Blues at Jets preview

BLUES (9-13-4) at JETS (17-8-2)
8 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN3, FS-MW, NHL.TV

Byfuglien, who missed four games with a concussion, has 17 points (two goals, 15 assists) in 21 games for the Jets. Kulikov, who missed 12 games with an upper-body injury, has one assist in six games for Winnipeg, which has scored at least four goals in three of its past four games.
Blues forward Alexander Steen, who has missed two games with a concussion, will be a game-time decision. He participated in the morning skate and was on the second line for St. Louis, which will try to avoid a third consecutive loss and is 2-6-1 in its past nine games.

Players to watch

Blues center Ryan O'Reilly has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past six games.
Jets forward Patrik Laine has no points in past three games after having 14 points (13 goals, one assist) in his previous seven. He scored five goals against the Blues in an 8-4 victory at Enterprise Center on Nov. 24.

They said it

"We remember what happened last game in St. Louis. They had a great performance. Laine had a great performance. Obviously, we're not happy about that. We want to show better." -- Blues forward David Perron
"Obviously, it was a tough loss for them, so obviously they want to be better tonight. That's what we're expecting from them. They're a good team and we've always had tough games against the Blues. That's probably what we're going to see tonight. We've got to play good hockey to win." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine

Blues projected lineup

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

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Jack Roslovic --
Mason Appleton
Sami Niku -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Nic Petan, Cameron Schilling
Injured: Andrew Copp (undisclosed), Joe Morrow (lower body), Josh Morrissey (lower body)

Status report

Morrissey is expected to play against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. … Winnipeg placed Copp on injured reserve on Friday.

Stat pack

Perron has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past five games against the Jets. ... Wheeler has 11 points (one goal, 10 assists) in a six-game point streak. … Scheifele has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past six games. … Ehlers has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past five games.