In case you missed it, the Blues won’t be icing a full roster tonight. They’ve done well as the roster’s been depleted, or as well as can be expected. They snagged two points from the Lightning last Tuesday before heading to Tampa Bay, losing Jordan Binnington and Justin Faulk, and then losing that game 4-2. They held their own through much of that game, but the stress of competing with a highly paired back roster was too much. They took the Panthers to a shootout before losing 4-3 to the (at the time) league’s best team.
Tonight, they get to see those Panthers again, only without Robert Thomas.