Panthers at Blues

PANTHERS (17-4-3) at BLUES (12-8-4)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov --
Maxim Mamin
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Sam Reinhart
Frank Vatrano -- Anton Lundell -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Lucas Carlsson -- Brandon Montour
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Joe Thornton
Injured: Mason Marchment (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Anthony Duclair (lower body)
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Pavel Buchnevich
Jordan Kyrou -- Brayden Schenn -- Oskar Sundqvist
Ivan Barbashev -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Dakota Joshua -- Logan Brown
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Marco Scandella
Scott Perunovich -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jake Walman
Ville Husso
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: None
Injured:David Perron (upper body), Robert Thomas (lower body), James Neal (upper body), Klim Kostin (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol:Tyler Bozak, Jordan Binnington, Justin Faulk
Status report
Barkov returns after missing eight games with a knee injury. ... Forsling returns after missing three games with a lower-body injury. ... Duclair is skating and could return at later in the week. ... Thomas, a forward, will not play and is day to day. His absence means the Blues will play one skater short and will allow them to make an emergency recall from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... St. Louis will play with 10 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Neal and Kostin, each a forward, skated Tuesday but each remains on long-term injured reserve.