The St. Louis Blues return to Enterprise Center Thursday evening for a single matchup towards the San Jose Sharks (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network, 101 ESPN, Blues App).
After closing out the four-game Canadian highway journey with a hard-fought 4-3 OT win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, Head Coach Jim Montgomery will go for minimal line modifications forward of tonight’s recreation.
“I believed we performed a extremely good recreation [against Vancouver]. Maybe our most full recreation of the yr,” Montgomery mentioned following Tuesday’s win.
Montgomery confirmed that Radek Faksa, who didn’t return to Tuesday’s recreation after struggling a skate blade reduce within the third interval, is ok however is not going to play Thursday evening towards the Sharks.
“Faksa’s doing properly – not a participant tonight, however most certainly a participant [Saturday] in Dallas,” Montgomery mentioned.
Nathan Walker will shift to middle the fourth line in Faksa’s absence, whereas Mathieu Joseph will re-draw into the lineup on the fitting wing.
Montgomery confirmed the opposite three traces and protection pairings would keep the identical.
“Coming again from Vancouver, it’s a troublesome recreation. Our physique clocks are someplace within the Rocky Mountains proper now. And we have to begin this recreation on time, and we have to get higher all through the sport,” Montgomery mentioned.
Jordan Binnington is anticipated to take the starter’s internet for the Blues on Thursday.
PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad – Brayden Schenn – Jake Neighbours
Dylan Holloway – Oskar Sundqvist – Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko – Nathan Walker – Mathieu Joseph
Defense
Philip Broberg – Colton Parayko
Ryan Suter – Justin Faulk
P.O Joseph – Matthew Kessel
Goalie
Jordan Binnington
