Blues at Jets preview

BLUES (2-3-2) at JETS (5-2-1)
8 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN3, FS-MW, NHL.TV

The Jets, who are 3-0-1 in their past four games, won the first game between the two teams, 5-1 at St. Louis on Oct. 4. Goalie Connor Hellebuyck will get the start for Winnipeg.
The Blues will be without defenseman Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), who flew back to St. Louis for a second opinion. Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester returns to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the first time in his NHL career in the Blues' 4-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.
Goalie Jake Allen will start for St. Louis.

Players to watch

Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games.
Blues forward David Perron has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"I think that win in Toronto just kind of showed the way we need to play and showed how hard we have to work to beat good teams. We've got to learn from that." -- Blues forward Jaden Schwartz
"Sometimes you get hot and everything works for you. Maybe this is one of those times. But I've worked hard to add a little bit of [offense] to my game and add some elements to my game and, most importantly, a lot of times that comes with some team success, which we've been playing really well. We just got to fight to keep that going." -- Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey

Blues projected lineup

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

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Jack Roslovic -- Mathieu Perreault
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Nic Petan, Dmitry Kulikov
Injured:None

Status report

Bortuzzo also didn't play in a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 17 because of a lower-body injury.

Stat pack

O'Reilly has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past two games and is tied with Perron for the Blues lead with seven points (one goal, six assists) in seven games this season. … Bouwmeester is one point shy of 400 for his NHL career. … Byfuglien is two points shy of 500 for his NHL career.