The St. Louis Blues will wait until after the pregame warmup to determine which forwards will play. "We'll take 14 forwards into warmup because of some injuries sustained [Saturday]," coach Ken Hitchcock said of a 2-1 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. "We won't know until we finish the warmup. All 14 will skate and then we'll decide. If the lineup is sustained from [Saturday], then we'll stay the same. If not, we'll make quite a few changes, so we'll let you know through warmup. You'll be able to see it when we put them out there." Goalie Jake Allen, who has given up nine goals on 46 shots the past two starts, will start. "He's like the rest of our team, we are going to need really good play from him," Hitchcock said. "It's one notch at a time. He went from being the first star of the game to like our team, not playing as well as we were." St. Louis hasn't scored more than two goals the past six games, and eight of nine, since Oct. 22. "When you're not scoring, it's frustrating because it's a lot of hard work," said defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who scored the tying goal in the third period Saturday. "The theme is if we keep sticking with it, it'll happen." The Blues play the second of a three-game homestand. They are 4-1-1 on home ice this season.
