Blues at Lightning

BLUES (12-7-3) at LIGHTNING (12-5-4)

Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Jordan Kyrou
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Brandon Saad -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Ivan Barbashev
Dakota Joshua -- Logan Brown
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Scott Perunovich -- Robert Bortuzzo
Marco Scandella
Ville Husso
Kyle Konin
Scratched: Jake Walman
Injured:David Perron (upper body), James Neal (upper body), Klim Kostin (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Tyler Bozak, Jordan Binnington
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos --
Alex Barre-Boulet
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Gabriel Fortier
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Ross Colton -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Cal Foote
Injured: Brayden Point (upper body), Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Mathieu Joseph (lower body), Gemel Smith (lower body)
Status report
Binnington was placed into COVID-19 protocol Thursday. Because of NHL salary cap issues, they have to use Konin as an emergency backup goalie.
Charlie Lindgren
was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League and will be added to the roster Friday. ... The Blues likely have seven defensemen and 11 forwards in the lineup. … Joseph did not participate in the morning skate and the forward will miss his second consecutive game. ... Stamkos will play after missing a 4-3 shootout loss at the Blues on Tuesday for the birth of his child.