BLUES (14-15-8) at LIGHTNING (19-13-3)

7 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNMW, TVAS

Blues projected lineup

Jonatan Berggren — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich

Jake Neighbours — Brayden Schenn — Otto Stenberg

Pius Suter — Dailbor Dvorsky — Robby Fabbri

Alexey Toropchenko — Oskar Sundqvist — Mathieu Joseph

Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko

Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk

Cam Fowler — Logan Mailloux

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Matthew Kessel

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

Lightning projected lineup

Brayden Point — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel — Nick Paul — Oliver Bjorkstrand

Pontus Holmberg — Yanni Gourde — Zemgus Girgensons

Gage Goncalves — Jack Finley — Dominic James

J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh

Ryan McDonagh — Charle-Edouard D’Astous

Declan Carlile — Max Crozier

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Curtis Douglas

Injured: Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Brandon Hagel (upper body)

Status report

The Blues are expected to dress the same 18 skaters from their 6-2 win at the Florida Panthers on Saturday. … Hagel participated in an optional morning skate wearing a regular jersey, but the forward is not expected to return until after the holiday break.