Projected Lineup: Nov. 30 vs. Tampa Bay

After playing two consecutive games with 11 forwards and seven defensemen because of injuries, the St. Louis Blues recalled Logan Brown from the AHL's Springfield Thunderbirds on Sunday.
Brown's addition gave the Blues 12 healthy forwards - the minimum for a full forward group.
But on Tuesday morning, the team learned that Tyler Bozak would have to enter the NHL's COVID-19 protocol, so the Blues are back to just 11 healthy forwards.

"It's the reality of pro sports these days," said Blues forward Brayden Schenn. "Obviously, the injury part has always been there, but the COVID part, you never know when it's going to sneak up on you."
Blues Head Coach Craig Berube held an optional practice before Tuesday's matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning (7 p.m., ESPN+, 101 ESPN), so we didn't get a look at the full lineup.
For now, we'd expect to see 11 forwards and seven defensemen again.
"It doesn't complicate things up front," Berube said of the 11/7 setup. "We have forwards that want to play and can handle the minutes, stuff like that. It gets complicated on the backend juggling seven (defensemen), for sure. (Blues Assistant Coach) Mike (Van Ryn) does a good job of it. It is what it is. We've got to deal with it, and that's what we'll do."

Brown, a St. Louis native, will play in his first game with the Blues on Tuesday night. Brown's dad, Jeff, played with the Blues from 1989-94 and holds the franchise record for most points in a season by a defenseman (78, set during during 1992-93).
In 19 games with the Springfield Thunderbirds this season, Brown has recorded six goals and 11 assists (17 points).
PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Schenn - O'Reilly - Kyrou
Buchnevich - Thomas - Tarasenko
Saad - Sundqvist - Barbashev
Joshua - Brown
Defense
Krug - Faulk
Mikkola - Parayko
Perunovich - Bortuzzo
Scandella
Goalie
Binnington / Husso