The Nashville Predators take on the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNSO

Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Fedor Svechkov — Matthew Wood
Michael Bunting — Erik Haula — Jonathan Marchessault
Reid Schaefer — Michael McCarron — Tyson Jost

Nicolas Hague — Roman Josi
Brady Skjei — Nick Perbix
Adam Wilsby — Nick Blankenburg

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: None

Injured: Ozzy Wiesblatt (upper body), Cole Smith (lower body), Justin Barron (lower body)

Status report

The Predators held an optional morning skate.

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Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Robby Fabbri — Brayden Schenn — Mathieu Joseph
Pius Suter — Dalibor Dvorsky — Hugh McGing
Alexey Toropchenko — Oskar Sundqvist — Matt Luff

Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler — Logan Mailloux

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Matthew Kessel

Injured: Jordan Kyrou (lower body), Dylan Holloway (high ankle sprain), Jimmy Snuggerud (wrist), Nick Bjugstad (upper body), Nathan Walker (upper body)

Status report

Holloway, a forward, was placed on injured reserve and will miss six weeks after injuring himself at practice on Sunday; Fabbri will move into Holloway’s spot in the top six. … Toropchenko was activated off IR and will play after missing seven games with scalding burns to his legs in a home accident.

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