Blues goalie Jake Allen will make his first start since Jan. 19. He has been pulled from three straight starts, during which he's allowed 10 goals on 36 shots (.722 save percentage). He stopped all three shots he faced in relief of Carter Hutton during a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. "I'm looking forward to it," Allen said. "It's felt like a decade to be honest. I'm looking forward to it, I'm excited. I think the break did well for a lot of us and we have a really condensed schedule coming up and a lot of big hockey to play." Coach Ken Hitchcock has been rotating his goalies quite a bit but is searching for consistency from the entire lineup. "We've got 33 games left and we're in a playoff race right now," he said. "We're in the playoff hunt. We've punched a ticket where we're still in this thing. To me, it's got to be no memory for everybody. Starting [Tuesday], you are what you are. If you can help us, you get to play, and if you can't, then someone else gets that turn. That's the attitude we've got to have. You can't work on past history with people. Whether it's a player or a goaltender or whatever, whatever you're doing for us immediately is what we have to honor because we've earned the right to still be in this race." The Blues hold the first wild card in the Western Conference, tied with the Calgary Flames with 53 points, and one point ahead of the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks.
