Blues at Blackhawks preview

BLUES (1-1-1) at BLACKHAWKS (2-0-2)
8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, FS-MW, NHL.TV

Keith, 35, has spent his entire 14-year NHL career with the Blackhawks after he was selected in the second round (No. 54) of the 2002 NHL Draft; he has 546 points (92 goals, 454 assists).
Chicago will try to earn at least a point in each of its first five games for the 11th time in history and third in the past 41 seasons. The Blackhawks have matched the 1997-98 New York Rangers as the only teams in NHL history to start a season with four consecutive overtime games.
Blues forward Jaden Schwartz will not play because of a lower-body injury sustained in a 5-3 win against the Calgary Flames on Thursday.

Players to watch

Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko has 25 points (16 goals, nine assists) in 24 regular-season games against the Blackhawks.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has a four-game point streak (four goals, three assists); he has 55 points (20 goals, 35 assists) in 58 regular-season games against the Blues.

They said it

"We need to be better on the puck, stronger on the puck." -- Blues coach Mike Yeo
"We know it's usually a good game against these guys, pretty entertaining. Usually pretty physical, hard-fought games." -- Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane

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Blues projected lineup

Pat Maroon -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Sammy Blais -- Brayden Schenn -- David Perron
Alexander Steen -- Tyler Bozak -- Jordan Kyrou
Ivan Barbashev -- Robert Thomas -- Chris Thorburn
Joel Edmundson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Robert Bortuzzo -- Jordan Schmaltz
Jake Allen
Chad Johnson
Scratched: Vince Dunn, Jakub Jerabek
Injured: Jaden Schwartz (lower body), Robby Fabbri (groin), Nikita Soshnikov (concussion), Carl Gunnarsson (knee, hip), Oskar Sundqvist (concussion)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat -- Jonathan Toews -- Dominik Kahun
Alexandre Fortin -- Nick Schmaltz -- Patrick Kane
Chris Kunitz -- Artem Anisimov -- John Hayden
Brandon Saad -- Marcus Kruger -- David Kampf
Duncan Keith -- Henri Jokiharju
Erik Gustafsson -- Brent Seabrook
Brandon Manning -- Jan Rutta
Cam Ward
Anton Forsberg
Scratched:Brandon Davidson, Luke Johnson
Injured:Corey Crawford (concussion), Gustav Forsling (wrist), Connor Murphy (back), Andreas Martinsen (back)

Status report

Thorburn will make his season debut. ... Blais will move into Schwartz's spot on the second line. ... Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said Crawford is on target for his scheduled return date of Oct. 18. ... Brothers Jordan and Nick Schmaltz will play each other in an NHL regular-season game for the first time.

Stat pack

Bouwmeester needs one point for 400 in the NHL. ... Toews (five goals, three assists) and DeBrincat (four goals, three assists) each has a four-game point streak. ... The Blackhawks defeated the Blues 5-4 in overtime on Oct. 6 in St. Louis.