Canucks at Blues

CANUCKS (22-30-5) at BLUES (26-28-3)

Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Conor Garland -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Vasily Podkolzin -- Aatu Raty -- Sheldon Dries
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Jack Studnicka
Quinn Hughes -- Ethan Bear
Christian Wolanin -- Tyler Myers
Guillaume Brisebois -- Kyle Burroughs
Arturs Silovs
Collin Delia
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Riley Stillman
Injured: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ankle), Curtis Lazar (lower body), Thatcher Demko (groin), Travis Dermott (undisclosed), Ilya Mikheyev (torn ACL), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Ivan Barbashev -- Brayden Schenn -- Pavel Buchnevich
Sammy Blais -- Logan Brown -- Josh Leivo
Alexey Toropchenko -- Nathan Walker -- Tyler Pitlick
Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko
Marco Scandella -- Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Calle Rosen, Nikita Alexandrov
Injured: Torey Krug (lower body), Jake Neighbours (upper body)
Status report
Raty will make his Canucks debut after being acquired in a trade with the New York Islanders along with Beauvillier for forward Bo Horvat on Jan. 31. ... Raty and Brisebois each was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Vancouver assigned forward Phillip Di Giuseppe to Abbotsford on Wednesday. ... Saad will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury, and Buchnevich will return after missing two games with a lower-body injury. ... Krug will not play after the defenseman left during the third period of a 4-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. ... St. Louis assigned forward Matthew Highmore to Springfield of the AHL on Thursday.