At the time of writing this GameDay Thread, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety have yet to decide on Nazem Kadri’s punishment for a high shoulder to head hit on Justin Faulk. Thanks to that hit and an elbow to the head of Robert Bortuzzo, this is the mess that the Blues’ lines for tonight’s game will more than likely be:
Forwards
Barbashev - O’Reilly - Kyrou
Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko
Hoffman - Bozak - Thomas
Clifford - Sanford - Blais
Defense
Parayko
Krug
Scandella
Mikkola
(Dunn)
(Santini)
(Reinke)
Goalie
Binnington
The parentheses mean that no one has any idea who the bottom pairing is.