Stars at Blues

STARS (13-11-2) at BLUES (16-8-5)

Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jacob Peterson -- Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Alexander Radulov
Riley Tufte -- Luke Glendening -- Denis Gurianov
Ryan Suter -- John Klingberg
Esa Lindell -- Jani Hakanpaa
Thomas Harley -- Joel Hanley
Braden Holtby
Jake Oettinger
Scratched:Tanner Kero, Andrej Sekera
Injured:Miro Heiskanen (illness), Joel Kiviranta (upper body)
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Logan Brown
Pavel Buchnevich -- Ivan Barbashev -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Nathan Walker -- Tyler Bozak -- Oskar Sundqvist
Alexey Toropchenko -- Dakota Joshua -- Matthew Peca
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella -- Robert Bortuzzo
Charlie Lindgren
Jordan Binnington
Scratched:Scott Perunovich
Injured:David Perron (upper body), Brayden Schenn (upper body), Robert Thomas (lower body), James Neal (upper body), Ville Husso (lower body), Jake Walman (upper body), Jordan Kyrou (upper body)
Status report
Heiskanen has a non-COVID-19 related illness and the defensemen did not travel to St. Louis. ... Hintz and Radulov each will play after missing a 4-1 loss against the Blues on Tuesday because of illness. ... Kiviranta, a forward, was placed on injured reserve. ... Tufte and Harley each was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League. ... Binnington was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday, practiced Thursday and will back up Lindgren. ... Perunovich is expected to be a healthy scratch after missing the game Tuesday because of illness. ... Perron, Thomas and Kyrou, each a forward; Walman, a defenseman; and Husso, a goalie, each skated Friday but will not play. ... The Blues assigned forward Klim Kostin, on long-term injured reserve with an upper-body injury, to Springfield of the AHL on a conditioning assignment.