"I don't want guys sitting out too long, I want to get everybody involved," Berube said after Monday's morning skate. "It was a good opportunity to put Klim in tonight and I just made the choice of taking Neal out."
"(We want Kostin to) be a good forechecker, his game is (being) a big guy," Berube added. "We need him on the forecheck, being physical, getting to the net, using his shot, being a power forward. That's what his game is going to be. And then be responsible defensively."
In Monday's practice, Kostin was on the right wing with Jake Neighbours and Tyler Bozak.
Ivan Barbashev moved up into Neal's spot with Robert Thomas and Vladimir Tarasenko.
The rest of the lineup is expected to remain the same.
