The Blues haven’t played a game since December 19th, and that’s given some of the injured forwards a chance to rest up. Even with Brayden Schenn still absent from play, the Blues roster for tonight looks pretty damn good.
It’s been over a month since we’ve seen Perron in action, and almost a month since Thomas took the ice. Thomas will be slotting in for Ivan Barbashev, who recently was placed on the Covid-19 protocol list. The Blues best line, their trio of Russians, is short one tonight, but Vladimir Tarasenko seems fine with it:
“He’s a great player,” Tarasenko said.