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The St. Louis Blues will have a handful of lineup changes for Saturday's 2 p.m. CT tilt with the Colorado Avalanche (ESPN+, Hulu, 101 ESPN), but the extent of the changes won't be known until the team skates in pregame warm-ups.
What we do know is that Robert Thomas, who sustained a lower-body injury on Thursday in Arizona, will not play against the Avalanche. Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said he hopes Thomas is able to join the team for practice on Sunday.

In addition, Robert Bortuzzo will return to the lineup for the first time since Jan. 7. He missed nine games with a lower-body injury.
Nikita Alexandrov, who was recalled Friday, will be in the lineup, too.

Berube ahead of afternoon game at COL

Below are the line combinations at pregame warm-ups:

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Saad - Schenn - Kyrou
Barbashev - Acciari - Tarasenko
Neighbours - Brown - Leivo
Toropchenko - Alexandrov - Pitlick
Defense
Leddy - Parayko
Krug - Faulk
Mikkola - Bortuzzo
Goalie
Binnington