Avalanche at Blues

AVALANCHE (13-10-2) at BLUES (12-15-0)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Mikko Rantanen -- Valeri Nichushkin
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Charles Hudon -- Alex Newhook -- Jean-Luc Foudy
Dryden Hunt -- Ben Meyers -- Jacob MacDonald
Samuel Girard -- Cale Makar
Devon Toews -- Erik Johnson
Andreas Englund -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Nathan MacKinnon (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (hip), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body)
Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Josh Leivo
Jordan Kyrou -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Brandon Saad -- Ivan Barbashev -- Tyler Pitlick
Nathan Walker -- Noel Acciari -- William Bitten
Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Niko Mikkola -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Calle Rosen
Injured: Pavel Buchnevich (lower body), Marco Scandella (hip), Scott Perunovich (shoulder), Logan Brown (upper body)
Status report
Lehkonen practiced Saturday and is expected to return after missing three games with a concussion sustained on Dec. 3 against the Boston Bruins. ... Rodrigues practiced Saturday but did not travel to St. Louis. The forward has missed seven games since being injured Nov. 23 against the Vancouver Canucks. ... The Avalanche assigned center Callahan Burke to Colorado of the American Hockey League. ... Krug will return after missing two games with an upper-body injury. ... Buchnevich, a forward, is questionable; he has missed two games. ... Binnington is expected to start after being the backup the past two games.