The St. Louis Blues take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Nationwide Arena today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNOH

Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich — Brayden Schenn — Jimmy Snuggerud
Mathieu Joseph — Dalibor Dvorsky — Jordan Kyrou
Dylan Holloway — Pius Suter — Oskar Sundqvist
Alexey Toropchenko — Nick Bjugstad — Nathan Walker

Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Cam Fowler — Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker — Matthew Kessel

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Logan Mailloux

Injured: Robert Thomas (upper body), Jake Neighbours (leg)

Status report

Kessel may replace Mailloux, a defenseman, and Hofer will make his fourth start of the season, Blues coach Jim Montgomery said.

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Blue Jackets projected lineup

Dmitri Voronkov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Miles Wood — Isac Lundestrom — Yegor Chinakhov

Zach Werenski — Denton Mateychuk
Ivan Provorov — Damon Severson
Dante Fabbro — Jake Christiansen

Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Zach Aston-Reese, Dysin Mayo

Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip)

Status report

The Blue Jackets will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday; Columbus will rotate its starting goalie for the 11th straight game this season.

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