuries. Schwartz was placed on injured reserve Friday to make room for Maroon's return.
Here is the projected lineup for Friday's matchup against the Predators:
Forward
Sanford - O'Reilly - Tarasenko
Fabbri - Schenn - Thomas
Perron - Bozak - Maroon
Blais - Barbashev - Sundqvist
Defense
Dunn - Pietrangelo
Edmundson - Parayko
Bouwmeester - Schmaltz
Goalie
Allen