PANTHERS (32-20-3) at BLUES (24-25-5)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, SCRIPPS
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues
A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: None
Blues projected lineup
Dylan Holloway -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich
Jake Neighbours -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko
Ryan Suter -- Philip Broberg
Nick Leddy -- Justin Faulk
Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Mackenzie MacEachern
Injured: Alexandre Texier (illness), Tyler Tucker (upper body)
Status report
Samoskevich will return after missing the past three games due to illness and replace Gadjovich, a forward. ... MacEachern, a forward, was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will take warmups in case Joseph, who missed a 3-2 overtime loss against the Edmonton Oilers due to illness, can't play.
