Blues at Ducks preview

BLUES (34-25-6) at DUCKS (26-32-9)
10 p.m. ET, NBCSN

The Blues lost back-to-back games to the Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars on Friday and Saturday, and they are 2-3-1 since a team-record 11-game winning streak from Jan. 23 to Feb. 19. St. Louis hasn't lost more than three consecutive games this season and is third in the Central Division, one point ahead of the Stars and two in front of the Minnesota Wild.
The Ducks have won two straight games against teams in the race for wild cards into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Anaheim ended a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 home win against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, then won 3-1 at the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday.

Players to watch

St. Louis defenseman Alex Pietrangelo has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past four games.
Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg has a goal and an assist in each of his past two games.

They said it

"When you go on a [winning] streak like we did, you seem to be getting every bounce, and every opportunity you're getting is going in. Adversity, sometimes, isn't a bad thing." -- St. Louis defenseman Alex Pietrangelo
"Even while we were losing, we were playing the right way and we were out-chancing teams. ... Now, we're playing that way, but finding ways to win." -- Ducks forward Troy Terry

Blues projected lineup

Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Pat Maroon -- Tyler Bozak -- Robert Thomas
Jaden Schwartz -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Alexander Steen
Mackenzie MacEachern -- Ivan Barbashev -- Sammy Blais
Joel Edmundson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Michael Del Zotto
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched:Zach Sanford, Robby Fabbri, Robert Bortuzzo
Injured:David Perron (upper body)

Ducks projected lineup

Kevin Roy -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Rickard Rakell -- Sam Steel -- Jakob Silfverberg
Daniel Sprong -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Ryan Kesler -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson -- Cam Fowler
Jaycob Megna -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched:None
Injured:Chad Johnson (upper body), Brendan Guhle (upper body), Nick Ritchie (lower body), Derek Grant (upper body), Devin Shore (lower body)

Status report

Schenn, third on the Blues with 39 points (11 goals, 28 assists), is set to make his first appearance since sustaining an upper-body injury against the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 19. Perron has been out since sustaining an upper-body injury against the Boston Bruins on Jan. 17. ... Guhle left early in the second period after blocking a shot against the Coyotes and did not return.

Stat pack

O'Reilly leads the Blues with 63 points (24 goals, 39 assists) but has not scored a point in a season-long five consecutive games. … Sundqvist is set to play in his 100th game with the Blues. Tarasenko needs one assist for 200 in his NHL career. … Schwartz needs one point for 300 in his NHL career.