Flames at Blues

FLAMES (19-14-8) at BLUES (20-18-3)

Flames projected lineup
Dillon Dube -- Elias Lindholm -- Tyler Toffoli
Milan Lucic -- Nazem Kadri -- Jonathan Huberdeau
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
Trevor Lewis -- Adam Ruzicka -- Walker Duehr
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Michael Stone
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Connor Mackey, Jakob Pelletier, Radim Zohorna
Injured: Brett Ritchie (upper body)
Blues projected lineup
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad -- Brayden Schenn -- Ivan Barbashev
Jake Neighbours -- Noel Acciari -- Nathan Walker
Alexey Toropchenko -- Nikita Alexandrov -- Tyler Pitlick
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker -- Justin Faulk
Calle Rosen -- Steven Santini
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Josh Leivo, Dmitri Samorukov
Injured: Ryan O'Reilly (foot), Vladimir Tarasenko (hand), Torey Krug (lower body), Nick Leddy (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Marco Scandella (hip), Scott Perunovich (shoulder), Logan Brown (upper body)
Status report
The Flames held an optional morning skate. ... Markstrom is expected to start after the goalie was pulled from a 4-3 overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, when he allowed three goals on 11 shots. ... Duehr will make his season debut and replace Zohorna, a forward. ... Bortuzzo, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Monday. ... Samorukov, a defenseman, was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Monday.