Blues at Blackhawks preview

BLUES (6-6-3) at BLACKHAWKS (6-8-4)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN

Jeremy Colliton is 0-2-1 as the new coach of the Blackhawks. Chicago has scored two goals or fewer in five of its past seven games and has allowed at least four goals in five of the past six.
The Blues, 4-2-0 in their past six games, have scored at least four goals in seven of their past nine games.
St. Louis forward Ryan O'Reilly has 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) in a 10-game point streak.

Players to watch

Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past seven games.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"We've seen each other a lot in this year so far. I think just being one of the closer teams to us there's that rivalry where when their fans are down in our building, you just feel the tension. There's a little more tension. It's a nice thing to be a part of. Obviously, a divisional matchup, we don't like these guys. They play us tough and we try to play them tough. We want to beat them as much as anyone." -- Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly on the Blues-Blackhawks rivalry
"Find a way to get a win. It doesn't matter so much who we're playing. Certainly, if we get two and they get zero, that's good. So that's definitely on the radar for us. But for us, we want to get two points. We want to build on the last game and start putting some points together night after night." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton

Blues projected lineup

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

Blackhawks projected lineup

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

Status report

Saad will play after missing the past two games with a right arm injury.

Stat pack

Tarasenko has scored four of his six goals this season against Chicago. … The Blackhawks have been outscored 33-14 during their eight-game losing streak. … DeBrincat played in his 100th NHL game on Monday at the Carolina Hurricanes.