{"id":369610,"date":"2025-12-22T14:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/369610\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:40:17","slug":"nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-tampa-bay-lightning-with-line-combinations-12-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/369610\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12\/22\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12\/22\/2025 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766414413_364_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12\/22\/2025<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jake-Guentzel-Nikita-Kucherov-Tampa-Bay-Lightning.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jake Guentzel Nikita Kucherov celebrating a goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues (14-15-8) at Tampa Bay Lightning (19-13-3)<br \/>Venue: Benchmark International Arena<br \/>Date: Monday, December 22<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: The Spot, ESPN+, FDSMW<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blues defeated the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Saturday night. St. Louis allows 3.38 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Tampa Bay has the NHL\u2019s third-ranked penalty kill at 84.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Berggen-Thomas-Buchnevich<br \/>Neighbours-Schenn-Stenberg<br \/>Suter-Dvorsky-Fabbri<br \/>Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Joseph<\/p>\n<p>Broberg-Parayko<br \/>Tucker-Faulk<br \/>Fowler-Mailloux<\/p>\n<p>Hofer<br \/>Binnington<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=St.+Louis&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your St. Louis Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Point-Cirelli-Kucherov<br \/>Guentzel-Paul-Bjorkstrand<br \/>Holmberg-Gourde-Girgensons<br \/>Finley-James-Goncalves<\/p>\n<p>Moser-Raddysh<br \/>McDonagh-D\u2019astous<br \/>Carlile-Crozier<\/p>\n<p>Vasilevskiy<br \/>Johansson<\/p>\n<p>Buy Tampa Bay Hockey Gear Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/montreal-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=montreal&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/tampa-bay-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=tampa&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-robert-thomas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Thomas<\/a> leads the Blues with 27 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jake-neighbours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Neighbours<\/a> leads the club with 10 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-nikita-kucherov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikita Kucherov<\/a> leads the Lightning with 43 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-jake-guentzel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Guentzel<\/a> has chipped in with 36 points.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/dylan-holloway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Holloway<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jimmy-snuggerud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Snuggerud<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/nick-bjugstad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Bjugstad<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0Jordan Kyrou\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D Torey Krug \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning <\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/erik-cernak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Cernak<\/a> \u2013 OUT<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/emil-lilleberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emil Lilleberg<\/a> \u2013 OUT<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-victor-hedman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Hedman<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>LW Brandon Hagel \u2013 Day to day<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/mattb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766414416_580_e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/3-takeaways-from-floridas-back-to-back-weekend-12-19-12-20-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Florida-vs-Carolina-Home-2025-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bussi makes a save on Marchand during OT.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/3-takeaways-from-floridas-back-to-back-weekend-12-19-12-20-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 Takeaways From Florida\u2019s Back-To-Back Weekend 12\/19-12\/20\/2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida closed out the week by splitting the final two games at home before they head to Carolina for their final game ahead of the Christmas break. The condensed schedule was showing its impact as the Cats have played 8 games in 14 days and struggled in the final period against the St. Louis Blues. 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The 20-year-old has yet to score, but he has recorded two assists, one primary and one secondary. However, Stenberg\u2019s impact has gone beyond the scoresheet. 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