The St. Louis Blues will welcome back defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, who has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury. Right wing Ty Rattie will play for the second time this season because forward Alexander Steen is out for a second straight game with an undisclosed injury. Bortuzzo was injured Oct. 27 against the Detroit Red Wings but has passed all tests skating with the team this week. Rattie will play for the first time since Oct. 18. "I feel excited, happy," he said. "I felt good this morning, happy to be in the lineup. If I have the same energy I had this morning, I think I'll have a high-energy game." Coach Ken Hitchcock is looking for someone to grab a spot on the forward lines. "It's tryouts," Hitchcock said. "It's not the flip of [Nail Yakupov] and Rattie. Rattie has paid a price, gone down, played in the American Hockey League, got on the buses, and we want to see what he does. Now's the time to look, but eventually, we're going to have to make a determination on who's in and who's out on a regular basis. We're still experimenting there with those two guys." Steen was injured on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres; he did not skate Saturday. "He's a lot better today and he's literally day-to-day," Hitchcock said of Steen. "We'll see how he looks [Sunday] with us. Hopefully he joins us real quick here. He's a lot better today, good sign." The Blues are 7-1-2 at home, including 5-0-2 in their past seven games at Scottrade Center.
